#n mary hatford impacts the story through grief but it doesnt change the actual structural form of the narrative | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

jctko · 1 month ago

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no one cares but a character dying is not the same as a character haunting the narrative. dying is a plot point, while haunting must be structural redefinition of the entire piece's form. it's why haunting of hill house begins and ends with the same line. it's why cassandra tells the audience of the oresteia exactly what is going to happen. they are defined by their endings- something that not all deaths lead to

#the foxhole court #lake mungo #the oresteia #jet atla #haunting the narrative #literary theory #haunting of hill house #like id argue that seth from tfc and jet are key examples of characters who die but like. dont necessarily matter to the STRUCTURE #the overall story does not differ whether they live or not #n mary hatford impacts the story through grief but it doesnt change the actual structural form of the narrative #doesnt mean they arent impactful deaths; just that haunting is different #the latter of which caused this thought #narratology

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