A White Heron

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Themes

All Themes Nature vs. Industrialization Conservation vs. Greed Innocence vs. Experience Solitude

Characters

All Characters Sylvia The Hunter Mrs. Tilley Dan Tilley

Symbols

All Symbols White Heron

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Allegory Dialect Genre Hyperbole Imagery Metaphors Mood Motifs Personification Setting Similes Style Tone

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A White Heron

by Sarah Orne Jewett

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Introduction Intro

Plot Summary Plot

Summary & Analysis

Part I
Part II

All Themes
Nature vs. Industrialization
Conservation vs. Greed
Innocence vs. Experience
Solitude

All Characters
Sylvia
The Hunter
Mrs. Tilley
Dan Tilley

All Symbols
White Heron

All Literary Devices
Allegory
Dialect
Genre
Hyperbole
Imagery
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Personification
Setting
Similes
Style
Tone

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