As a comment on the blog post, do a point sentence and DIDLS chunk for the excerpt from Anna Karenina. (4 sentences total)
Point sentence: In Chapter One, Tolstoy uses _ to ___.
Detail: From the text (Embed quotations, signal phrases....) Make sure to SHOW the rhetorical strategy you are talking about in the point sentence!
CM1: Significance of the strategy, work in the lit terms
CM2: How is this strategy working towards the author's purpose?
In chapter one tolstoy uses repetition to emphasise points that will later prove important. A huge example of it is when stepan was talking about his “idiotic smile was to blame.” This is important because his idiotic smile is what he blames his problems on and his failure to take responsibilty will lead to problems later. Tolstoy uses this repetition to emphasise the fact that he is a facillating weak person.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter One, Tolstoy uses repetition to show his point. He says the phrase "utterly involuntary" many times talking about his smile. His repetition shows that he really didn't mean to smile, it just happened. This strategy works toward his purpose in showing how he didn't have control of it, and mad his wife even madder than she was.
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ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Tolstoy uses repetition to get his point across to the reader and show that it is important, otherwise he would not have said it more than once. He describes smile as "utterly involuntarily" multiple times in one paragraph. This is significant because him saying it more than once reinforces the idea that it was truly "involuntary" and that he will forever be cursed by his stupid smile. This is working toward the purpose of being loyal to a significant other, and showing how one little thing can ruin everything.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Tolstoy uses parallel structure to show the readers the idea of chaos going on in the house. In the second paragraph he says, "The wife did not leave her own room, the husband had not been at home for three days." Tolstoy uses this to really help the reader understand how every individual in the house seem to be going their own way. This strategy shows that no one in the house are on speaking terms.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter One, Tolstoy uses parallel structure to reveal to the reader how much chaos was going on in the Oblonsky household. It says, "The wife did not leave her own room, the husband had not been home for three days. The children ran wild all over the house; the English governess quarreled with the housekeeper, and wrote to a friend asking her to look out for a new maid, and the coachman had given warning." which demonstrates parallel structure. This strategy is significant because it gives the reader an idea of the state of the household. Parallel structure works toward the author's purpose because it gives the text a hectic feel showing the reader how chaotic the house is.
ReplyDeleteIn part one, chapter one of Anna Karenina Tolstoy used repetition for emphasis. In paragraph 12, "...--utterly involuntarily assumed its habitual, good-humored, and therefore idiotic smile." It goes on to repeat about the smile saying "This idiotic smile he could not forgive himself," "It's that idiotic smiles that's to blame for it all." Tolstoy used repetition to emphasize that it was an involuntary reaction he had when he saw his wife. It emphasizes the bad timing his reaction had. I don't think the idiotic smile is too blame here; however, had he not made such an idiotic smile that could've helped his predicament a little. Either way his marriage was crumbling by the intrigue he was having with a governess and his reflex wasn't the only thing to blame.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter One, Tolstoy uses parallel structure to emphasize the chaos in the Oblonsky household. While describing the lives of the family members, Tolstoy illuminates that, "The wife did not leave her own room, the husband had not been at home for three days. The children ran wild all over the house; the English governess quarreled with the housekeeper, and wrote to a friend asking her to look out for a new situation for her; the man-cook had walked off the day before just at dinner time; the kitchen-maid, and the coachman had given warning" (p.2). Though one would think that parallel structure would give a sense of tranquility through its predictable pattern, it actually creates a sense of disarray and turmoil in this piece of text. This strategy works to achieve Tolstoy's purpose by giving a constant feeling of urgency to the reader, creating chaos.