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Personification In Shirley

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The novel “Shirley” by Charlotte Brontë, is a personal internal insight on how we view the world before 18 compared to the reality of it at that age. Brontë describes the life of childhood with vivid descriptions of nature with positive connotations. Her use of literary techniques throughout the passage depicts the contrasting phases of life her protagonists brings. Brontë uses personification in line six to describe how she viewed the world before the protagonist entered her life. She says, “our world is heroic, its inhabitants half-divine…”, implying that at that time the world was a place to be proud of. She also says, “what a moon we gaze on before that time! How the trembling of our hearts at her aspects bears witness to its utterable

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