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The Explorer's Daughter (Language (Adjectives ("deceptive"…
The Explorer's Daughter
Language
Diectic language
"Two hours after
Rationality
"split second"
Nude Lexicon
"naked eye...bare hands"
Juxtaposes the beauty of the narwhals + their environment
Magical Lexicon
"glittering kingdom"
Emphasises majesty of their environment
"butter-gold, glinting"
Symbolises value of the narwhals
Jargon
"pods" + "fjord"
Experience
Rationality
Metaphors
"I looked across the glittering kingdom"
It's as if the narwhals are the kings of the sea
Sibilance
"soft billows of smoke"
Relaxing - like the environment
Adjectives
"deceptive"
Investigates narwhal hunting as a possible shady business
"fortunate"
Emphasises how few narwhals there actually are
"necessary"
Trying to justify killing them
"Strangely"
Humans are unsure
Symbolises the rarity of narwhals
Symbolises mysteriousness of narwhals
Present Participles
"escaping"
It's as if the narwhals are trapped
Shows how if it keeps happening they may become extinct
Repetition
"rich...rich...rich"
Accentuates the value of narwhals
"so...so"
Qualifiers add suspense
Similes
"like watching a vast, waterborne game"
Objectification removes any emotional investment
More rational
Juxtaposes all the wives' care
Humanisation
"they talk to one another under the water."
Adds emotion
Makes reader sympathise towards narwhals
Juxtaposition
"foolhardy exercise...inspire respect"
Narwhals deserve more respect
Polysyndeton
"and...and"
Like a list
Illuminates rationality
Possessive Pronoun
"their beauty"
Shows uniqueness of narwhals
Violent Lexicon
"bombarded...battering...kill...kill...kill"
Rationality
Structure
Anaphora
"The narwhal...The narwhal...The narwhal"
Definite article emphasises their importance
The repetition makes reader symphathise towards them
Constant shift between events and their implications
Hyphons
"aimed-...to do-..."
Create suspense
Rational vs Emotional
"
gently
picked up his
harpoon
"
"I urged the man on in my
head
...my
heart
also urged the narwhal"