The Moon and Sixpence

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Detailed Summary & Analysis

Chapters 1–16 Chapters 17–42 Chapters 43–58

Themes

All Themes Art and Beauty Society vs. Authenticity Women vs. Men Morality Mind vs. Body

Characters

All Characters Charles Strickland The Narrator Dirk Stroeve Blanche Stroeve Mrs. Strickland Ata Tiaré Johnson Robert Strickland Colonel MacAndrew Mrs. MacAndrew

Symbols

All Symbols Nude Portrait Walls

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Allusions Flashbacks Foreshadowing Frame Story Genre Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Pathos Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone Unreliable Narrator

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The Moon and Sixpence

by W. Somerset Maugham

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Introduction Intro

Plot Summary Plot

Summary & Analysis

Chapters 1–16
Chapters 17–42
Chapters 43–58

All Themes
Art and Beauty
Society vs. Authenticity
Women vs. Men
Morality
Mind vs. Body

All Characters
Charles Strickland
The Narrator
Dirk Stroeve
Blanche Stroeve
Mrs. Strickland
Ata
Tiaré Johnson
Robert Strickland
Colonel MacAndrew
Mrs. MacAndrew

All Symbols
Nude Portrait
Walls

All Literary Devices
Allusions
Flashbacks
Foreshadowing
Frame Story
Genre
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Pathos
Personification
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Style
Tone
Unreliable Narrator

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