COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS By Vysockaya, Gladkaya, Kalinovskaya
THE TONE The Oval Portrait The Cop and the Anthem 1 st part – gloomy and sombre tone; Humorous and ironic tone 2 nd part – lyrical and dramatic tone.
LINGUISTIC MEANS (THE COP AND THE ANTHEM) Unexpected occurrence of foreign and learned words in very homely situations: “It seemed that his route to the coveted Island was not to be an epicurean one. Some other way of entering limbo must be thought of”. “The persecuted young woman had but two beckon a finger and Soapy would be practically en route for his insular haven”.
LINGUISTIC MEANS (THE COP AND THE ANTHEM) Unexpected combinations of words, such as “insular haven” or “He seemed doomed to liberty”. Dramatic irony: “When wild geese honk high of nights, and when Soapy moves uneasily on his bench in the park, you may know that winter is near at hand”.
THE ATMOSPHERE The Oval Portrait The Cop and the Anthem Mysterious atmosphere. Sarcastic , hopeless and desperate atmosphere. The main events take place at midnight in remote turret of an abandoned castle. The oval portrait is in a niche and “in deep shade”. All these details and the fantastic history of the portrait create the mysterious mood of the tale. An unexpected result or consequence of an action which turns out to be quite opposite to what the character hoped and expected.
FORCEFUL DICTION “He would pull himself out of the mire; he would make a man of himself again; he would conquer the evil that had taken possession of him…”
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