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Irony, Imagery, Allusion |
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Step 5 Answers: Literary Analysis
1. The protagonist in The Diary of Anne Frank is Anne Frank. She is the main character of the story, the one the audience empathizes with.
2. The antagonists are the Nazis. They are the ones who oppose Anne Frank and everyone in hiding with Anne.
3. The story takes place in Amsterdam, Holland where the Frank family and the VanPel family are hiding from the Nazis in the attic of an office building for over two years before they are caught and sent to concentration camps. The play begins after WWII has ended and Mr. Frank the only survivor has returned to the annex. There he is given Anne's diary. He begins to read her diary and the story begins as a flashback to the years of hiding before they were found.
4. The point of view is first person point of view told through the eyes of Anne Frank a 13 year old Jewish girl.
5. The mood and tone change throughout the play.
Once the flashback begins and because Anne tells the story, the tone of is young, energetic and fluid. An example that shows this tone is when Anne is described. "Anne comes running up the stairs. She is thirteen, quick in her movements, interested in everything, mercurial in her emotions..."
The mood of the story however, is tense, fearful, and hurried. This can be seen as soon as the sound of marching feet are heard outside signaling danger for the families. In the naration we read, "Everyone is motionless, paralyzed with fear."
6. An external conflict in the play is Man vs. Society. This can be seen in terms of Jewish people versus the Nazis anti-semitism which is racism against Jewish people.
7. An internal conflict in the play is Man vs. Self. This can be seen in terms of Anne versus herself. She struggles with the need to protect herself from others, but in doing this she sometimes offends people or hurts their feelings. This can be seen in the line where she says, "...the mean Anne comes to the outside and the good Anne stays on the inside, and I keep trying to switch them around..."
8. A clear example of irony is when Mr. VanDaan is telling his wife that she is being selfish by not selling her coat, but then a few lines later he asks Meip, "...will you get me cigarrettes...get all you can." This is a very hypocritical request after just telling his wife she was being selfish.
9. The climax of this story is when the Nazis discover their hiding place and take them away to concentration camps. I know this because this is the turning point of the story and the moment of the highest tension and emotional response by the reader.
10. The resolution of the play is when the flashback ends and Mr. Frank is back in the annex after the war where the play began. He is the only survivor. He explains what happened to the rest of the characters in the play.
2. The antagonists are the Nazis. They are the ones who oppose Anne Frank and everyone in hiding with Anne.
3. The story takes place in Amsterdam, Holland where the Frank family and the VanPel family are hiding from the Nazis in the attic of an office building for over two years before they are caught and sent to concentration camps. The play begins after WWII has ended and Mr. Frank the only survivor has returned to the annex. There he is given Anne's diary. He begins to read her diary and the story begins as a flashback to the years of hiding before they were found.
4. The point of view is first person point of view told through the eyes of Anne Frank a 13 year old Jewish girl.
5. The mood and tone change throughout the play.
Once the flashback begins and because Anne tells the story, the tone of is young, energetic and fluid. An example that shows this tone is when Anne is described. "Anne comes running up the stairs. She is thirteen, quick in her movements, interested in everything, mercurial in her emotions..."
The mood of the story however, is tense, fearful, and hurried. This can be seen as soon as the sound of marching feet are heard outside signaling danger for the families. In the naration we read, "Everyone is motionless, paralyzed with fear."
6. An external conflict in the play is Man vs. Society. This can be seen in terms of Jewish people versus the Nazis anti-semitism which is racism against Jewish people.
7. An internal conflict in the play is Man vs. Self. This can be seen in terms of Anne versus herself. She struggles with the need to protect herself from others, but in doing this she sometimes offends people or hurts their feelings. This can be seen in the line where she says, "...the mean Anne comes to the outside and the good Anne stays on the inside, and I keep trying to switch them around..."
8. A clear example of irony is when Mr. VanDaan is telling his wife that she is being selfish by not selling her coat, but then a few lines later he asks Meip, "...will you get me cigarrettes...get all you can." This is a very hypocritical request after just telling his wife she was being selfish.
9. The climax of this story is when the Nazis discover their hiding place and take them away to concentration camps. I know this because this is the turning point of the story and the moment of the highest tension and emotional response by the reader.
10. The resolution of the play is when the flashback ends and Mr. Frank is back in the annex after the war where the play began. He is the only survivor. He explains what happened to the rest of the characters in the play.