Deception+in+exam+works

(cited text) || "' All must be grateful to you, Mr. Rivers, for your strong hand,' he said, looking at Douglas man -to-man and not seeming to notice that Douglas did not look back at him that way." (p. 49-50) (cited text) || "Olivia never told Douglas about the Nawab's picnic." (p. 41)
 * || **//Heat and Dustt//** || **//Wide Sargasso Sea//** || **//Heart of Darkness//** || **//Things Fall Apart//** ||
 * Synopsis || In this extract from // Heat and Dust // by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Olivia, an English woman in 1923 who recently moved to India along with her husband, Douglas, has recently spent some meaningful time with an Indian prince, known as the Nawab, but fails to tell her husband about it, despite many attempts. || During this portion of Jean Rhys’ // Wide Sargasso Sea, // Mr. Rochester, a proper Englishmen that was promised a large sum of money in exchange for marrying a young white creole woman, Antoinette, is trying to write a letter to his father informing him that he and his wife are moving back to England from Jamaica. He is suspicious that his father tricked him into marrying Antoinette, and tries to confront him about it in the letter, but only manages to say the words out loud, never actually writing them out in the letter. || In this section of //Heart of Darkness// by Joseph Conrad Charlie Marlow, an experienced seaman with a vast collection of sailor stories, recalls his experience of lying to a woman, known only as the Intended, about the death of her lover, Kurtz, Marlow choosing to tell her nothing about the affair that Kurtz was having with an African woman. ||  ||
 * Real time || * Ann's narration - March 8, 1970s
 * Olivia's narration - 1923 || * No real indication of the exact time this extract takes place - time is rather ambiguous throughout the novel || * No real indication of exact time for this extract either. Shortly before this scene takes place, Marlow describes going though "a period of time which I remember mistily, with a shuddering wonder." (p. 70) ||  ||
 * Narrative placement || * Olivia has recently gone with the Nawab on a picnic and has some obvious interest and attraction toward him, but circumstances have prevented Olivia from telling Douglas about it, even though she claims that she wants to || * Rochester and Antoinette's marriage has deteriorated significantly at this point in the novel, and Rochester is in the middle of writing a letter to his father to inform him that he and Antoinette are returning to live in England || * Kurtz has died and Marlow has returned from Africa and chooses to speak with Kurtz's "Intended" in order to inform her about his death ||  ||
 * Characters involved || Olivia, the Nawab, Douglas || Rochester, Antoinette || Marlow, Kurtz, The Intended, ||  ||
 * Significant lines of dialogue
 * underlines the tension in the room between Douglas and Nawab, reminding readers how Olivia has failed to inform Douglas about her time with the Nawab as well as of the seemingly forming love triangle between Olivia, Douglas, and the Nawab || **Rochester thinks that his father deceived him, leading him into his marriage with Antoinette -** "'I know now that you planned this because you wanted to be rid of me. You had no love at all for me. Nor had my brother. Your plan succeeded because I was young, conceited, foolish, trusting. Above all because I was young. You were able to do this to me...'" (p. 97) || **Deception by Marlow and Kurtz of the Intended in regards to Kurtz affair with the African woman -** (Marlow to the Intended) "'The last word he pronounced was - your name'" (p. 75) ||  ||
 * Significant descriptions

"Not that she didn't want to tell Douglas - of course she did! - but he was always home so late and then with so many preoccupations of his own, she never seemed to have an opportunity to tell him." (p. 49)

"it is only from the day of the Nawab's picnic that she began to write as if it were a relief to have someone to confide in." (p. 41) || "'Dear father,' I wrote. 'We are leaaving this island for Jamaica very shortly. Unforeseen circumstances, at least unforeseen by me, have forced me to make this decision. I am certain that you know or can guess what has happened..." (p. 97) || **Deception by Marlow and Kurtz of the Intended in regards to Kurtz affair with the African woman -** (Marlow's Narration) "But I couldn't. I could not tell her [about the affair]. It would have been too dark - too dark altogether." (p. 76) ||  ||
 * Symbols || * Olivia's and Ann's babies serve as a physical representation of their deception of others, though Olivia chooses to abort hers while Ann decides to keep it || * The crowing rooster - a symbol of deception and betrayal that appears twice in the novel (once after Christophine makes the "potion" for Antoinette, and once as Rochester is writing a letter to his father) || * African Wilderness - dark, perfect for shrouding the truth ||  ||
 * Motifs || * Olivia's deception of Douglas continues throughout most of the novel until the truth is finally revealed and she runs off with the Nawab || * Perceived deception seen throughout novel - people suspect / are under the delusion that they are being deceived, are paranoid (e.g. Antoinette believing that she is not really in England when Grace Poole insists that she is) || * Deception in novel continually revolves around Kurtz
 * There is frequent deception regarding his supernatural abilities / his power and control within the Company - every one around heavily praises Kurtz, but he is not as powerful and strong as everyone makes him out to be ||  ||
 * Narrative /style aspects || * Parallel structure - Ann through her own first person narration elaborates on Olivia's inability to tell Douglas about her spending time with the Nawab according to a series of letters that she discovered between Olivia and her - this is followed by an omniscient narrator describing Olivia's actions/feelings in 1923 regarding the event || * Excerpt told through first person narration by Rochester as well as in letter format - makes the differences between what Rochester thought and what he actually put in the letter clear || * Narrative within a narrative - first person narration by an unnamed narrator of Marlow's narration about telling the Intended
 * Use of a ellipses and dashes within the dialogue recounted by Marlow creates a dramatic effect ||  ||
 * Literary features ||  ||   || * Hyperbole (in regards to not telling the Intended the truth about Kurtz) - "It seemed to me that the house would collapse before I could escape, that the heavens would fall upon my head. But nothing happened." (p. 76) ||   ||