Lesson 5 Juxtaposition
Juxtaposition is an act of arrange two variables close together or side by side for emphasizing their similarities and differences. These two variables can be different ideas, action, characters, settings, phrases, or words. The purpose of juxtaposition is helps creating comparison, contrast, rhetorical effect, suspense, or character development.
There are two types of juxtaposition: literary and random juxtaposition.
- Juxtaposition (literary) is the arrangement of two completely opposite ideas, characters, objects together or in similar narratives.
- Random juxtaposition is putting two random objects in parallel.
Juxtaposition example, “City Lights” (1931) by Charlie Chaplin
Poor/ Wealth: After the “high-sounding” speech, the people uncloak the statue which originally represent peace and prosperity, and suddenly find out there was a poor vagabond (the protagonist) stay overnight under the cloak, the was ironic and created the effect of social criticism. It shows the extreme gap between the poverty and wealth.
Generous and friendly/ Selfish and unconcerned: The rich guy was generous and friendly to others……when he was drunk. In any time he conscious, he is a selfish and never care about others. This is another great juxtaposition example for creating ironic effect.
Arrogant/ Timid: The protagonist scolded the guy who accidently caused him fall into a hole. And then, the guy showed his whole body out of the hole, and he was actually a much taller guy than the protagonist, the protagonist made apology to the guy and quickly walked away. This example is used for creating a comedy feeling.
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