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter One, Tolstoy uses parallel structure to show how chaotic it was in the Oblonskys' household. "The wife did not leave her own room, the husband had not been at home for days. The children ran wild all over the house; the English governess quarreled with the housekeeper, and wrote to a friend asking her to look out for a new situation for her; the man-cook had walked off the day before just at dinner time; the kitchen-maid, and the coachman had given warning." Their family seem unstable. Their unstableness will cause unhappiness and destruction.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter One, Tolstoy uses diction to convey the emotions felt by the characters in the passage. With horror, despair, and indignation, Dolly looks at Stepan and bluntly asks, "What's this? This?," as she holds the letter in her hands. Tolstoy's diction in Anna Karenina is significant to the fact that it expresses, on a deeper level, how Dolly felt after she finds the letter of her husband's intrigue. The strategy used by Tolstoy helps portray the overall picture that even though people are not on good terms their actions still affect the people in their lives.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Tolstoy uses details to shoe how that the husband does not care about what happened with his wife. In Chapter one, Tolstoy says"he cheerfully dropped his feet over the edge of the sofa, and felt about with them for his slippers, a present on his last birthday, worked for him by his wife on gold-colored morocco. And, as he had done every day for the last nine years, he stretched out his hand, without getting up, towards the place where his dressing-gown always hung in his bedroom. And thereupon he suddenly remembered that he was not sleeping in his wife's room, but in his study, and why: the smile vanished from his face, he knitted his brows." These details complement the husbands happiness for the temporary separation. "Cheerfullness" is put in to explain his happiness.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter One, Tolstoy uses parallel structure to show the chaos in the household. He uses the word "household" several time in the second paragraph. As if it is never quite in the house like a warzone. The significance of the strategy is to show that day by day there are tragedy's in the house. This helps the authors purpose by painting a picture for you, putting you in the situation.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter One, Tolstoy used a great choice of words . He says, "She, his Dolly, forever fussing and worrying over household details, and limited in her ideas, as he considered, was sitting perfectly still with the letter in her hand, looking at him with an expression of horror, despair, and indignation." Tolstoy used the words he did to put emphasis on the emotions and hurt of the wife of Stiva. Not only does the choice of words he used show that, but it also shows the little respect Stiva has for his wife. He takes his wife for granted and doesn't look at her as an independent woman.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter One, Tolstoy uses literary devices such as repetition to foreshadow future events. The repetition in his words "utterly involuntarily" emphasizes the point of his failure to control his reactions. The point of this is that Stepan blames other sources such as his "idiotic smile" to cover his own mistakes. Tolstoy uses repetition to foreshadow that this "idiotic smile" won't be the only mistake Stepan makes in the novel.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Tolstoy uses parallel structure to reveal the chaos within the household. "The wife did not leave her own room, the husband had not been at home for three days. The children ran wild all over the house..." The significance of this piece of text foreshadows Stepan's future to come and the relationship between him and his wife. The strategy that Tolstoy works to achieve is the constant reminder of chaos.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter One, Tolstoy uses many literary structures too emphasize the many problems and chaos that Stepan encounters. He show the downside of many families "the wife did not leave her room" represents the separation in the household. This shows the impact his actions had on his family.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter One, Tolstoy uses parallel structure, the use of the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. While describing the conditions of the household, Tolstoy explains that, "The wife did not leave her own room, the husband had not been at home for three days. The children ran wild all over the house; the English governess quarreled with the housekeeper, and wrote to a friend asking her to look out for a new situation for her; the man-cook had walked off the day before just at dinner time; the kitchen-maid, and the coachman had given warning" (p.2). This strategy is significant because it gives the reader a sense the emotions that everyone is feeling. The author wanted the reader to see how chaotic it was in the Oblonskys' household.
