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544:. Skilled writers choose to skew narratives, in keeping with the narrator's character, to an arbitrary degree, from ever so slight to extreme. For example, the aforementioned Mr. Lockwood is quite naive, of which fact he appears unaware, simultaneously rather pompous, and recounting a combination of stories, experiences, and servants' gossip. As such, his character is an unintentionally very unreliable narrator and serves mainly to mystify, confuse, and ultimately leave the events of Wuthering Heights open to a great range of interpretations.
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2191:Short story
2169:Epic poetry
1890:Time travel
1703:Red herring
1688:Plot device
1659:Frame story
1612:Cliffhanger
1555:Tritagonist
1530:Protagonist
1260:The Balance
929:Grammarly,
842:'s novella
819:Henry James
752:frame story
742:Bram Stoker
632:Mark Haddon
622:Umberto Eco
596:Jim Carroll
408:Maxim Gorky
282:Reliability
222:masterpiece
166:protagonist
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2043:Peripeteia
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1723:Stereotype
1693:Plot twist
1441:Antagonist
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1948:Narration
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1771:Backstory
1728:Story arc
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189:Jane Eyre
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1806:universe
1786:Dystopia
1743:Suspense
1629:Dialogue
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1091:Srikanta
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468:Rashomon
437:I, Robot
428:Our Kind
350:Man Plus
273:Identity
226:Srikanta
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160:, using
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2598:Prequel
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2433:Western
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2330:Romance
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1933:Imagery
1923:Diction
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1560:Villain
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2581:Reboot
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