Narrative Contradictions in Literature Analysis

Which adjective used to describe Emma in the text hints at a will-to-power and androgynous nature?

What is Emma depicted as being 'mistress' of in the text?

Who does Emma take up as a protégée in the text?

What does Emma begin to indulge in on behalf of Harriet in the text?

How does the text describe Ford Madox Ford's opening sentence in terms of securing the reader's attention?

What characteristic of modern obscurity infects Ford Madox Ford's narrative according to the text?

What term is used to describe Emma's contentment that is implied to be deceptive in the text?

'Emma is unusually free in what respect?' according to the text?

'Between them it was more the intimacy of sisters.' Who is referred to by 'them' in this phrase?

How does Kingsley Amis begin his ghost story, The Green Man?

In Italo Calvino's If on a winter's night a traveller, how does the novel begin?

What type of party are the guests attending in Henry James's The Turn of the Screw?

How does James Joyce begin Finnegans Wake?

What literary device is used in the missing fragment from Finnegans Wake that concludes the book?

What surprises guests at the country-house party in The Turn of the Screw?

'riverrun, past Eve and Adam's' in Finnegans Wake refers to what geographical feature?

'No sooner has one got over one's surprise at finding a genuine coaching inn less than 40 miles from London...' in The Green Man implies what about the inn?

What is common between the beginnings of The Green Man and Finnegans Wake?

What does the use of the word 'sad' towards the end of the first paragraph suggest about the tone of the text?

What does the metaphor of a glove symbolize in relation to social behavior in 'The Good Soldier'?

How are the enigmas raised in the first paragraph of 'The Good Soldier' addressed?

What is signified by starting a novel with a philosophical reflection, according to the text?

In 'The Good Soldier,' what is implied by the chronic dissembling of the characters?

Which literary device is highlighted by the use of a metaphor in describing Jane Austen's style in relation to authority?

'The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there' is an example of:

'Hale knew they meant to murder him before he had been in Brighton three hours' is an example of:

'And this also,' Marlow begins, 'has been one of the dark places of the earth' is from which novel?

'...the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born...' is an example of which type of beginning?

What is the main point of comparison made by the author regarding when a novel begins?

How do many writers typically prepare before starting to write a novel?

Which author is mentioned as creating almost as interesting notes as the finished novel while preparing for their work?

What does Muriel Spark focus on before starting to write a new novel?

How does the text describe the role of the beginning of a novel?

What is emphasized about the opening sentence of a novel?

Which term is used in the text to describe the separation between reality and imagination created by a novelist?

What phrase is used to describe how the beginning of a novel should engage readers?

Which element does the text suggest defines when the beginning of a novel ends?

What distinguishes a difficult question from an easy question, according to this text?