ReplyDeleteIn the second paragraph of chapter one Tolstoy uses parallelism to emphasize the chaos in his life. " The wife did not leave her room, The husband had not been home in days. The children ran wild all over the house...." Its important because it shows how his life seems to falling apart as he breaks away from his normal life and routine. Tolstoy uses it to show chaos and how he feels rather than using parallelism to help keep things in order.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Tolstoy shows that the husband doesn't care about his wife. In chapter one, Tolstoy says, "he cheerfully dropped his feet over the edge of the sofa, and felt about with them for his slippers, a present on his last birthday, worked for him by his wife on gold-colored morocco. And, as he had done every day for the last nine years, he stretched out his hand, without getting up, towards the place where his dressing-gown always hung in his bedroom. And thereupon he suddenly remembered that he was not sleeping in his wife's room, but in his study, and why: the smile vanished from his face, he knitted his brows." This shows that the husband is actually happy. Tolstoy uses, " cheerfully" to show that.
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ReplyDeleteTolstoy uses specific detail in this chapter to express how Stiva is unsatisfied with his new lifestyle. When Stiva wakes up, he starts to describe a dream that made his "eyes twinkle gaily", but as he realizes that he is not in his wife's room, "the smile vanished from his face(Tolstoy, Par.5)." Stiva's quick mood swing allows the reader to see that he is unhappy with his new routine. Tolstoy uses Stiva's unhappiness to give us background knowledge about Stiva's situation and what is going on in the Oblonsky's home.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter One, Tolstoy uses parallel structure to illustrate the chaos that has set in throughout the Oblonsky household. Tolstoy writes, "The wife did not leave her own room, the husband had not been at home for three days. The children ran wild all over the house; the English governess quarreled with the housekeeper, and wrote to a friend asking her to look out for a new situation for her; the man-cook had walked off the day before just at dinner time; the kitchen-maid, and the coachman had given warning." (P. 2) This is significant because it conveys the chaos that the house has been filled with. The reader is shown how the house goes from quiet and peaceful to reckless within a few days.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Tolstoy uses repetition to emphasize that Stepan’s smile was completely involuntarily. Tolstoy states, ”His face utterly involuntarily – utterly involuntarily assumed its habitual good humored, and therefore idiotic smile.” The significance of this repetition is to expound the fact that the smile was involuntary. This works towards Tolstoy’s purpose of explaining that Stepan feels at least a small amount of guilt for his actions.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter One, Tolstoy use parallel structure to emphasize how chaotic the Oblonskys household. “The wife did not leave her own room; the husband had not been at home for three days. The children ran wild all over the house; the English governess quarreled with the housekeeper, and wrote to a friend asking her to look out for a new situation for her; the man-cook had walked of the day before just at dinner-time; the kitchen-maid, and the coachman had given warning.” This is parallel structure because the word the, is use again and again. The significance of this is that, this shows how the household is going in result of the problems the husband and wife are having.
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ReplyDeleteIn Chapter One, Tolstoy uses structure to show the feeling of the characters. "The children ran wild all over the house; the English governess quarreled with the housekeeper, and wrote to a friend asking her to look out for a new situation for her; the man-cook had walked on the day before just at dinner time; the kitchen-maid, and the coachman had given warning." Leo Tolstoy's, Anna Karenina has a much deeper meaning than what is read in the lines, you need to read between them. Though one person, Mr. Oblonsky's, made a mistake, it affected the house as a whole; one mistake can tear a family apart, though it may not be forever.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Tolstoy uses parallel structure to enhance the involuntary act of a smile. The random act of the smile is shown by "..his face utterly involuntarily... utterly involuntarily..." Involuntary acts are used to show how a person has no control over his or her reactions. The parallel structure emphasizes how shocked Stepan Arkadyevitch was by his own act.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Tolstoy uses parallel structure to enhance the involuntary act of a smile. The random act of the smile is shown by "..his face utterly involuntarily... utterly involuntarily..." Involuntary acts are used to show how a person has no control over his or her reactions. The parallel structure emphasizes how shocked Stepan Arkadyevitch was by his own act.
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ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Tolstoy uses repetition to materialize how chaotic their-once was a loving-house is now. After the intrigue with the French girl, "the wife did not leave her own room, the husband had not been at home for three days. The children ran wild all over the house..." This literary device is used as an over rushed list of unfortunate events. As you read through this list of events, your pace increases and your heart races; this household was once a loving and happy abode, but not it is chaotic and miserable.
