1. Formalistic Criticism For "Revelation"
... Turpin, who was very large, enters she made the room look even smaller" (O" Connor 338). The setting shows the closeness of all the stereotypical characters makes for a conflict that is inevitable. The room may also represent the protagonist's small mindedness. Mrs. Turpin is narrow minded because of the way she thinks she is ... The protagonist has a revelation when she is at the pig parlor. Mrs. Turpin is standing on the railing beside the pig parlor when she gazes into the sky and sees a "vast swinging bridge" (352) that is going up towards the heavens. On the bridge there are all of t...
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