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Definition of Setting
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or it can be an imagined... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the... read full definition
Setting
Explanation and Analysis:
The setting of Hamnet, Stratford-upon-Avon in the late 16th century, is vividly and carefully realized. O'Farrell immerses the reader in the textures of Elizabethan life, so that every space feels lived in. Reader walk through the market square, hear the clatter of hooves on cobblestones, smell the herbs in Agnes's garden. The domestic world of the novel feels incredibly tactile. The ample sensory details throughout the novel anchor the reader in a time before modern medicine or sanitation, where daily life is intimately bound with the natural world.