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ReplyDeleteIn Chapter One, Leo Tolstoy uses parallel structure as the rhetorical strategy. It's used to refer to the on-going argument between Stepan Arkadyevitch's and his wife Dolly. "..The eife did not leave her room; the husband had not been at home for three days. The children ran wild all over the house; the English governess quarreled with the housekeeper, and wrote to a friend asking her to look out for a new situation for her; the man-cook had walked off the day before just at dinner-time; the kitchen-maid, and the coachman had given warning.." (Paragraph 2). This parallel structure illustrates how everyone in the household was affected by the dismay between the husband and wife.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter One of the book, Anna Karenina, Tolstoy uses reptition to emphasize how involuntary and reflexive the idiotic smile that condemned Stepan to the couch was. “…his face utterly involuntarily…--utterly involuntarily assumed its habitual, good-humored, and therefore idiotic smile.” Tolstoy repeats the words ‘utterly involuntarily’ a few times in order to emphasize that Stepan wasn’t thinking fast enough to react properly to his wife, Dolly, discovering his intrigue with a French girl. Stepan keeps beating himself up about letting that involuntary, habitual smile appear across his face at such an innappropriate time.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter One, Tolstoy uses onomatopoeia to convey the emotions brought out by Stepan's lament. When Stepan recalls his confrontation with his wife, he mutters, "Ah, ah, ah! Oo!...." This helps the reader put their imagination to the task of creating and hearing this voice they feel Stepan possesses. Tolstoy did this to surface the feelings of regret Stepan feels for the way he handled the situation with his wife.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Tolstoy uses parallel structure to explain the chaos through the Oblonskys' house. Tolstoy states, "The wife did not leave her room, the husband had not been at home for three days. The children ran wild all over the house; the English governess quarreled with the housekeeper, and wrote to a friend asking her to look our for a new situation for her; the man-cook had walked off the day before just at dinner time; the kitchen-maid, and the coachman had given warning." This strategy is used to show all the confusion and the emotions that everyone in the household has.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Tolstoy uses parallel structure to show that the Oblonsky house was in chaos. "The wife did not leave her own room, the husband had not been at home for three days. The children ran wild all over the house; the English governess quarreled with the housekeeper, and wrote to a friend asking her to look out for a new situation for her: the man-cook had walked off the day before just at dinner time: the kitchen maid, and the coachman had given warning." (Tolstoy par. 2) leaving the house in complete and massive chaos. The parallel structure gets across the point that everything is happening at once and is very chaotic because the husband and wife are fighting. The husband and wife's quarrel is not just causing problems for them, it is causing problems for everyone, and everyone wants out of the situation.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter one of Anna Karenina, Tolstoy uses repetition to clarify how Stepan Arkadyevitch's smile broke Dolly, Stepan's wife, more than what she already was from the love affair. Stepan used the words such as "utterly" and "involuntary" to represent how he felt about his reaction to Dolly finding the letter. Using repetition, Tolstoy was clarifying how remorseful and idiotic Stepan's reaction to his wife finding the letter. The significance of the repetitional words is to emphasize the importance of reactions in the story.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Leo Tolstoy uses parallel structure to emphasize the chaotic state the family was in, once the affair had been revealed. "The wife did not leave her own room, the husband had not been at home for three days. The children ran wild all over the house; the English governess quarreled with with the housekeeper, and wrote to a friend asking her to look out for a new situation for her; the man-cook had walked off the day before just at dinner-time; the kitchen-maid, and the coachman had given warning.” This example of parallel structure is Tolstoy's way of emphasizing the fact that the actions of husband does not only affects the husband and wife, but causes chaos for the entire family.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter One, Tolstoy uses onomatopoeias to emphasize and illustrate Stephen's regret toward the quarrel he and his wife shared. Stephen states, "Oh, oh ,oh!" "she won't forgive me," as he thinks back to the accident. Using these onomatopoeias allows the reader to recognize Stephen's regret is sincere and true. This strategy assists in Tolstoy's purpose by silently stating that regret is not powerful enough to correct a mistake that has already been made.
