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Examples Of Ambiguity In Literature

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Ambiguity in literature means having certain aspects in a story open to be interpreted in different ways. Texts that are ambiguous have benefits compared to a text that is not. The stories can be viewed from different positions like feminism, race and culture. Ambiguous texts can also have open views on the literary devices used like the colour blue could mean sadness or it could mean could mean cleansing. Ambiguity can also affect the way the characters are being portrayed as. Texts that are not ambiguous let the reader miss out on certain aspects of the story because the reader may not see the book the same way the author does. Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is an example of how an ambiguous text is benefited by

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