The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism Literary Elements

Genre

Sociology

Setting and Context

Beginning of the 20th century, looking back at the Reformation (16th century) to consider the origins of capitalist spirit and ethics

Narrator and Point of View

Author, third person

Tone and Mood

Academic, explanatory

Protagonist and Antagonist

Major Conflict

Climax

Foreshadowing

Understatement

Allusions

Imagery

Paradox

Parallelism

Metonymy and Synecdoche

Personification