ReplyDeleteThe quote “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way” found in chapter one, using parallel structure, juxtaposes happy families and unhappy families. Tolstoy does this to emphasize that if a family is unhappy, you can easily point out its flaws. The sentence also hooks the readers attention by challenging the common mind with a riddle. Using this literary device gives the reader a glimps of what the story will be about, which is an unhappy family.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 1, Tolstoy uses parallel structure to point out the chaos going in in the Oblonsky's house. The text says, "The wife did not leave her own room." " The husband had not been at home for three days." The word "The" is used over and over again which is the parallel structure. It is trying to point out the problems in the household with the wife and the husband who is having an affair.
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In chapter one, Tolstoy uses great diction and repetition to convey how the smile was very involuntary. Tolstoy states, "His face utterly involuntary--utterly involuntary assumed its habitual...therefore idiotic smile." With this, Tolstoy develops and creates more tension between the two, knowing that Stepan doesn't take responsibility or feel any remorse for his actions, only blaming his smile.
ReplyDeleteIn the first chapter of Anna Karenina Tolstoy emphasizes “This idiotic smile…” The character in this story is constantly blaming his smile. It was a reflex, and it didn’t mean anything. He claims “… though I’m not to blame,” he blames everything on the “… Idiotic smile…” When in reality he should have been able to own up, and realize that he made a mistake and now he is paying for it.
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ReplyDeleteIn Chapter One, Tolstoy uses the repetition of units of time to show that significance of the timing. Tolstoy truly starts of this “situation” in the Oblonskys’ house by saying, “This position of affairs had now lasted three days(Paragraph 2),” continuing, “the husband had not been home for three days(Paragraph 2)… Three days after the quarrel (Paragraph 3),… Stiva… woke up at his usual hour, that is, at eight o’clock in the morning (Paragraph 3).” This significance of the timing is all because the situation starts almost routine to Stiva, and it just like a small kind of memory that he knows almost every detail to the memory, even the time. Through using repetition of units of time, such as “three days” or “his usual hour,” Tolstoy is letting us know that this “quarrel” is something that happens often to Stiva because this day, or memory, is just like his regular routine schedule.
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ReplyDeleteIn Chapter One, Tolstoy uses repetition to clarify that Stepan's idiotic smile was an involuntary reflex. Tolstoy clearly emphasized, "his face utterly involuntarily--utterly involuntarily assumed its habitual, good-humored, and therefore idiotic smile." Tolstoy uses this repetition to show that Stepan could not control his smile. This works towards the author's purpose of expounding that Stepan is somewhat remorseful for his actions, even though he was not able to control them.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Tolstoy used repetition in paragraph twelve to highlight that Stepan's smile was an involuntary reflex. Tolstoy writes, "...instead of remaining in different even-- anything would have been better than what he did do--his face utterly involuntarily (reflex spinal action, reflected Stepan Arkadyevitch, who was fond of physiology)--utterly involuntarily assumed its habitual, good-humored, and therefore idiotic smile." The repetition that is there, is there to stress the involuntariness of the smile he put on. The situation that Stepan is put in show the guilt that he has within himself.
