Journal #2

Readers are attracted to moments of intensity in a writer’s work. By what means and with what effect have writers in your study offered heightened emotional moments designed to arrest the reader’s attention?
     By comparing Oedipus and 1984, they both heighten emotional moments in similar ways, but also different. Some similar ways these two stories do this is by, first, dialogue. When the chorus in Oedipus is speaking, it is similar to the narration in 1984, from what I remember atleast. They are not too entirely emotional. Although, when dialogue between two characters is present, the writers create tension. In Oedipus the King, Creon and Oedipus were talking. They were in an argument against eachother and this created a high emotional dialogue seen. In 1984, Winston and the other doude in the ministry of Love? were in this intense conversation. This created a huge sense of intensity during the scene, like the conversation in Oedipus the King.
    These writers do create intensity of emotions with other ways though. At times, in 1984, Winston talks to himself. He expresses all of his thoughts in such a strong, powerful, and negative tone that raises the readers emotions.Sophocles never really uses tone to build this feeling. He mainly uses dialogue and weird techniuques, like irony, to develop annoyance or humour over Oedupus. Like, irony when Oedipus is complaing over not knowing his mom and his real mom tells him to not worry, but he keeps talking about it. 1984 does not do this at all, it uses some narration and long conversation to build up high emotions.