The Book of Three Literary Elements

The Book of Three Literary Elements

Genre

High Fantasy Children's Literature

Setting and Context

Caer Dallben, present time

Narrator and Point of View

Taran

Tone and Mood

Adventurous

Protagonist and Antagonist

Protagonist: Taran Antagonist: The Horned King

Major Conflict

The Hen Wen has escaped, and the Horned King and his armies are approaching Cael Dallben.

Climax

The Horned King dies when a man appears and mutters a word.

Foreshadowing

The importance of the Han Wan is foreshadowed by his escape.

Understatement

The importance of Dyrnwyn is understated, as its removal made the Spiral Castle fall.

Allusions

The reader might notice allusions within the American animated Disney movie "The Sword in the Stone".

Imagery

The image of Gwydion killing the Horned King is a significant and important one in the book, as he is the powerful person in the end.

Paradox

N/A

Parallelism

N/A

Metonymy and Synecdoche

N/A

Personification

Various creatures and objects are given human-like abilities throughout the book.

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