The article studies the images of two towns, Warley and Dufton, in the famous novel by John Braine “Room at the Top” (1957). The authors of the article compare the images in question and find out the stylistic devices (metaphor, detachment, alliteration, polysyndeton, etc) that enabled John Braine to create two opposite literary images related to each other through the antithesis “life − death”, in which, in the hero’s view, the notion of life is associated with Warley, whereas the notion of death is implied by Dufton.
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Stylistic Device, John Braine, Room at the Top, Literary Image, Antithesis “Life − Death”
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