The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne Literary Elements

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne Literary Elements

Genre

Fiction

Setting and Context

The story starts in Canada and then ends in America.

Narrator and Point of View

Third-Person Narrative

Tone and Mood

Intriguing, hurtful, buoyant, sad

Protagonist and Antagonist

The protagonist is Judy.

Major Conflict

The main conflict is that Judy is childless, lonely and abhorrent towards Protestants. Judy lives a meaningless life.

Climax

The climax comes when Judy finally settles down with Madden in New York, where they start business and life as a couple.

Foreshadowing

Judy’s loneliness and hatred towards Protestants foreshadowed her meaningless life.

Understatement

Catholicism is understated in this text. For instance, there is no evidence anywhere that Catholics are hateful towards Protestants. Both Catholics and Protestants are Christians, and they should love each other.

Allusions

The story alludes to the impact of hatred and loneliness.

Imagery

The imagery of Catholic churches in Ireland helps readers to see the Christian life of Judy. Judy is brought under strict catholic doctrines, and this makes her hate Protestants.

Paradox

The satire of faith is evident in the text. Judy is religious and hopeful, but she ends up lonely and childless.

Parallelism

Christian beliefs and reality are parallel to each other.

Metonymy and Synecdoche

N/A

Personification

Whisky is incarnated as having the ability to control the actions, Judy.

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