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1:15 AM

In Michael Herr's book about the Vietnam War, "Dispatches," he describes Operation Pegasus -- the relief of the besieged USMC garrison at Khe Sahn in 1968 -- in the following way: Pegasus was almost elegant in its tactics and scope. Stendhal would have loved it (he would have called it "an af...

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Rand al'Thor

12:22 PM

Welcome to Literature! I'm not sure, but I think this question may be too broad to be reasonably answered. Some authors will think about literary devices while writing, some won't. Usually some literary devices might be consciously planned while others are unintentional or subconscious. But there's such a wide range here, so many different authors and works to be considered, that I'm not sure your question can be answered in the scope of a single post. — Rand al'Thor 13 mins ago

Not sure about this one.

@ChristopheStrobbe :-( Maybe it's just that some of the regulars have been tied up elsewhere. BESW isn't even pingable here right now, and I've also not spent as much time here lately as I should.

Christophe Strobbe

1:08 PM

@Randal'Thor I cast a close vote on that one. Writers in general is too broad. Some people were both authors and critics (T. S. Eliot comes to mind; Philip Sidney also in a way - Defense of Poesy).

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Rand al'Thor

3:55 PM

Mar 25 '17 at 1:16, by Rand al'Thor

Repost for @ChristopheStrobbe :-)

Bookworm

4:19 PM

Q: How do Shakespeare's Macbeth and Lord of the Flies compare to each other?

Note: this is for my upcoming English exam, and I'm asking for my own benefit. Here's what I gathered, In both of the literature pieces there's a clear similarity between Jack from Lord of the Flies and in Macbeth from Shakespeare's Macbeth, both are trying to overthrow leadership and take it f...

william-shakespeare william-golding lord-of-the-flies macbeth

Christophe Strobbe

@Randal'Thor Tsk, tsk, I did point out that academic literary theory takes intentionalism seriously - or at least some literary theorists: literature.stackexchange.com/q/6744/2191

Rand al'Thor

@Bookworm Too broad?

@ChristopheStrobbe Already upvoted.

I think comparing the two works as a whole might be too broad to be reasonably answerable. If you edit to ask for a comparative analysis of the two characters (Jack and Macbeth), that would probably make a better question. (I'm no expert on either story though.) — Rand al'Thor 18 secs ago

Christophe Strobbe

@Randal'Thor Heh, we commented at the same time.