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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:
W. Somerset Maugham's The Moon and Sixpence takes place in the late 19th century, the period during which the real-life artist Paul Gauguin lived. Narrated by an unnamed character, the novel follows the life and death of Charles Strickland, a fictional artist loosely based on Gauguin. The narrator takes the reader through two different times: the period during which Strickland lived and the period after Strickland's death.