ReplyDeleteTolstoy writes, in Chapter one, "The wife did not leave her own room, the husband had not been in the house for three days. The children ran wild all over the house; the English governess quarreled with the housekeepers." to signify the chaos happening inside the Oblonsky house. The parallelism exacerbates the how the order in the house is non-existent.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter One, Tolstoy uses repetition to stress his smile was an involuntary reflex. "Instead of being hurt, denying defending himself, begging for forgiveness, instead of remaining indifferent even-- anything would have been better than what he did do-- his utterly involuntarily... utterly involuntarily assumed its habitual , good-humored, and therefore idiotic smile." This is repetition because "utterly involuntarily" is repeated. The importance of that is to emphasize that his smile was an involuntarily reflex.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Tolstoy uses parallel structure to show the chaos in the Oblonsky house. " The wife had discovered the husband was carrying on an intrigue with a French girl."(Tolstoy par.2) The word "the" is repeated. I believe it tries to emphasize that the husband cheating is affecting the wife which is causing chaos.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter One, Tolstoy explained the quarrel between Stepan Arkadyevitch and his wife, Dolly, to the reader. He explained how "for the last nine years" (Tolstoy, Par 5) Stepan would lie beside his wife at night, but ever since she read "the unlucky letter that revealed everything" (Tolstoy, Par 8) their relationship went to Stepan sleeping on the sofa. These details about the Arkadyevitch's are significant because they allow the reader to get a good feel of the harsh relationship that was fuming in the household between the two individuals. These details work to achieve the author's purpose of showing how angry the wife was at her husband and how the husband took his wife for granted so badly by making sure the reader knew that the Arkadyevitch's were not on speaking terms at that moment.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter one of Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy decides to use repetition to emphasize his act of not trying to feel pain or guilt from his abominable actions. He writes “instead...” in two similar fashions in the same sentence, “Instead of being hurt… Instead of remaining indifferent…” The fact of trying any and everything in his power to not feel an inch of guilt, he reluctantly emphasizes that by using this form of repetition. This lets the reader be aware that even though he was surprised and couldn’t control his reactions, he did take the time to find the best way to aggravate his wife, instead of showing a great deal of sympathy and guilt toward the one he married.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Tolstoy uses parallel structure to allude how much disarray was in the Arkadyevitch's home. Tolstoy says, "The wife did not leave her own room, the husband had not been at home for three days. The children ran wild all over the house." The repetition of "The" and a following subject makes this parallel structure. This is important because Tolstoy is implying how much of an effect Stepan's affair is having on his family.
ReplyDeleteIn the first chapter, Tolstoy uses parallel structure while saying, "... he had not found his wife in the drawing-room, to is surprise had not found her in the study either, and saw her at last in her bedroom with the unlucky letter that revealed everything in her hand." By using parallel structure in this portion, we have the allusion of him searching for his wife. This is a great example of the author using syntax in his novel.
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ReplyDeleteIn the first chapter, Tolstoy utilizes heavy repetition to fortify the points he was utilizing that’d come into play in the lengthy plot of the novel. An overbearing illustration of this is his constant use of repeating that Stepan’s face, “Utterly involuntarily (reflex spinal action, reflected Stepan Arkadyevitch, who was fond of physiology)—utterly involuntarily assumed its habitual, good-humored, and therefore idiotic smile.” With this re-occurring utilization of repetition and constantly restating the same words, or similar phrases, to hammer in said idea into the readers head. Tolstoy does that as the idea of his smile being entirely reflexive and involuntary is a crucial piece of information to understand only a portion of the issues Stepan and Dolly are trekking through, but that Stepan knows he is utterly at fault here, but he knew not how to reconcile his actions.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one of Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy repeatedly uses repetition to illustrate his characters' despair and build suspense. "But what's to be done? What's to be done?" Stepan Arkadeyevitch repeats his lamentation at the end of the chapter. This repetition not only emphasizes the despair and confusion of Stepan's situation, but it also builds suspense, hinting that the character's harried question is not rhetorical and that it will be answered later on. Stepan does not have the capacity to clean up his own mess, and he will no doubt suffer the consequences of his actions.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, paragraph eight, the author uses foreshadowing to predict the set of events that would be the result of Stepan's idiocy. "...was sitting perfectly still with the letter in her hand, looking at him with an expression of horror, despair, and indignation. With this piece of evidence, we can infer that Stepan's wife, Dolly, had found out about the intrigue between Stepan and the French girl. The chaos in the Oblonsky household would be the cause for the main character of the novel to step in.
