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Narrators in the Third Person
One of the most challenging aspects of reading The Moonstone is determining the reliability of the different narrators. During Betteredge’s narrative, we are treated to only his first person views; the same is true with the other narratives. Yet as … Continue reading
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Subjective Narrators Mean Objective Reader
After having read the novel as narrated by two different people, I have come to the conclusion that the purpose of the narrators is in fact to allow the reader to view the story objectively through the subjective lens of … Continue reading
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‘Poor’ Narrators
There are numerous interesting patterns to note within this section of reading, but I will focus on two. The first being Miss Clack’s similarity to Gabriel Betteredge, the other being the constant usages of ‘poor’. Although in the first chapter … Continue reading
A Shift in Perspective: Our New Narrator
It is becoming increasingly clear that the personal tastes and loyalties of the narrator in this novel are truly designed to influence (and confuse!) the reader’s perceptions of different characters. As we are left by Gabriel Betteredge, who thus far … Continue reading
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Superior to Reason
Gabriel Betteredge has been our only real source of information about the mystery of the Moonstone, except for the prologue written by the cousin of John Herncastle. He has always been conscious of his story telling, constantly jilting the reader … Continue reading
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