Genre
An erotic romance novel
Setting and Context
The action takes place in Seattle (the State of Washington) and Portland (the State of Oregon).
Narrator and Point of View
The narrator of the novel is a first person Anastasia (Ana) Steele, who narrates about her relationships with Christian Grey.
Tone and Mood
The mood is very romantic and sexual due to Christian and Ana's love story. Moreover, there are such stressful moments as Leila's pursuit and helicopter crash.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The main protagonist is Anastasia Steele. The main antagonist is Elena Lincoln
Major Conflict
The main conflict happens between Christian Grey and his ex-girlfriends Elena Lincoln and Leila Williams, who try to destroy his happy life with Ana.
Climax
The climax happens when Christian gets in an accident, flying from Portland to Seattle. Ana thinks over her attitude towards Christian and decides to be with him forever.
Foreshadowing
The appearance of Leila Williams, Christian's ex-girlfriend, predicts the fact that she will want to get rid of Ana Steele because of jealousy. After a while, the reader finds out that Leila tries to shoot Ana, but Christian saves her.
Understatement
N/A
Allusions
The novel alludes to "Night Flight" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery and "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" by Emily Dickinson.
Imagery
See the imagery section
Paradox
N/A
Parallelism
There is a parallelism of love and hatred in the novel. While Christian and Anastasia love each other and show true feelings, Leila hates both of them, because her jealousy destroys her.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
When Anastasia Steele says that "she has a tiger by the tail", it means that she has angered Christian, when her outfit did not impress him. Christian is going to be mad, when Ana gets back.
Personification
Leila's gun personifies a threat to Anastasia's life and even death. Masks, which are worn by Christian, Ana and their guests during the party, personify mysteriousness and secrets.
