English & Literature

Essay on I,Tituba

Literary devices used in the book and a description citing the page

Asked by Joe ireri on 08 Dec 21:48

Last updated by Jill W on 09 Dec 00:49

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Answered by Jill W on 09 Dec 00:49

Allusion; Hester Prynne from The Scarlet Letter.

Motifs (Abuse, Rape); “Abena, my mother, was raped” (pg. 3)

Repetition; “They hanged my mother. I watched her body swing from the […] silk tree […] They hanged my mother […] I felt something […] that was never to leave me, a mixture of terror and mourning […] They hanged my mother.” (pg. 8)

Irony;“I know that the color of your skin is the sign of your damnation.” (pg. 41)

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I,Tituba