Passing
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Part 1, Chapter 1 Part 1, Chapter 2 Part 1, Chapter 3 Part 1, Chapter 4 Part 2, Chapter 1 Part 2, Chapter 2 Part 2, Chapter 3 Part 2, Chapter 4 Part 3, Chapter 1 Part 3, Chapter 2 Part 3, Chapter 3 Part 3, Chapter 4
Themes
All Themes Passing, Black Identity, and Race Motherhood, Security, and Freedom Beauty and Race Sex, Sexuality, and Jealousy Humor
Quotes
Characters
All Characters Clare Kendry / Bellew Irene Redfield Brian Redfield John/Jack Bellew Bob Kendry Hugh Wentworth Gertrude Martin Margery Claude Jones Felise Freeland
Symbols
All Symbols Masks Doorways, Windows, Thresholds
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Dialect Dramatic Irony Flashbacks Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Idioms Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Pathos Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone
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Passing

by Nella Larsen

Passing Literary Devices

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