Enchiridion of Epictetus (Handbook) Literary Elements

Enchiridion of Epictetus (Handbook) Literary Elements

Genre

Philosophical book

Setting and Context

Set in Rome

Narrator and Point of View

Third-person narrative

Tone and Mood

Informative and intriguing

Protagonist and Antagonist

The central character is Arrian.

Major Conflict

The main conflict is that the intermediate students of stoicism face numerous dilemmas due to the corrosive effect of shame on the development of the mind.

Climax

The climax comes when the author concludes that the previous mental work is only preserved when there is strict adherence to the ethical standards that have been put in place.

Foreshadowing

The success in stoic mastery is foreshadowed by discipline and denial.

Understatement

Epictetus' beliefs about justice are understated in the text. The reader realizes that success in stoic mastery must be based on ethics.

Allusions

The story alludes to the significance of discipline and denial.

Imagery

The images of the human soul and its development depict sight imagery to readers to see how human nature prohibits analytical objectivity.

Paradox

The paradox of shame and progress is dominant throughout the text.

Parallelism

N/A

Metonymy and Synecdoche

Spiritual strata are used as a metonymy for strict adherence to religion and objectives.

Personification

N/A

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