ReplyDeleteTolstoy’s Anna Karnina signifies the importance of his diction by creating Stephan Arkadyevitch’s scene of unhappiness and despair from his personal faults. When he cries, “oh” and “ah” and how his “smile vanished” and he “knitted his brows,” it is easily recognizable that his misery is only caused by his private responsibilities (Tolstoy 5-6). Tolstoy’s choose in words and sounds put emphasis on how Arkadyevitch is burdened by leaving his wife for another woman.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one of Anna Karenina, Tolstoy uses diction to emphasize all that Stepan could have done differently. "Instead of being hurt, denying, defending himself, begging forgiveness, instead of remaining indifferent, even.." (Tolstoy, Par 12) The long line of diction Tolstoy chose, is there to show that he was aware of every thing he could have done differently. The author's purpose was to show that Stepan truly loved his wife and knew he might have saved their relationship had he shown a different reaction.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Tolstoy uses repetition to foreshadow the future events to come. Tolstoy repeats ".. utterly involuntarily" showing how Stepan was unable to control his actions, and did not think before he reacted. This leads to the point where Stepan denies his faults and blames other things, such as his "idiotic smile" for his mistakes and failures. Tolstoy uses the "idiotic smile" to foreshadow that Stepan will make many more mistakes.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Tolstoy used parallel structure to show how the dispute between Arkadyvitch and his wife left the house chaotic and dis-functional. "The wife did not leave her own room, the husband had not been at home for three days. The children ran wild all over the house." The occurring rift between husband and wife and Arkadyvitch's actions resulted in suffering for the whole family.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one of Anna Karenina, Tolstoy uses repetition to emphasize that his "idiotic smile" was not voluntary. When his wife read the letter she looked at him in an expression of horror. he thought about what he did not do and decided that "anything would have been better that what he did do--his face utterly involuntarily (reflexive spinal action, reflected Stepan Arkadyevitch, who was fond of Physiology)-- utterly involuntarily assumed its habitual, good-humored, and therefore idiotic smile." (Tolstoy, paragraph 2) This repetition in paragraph 10 is used to stress that he never meant to upset his wife by smiling. It simply came upon him out of habit because of his sense of good humor.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Tolstoy uses peculiar details of Stephen’s walk home to illustrate that he was confident he would not get caught. While Stephen is walking home he is described as being in “happy, good-humored, and having a pear for his wife” (Tolstoy Paragraph 10). Tolstoy uses these details to portray a man who is content with himself and his life and who is sure his wrongs will not be discovered. By doing this Tolstoy not only presents Stephen as a morally ignorant person but also adds to the story a little bit of irony.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Tolstoy use the juxtaposition of Stephan's day to show the rapid development of the situation. Tolstoy express how quickly everything was moving by the "most unpleasant of all was the first minute when, on coming, happy and good-humored, from the theater....and saw her at last in her bedroom with the unlucky letter that revealed everything in her hand." As quick as a minute everything change for Stephan and his many years of peaceful days end with one minute mistake. This shows how fast Tolstoy want to develop of the story and the bad comes quick as the good comes slowly.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter One, Tolstoy uses the repetition of utterly involuntarily to show how Stepan was in total shock of his wife’s reaction that he was not able to control his reaction towards it. In paragraph 12 it stated, “Instead of being hurt, denying, defending himself, begging forgiveness, instead of remaining indifferent even anything would have been better than what he did do –his face utterly involuntarily(reflex spinal action reflected Stepan Arkadyevitch, who was fond of physiology) –utterly involuntarily assumed its habitual, good-humored, and therefore idiotic smile. The reason Tolstoy used repetition is to show how Stepan understood what he did was hurting towards his wife and he had nothing else to blame but the idiotic smile for his actions. The way repetition was used during this part of the story was used to emphasize all of the things Stepan could have done but with no control over his actions the idiotic smile was revealed.