Genre
Philosophical book
Setting and Context
Set in Rome
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Informative and intriguing
Protagonist and Antagonist
The central character is Arrian.
Major Conflict
The main conflict is that the intermediate students of stoicism face numerous dilemmas due to the corrosive effect of shame on the development of the mind.
Climax
The climax comes when the author concludes that the previous mental work is only preserved when there is strict adherence to the ethical standards that have been put in place.
Foreshadowing
The success in stoic mastery is foreshadowed by discipline and denial.
Understatement
Epictetus' beliefs about justice are understated in the text. The reader realizes that success in stoic mastery must be based on ethics.
Allusions
The story alludes to the significance of discipline and denial.
Imagery
The images of the human soul and its development depict sight imagery to readers to see how human nature prohibits analytical objectivity.
Paradox
The paradox of shame and progress is dominant throughout the text.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
Spiritual strata are used as a metonymy for strict adherence to religion and objectives.
Personification
N/A
