Roxana In The Tragedy Of Pudd Nhead Wilson
The Tragedy of Roxana in The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson
Mark Twain is a famous writer of the 19th century American literature. He is known by its complex stories; the same book contains more than one plot along it. Some of the characters he created are very elaborated; readers get their attention’s caught by characters in the novel due to their strong personalities and their ambiguity. Besides being a writer, Twain was also a humorist, and that may have influenced him because he used to add several ironical aspects in his books. Concerning the topics he used to approach, his themes most of the time involved slavery and niggers since he was born and grew up in Missouri in 1835, one of the south state strongly characterized by slavery. . …show more content…
Pudd’nhead Wilson takes place in Missouri, more specifically in Dawson’s Landing, between the 1830s and 1850s. The novel has six main characters, which is an interesting fact of the narrative; even though six main characters are generally too many for a novel, each of them is very relevant for the story to flow and has her/his peculiar personality, among them are Tom, Roxana, Wilson, Judge Driscoll, Luigi and Angelo (the last two could be considered a single character since they always appear together). These characters create a three-line plot in the novel, one around Tom’s life, another one around Wilson’s life, and the last one starts when the foreigners Angelo and Luigi arrive in the small Dawson’s Landing city and it gives place to another plot around
Mark Twain is a famous writer of the 19th century American literature. He is known by its complex stories; the same book contains more than one plot along it. Some of the characters he created are very elaborated; readers get their attention’s caught by characters in the novel due to their strong personalities and their ambiguity. Besides being a writer, Twain was also a humorist, and that may have influenced him because he used to add several ironical aspects in his books. Concerning the topics he used to approach, his themes most of the time involved slavery and niggers since he was born and grew up in Missouri in 1835, one of the south state strongly characterized by slavery. . …show more content…
Pudd’nhead Wilson takes place in Missouri, more specifically in Dawson’s Landing, between the 1830s and 1850s. The novel has six main characters, which is an interesting fact of the narrative; even though six main characters are generally too many for a novel, each of them is very relevant for the story to flow and has her/his peculiar personality, among them are Tom, Roxana, Wilson, Judge Driscoll, Luigi and Angelo (the last two could be considered a single character since they always appear together). These characters create a three-line plot in the novel, one around Tom’s life, another one around Wilson’s life, and the last one starts when the foreigners Angelo and Luigi arrive in the small Dawson’s Landing city and it gives place to another plot around