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Tolstoy uses parallelism to emphasize the chaos in the house by saying "The wife did not leave her own room, the husband had not been at home for three days. The children ran wild all over the house; the English governess quarreled with the housekeeper, and wrote to a friend asking her to look out for a new situation for her; the man-cook had walked off the day before just at dinner time; the kitchen-maid, and the coachman had given warning" (p.2). Tolstoy named all the chaotic actions occuring in the house. He uses parallelism to make everything seem busier.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Tolstoy uses parallel structure to tells what is going on in the house at the moment. It is stated that "The wife did not leave her own room, the husband had not been at home for three days. The children ran wild all over the house..." This shows parallel structure. This example is to show how out of control the household is and how there is really no Communication through out the house.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Tolstoy uses parallel structure to create a better understanding of the chaos and destruction in the Oblonskys' house. "The children ran wild all over the house; the English governess quarreled with the housekeeper,...; the man-cook had walked off the day before just at dinner time; the kitchen maid, and the coachman had given warning." The significance of Tolstoy's parallel structure is to indicate the massive amount of chaos and pain in the Oblonskys' household. This also contributes to the author's point of how one's actions can affect the feelings of many other people in their environment.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Tolstoy uses parallelism in the sentence "The wife did not leave her own room, the husband had not been at home for three days. The children ran wild all over the house; the English governess quarreled with the housekeeper, and wrote to a friend asking her to look out for a new situation for her; the man-cook had walked off the dat before just at dinner time; the kitchen-maid, and the coachman had given warning." (pg.2) Tolstoy these lines in the story to show the reader how chaotic the household was and how there was no order in the house at all.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Tolstoy uses parallelism to emphasize the amount of chaos the goes on in the house. Events such as "The children [running] wild all over the house; the English governess [quarrling] with the housekeeper...; the man-cook [walking] off the day before just at dinner time," this is all an example of how the parallesim is used to emphasize the chaos as though they can never have a peaceful moment in their house. Tolstoy used this strategy witfully and skillfully to display the scene of a total uproar.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one Tolstoy uses parallel structure to emphasize details with his characters. For example, in paragraph 12, one of the character's faces is described as "utterly involuntarily assumed its habitual." Tolstoy uses this sentence to describe the character's face and make the character sound more realistic. Tolstoy uses parallel structure to achieve his purpose in the text by using it to describe his characters and make them more realistic.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, Tolstoy uses diction to convey the personalities of the characters in the story. For example, Tolstoy describes the family in such a way that it is portrayed that they are a very crazy and dysfunctional family. His choice of words combine a very dramatic and realistic tone throughout the story. This story contains a great deal of realism in which the readers in our society can easily understand and relate to.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one, paragraph five, Tolstoy says, “And as he had done every day for the last nine years, he stretched out his hand, without getting up, towards the place where his dressing-gown always hung in his bedroom. And thereupon he suddenly remembered that he was not sleeping in his wife room...” to show that Stepan and his wife were not on good terms. The significance of this line was to emphasize that Stepan was comfortable with his daily routine and it saddened him that he had hurt his wife. This detailed sentence worked towards the purpose because it showed the readers how long Stepan and his wife had been on good terms for nine years and how his mistake ruined everything.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter one Tolstoy uses parallel structure to display a sense of almost organized chaos , as if this family has become so accustomed to the ways of madness they are living in. Tolstoy talks of the "children [who] ran wild" , "the English [who] governess quarreled" and "the man [who] walked off" in ways that everything is as it should be instead of the way most would predict as a chaotic state as everyone is entangled of the scandal unfolding in the home. With the use of parallel structure the word begin to flow and almost form a rhythmic pattern, almost like that of Shakespeare's iambic pentameter. Tolstoy's purpose is embedded in the way his words makes the reader feel calm, almost happy as he writes of a devastating tragedy in a family.
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