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A 4 page essay that describes and analyzes the use of narrative perspective in the closing paragraphs of "The Web of Circumstance" by Charles Chestnutt. No additional sources are cited.
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below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates.?? Charles Chestnutt/The Web of Circumstance Enterprises
Inc. By - properly! In the closing paragraphs of Charles Chestnutts short story
"The Web of Circumstance," the author changes the narrative perspective twice, using three perspectives in total. A close reading of this passage indicates that Chestnutt utilizes these changes in perspective,
first of all, so that the reader will understand the motivations that are involved in the storys tragic conclusion, that is, in order to give a better overall perspective on
the action. Secondly, however, the final shift in perspective, to the omniscient narrative perspective, allows Chestnutt to make a final comment that expresses his hope, as promised by Christian doctrine,
for an age in which all humanity can live in peace and harmony. The passage under examination begins with Ben Davis, a Negro blacksmith, watching the daughter of his
enemy. This perspective allows the reader access to Bens thoughts, which indicate that Ben equates the pretty blond little girl with the essence of "purity and innocence and peace" (Chestnutt).
It does occur to Ben that by harming the little girl, he would be enacting the greatest punishment possible on her father for the wrongs done to him; however, this
thought is dismissed immediately, as Chestnutt makes it clear that Ben could never harm the child as the thought evaporates as soon "as it came within the nimbus that surrounded
the childs person" (Chestnutt). In other words, as the little girl conveys the quintessence of purity and innocence, with her "golden hair...in rippling curls," to attack her would be the
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