... from omniscience. The chapter continues to be read as a meta-fiction, whereby Fowles acknowledges his authorship of the book, but also denies composing the characters" personality traits. The epigraph quoted from Tennyson connotes that what God intends is unknown. Fowles appropriates this quote and manipulates it to express that "The Author is Dead" and that his characters have absolute ... narrator proceeds to discuss the difficulty of writing a story in which the characters behave independently and disobey his intentions. This game-playing that Fowles insinuates relates directly to th...

• Word Count: 745
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... from omniscience. The chapter continues to be read as a meta-fiction, whereby Fowles acknowledges his authorship of the book, but also denies composing the characters" personality traits. The epigraph quoted from Tennyson connotes that what God intends is unknown. Fowles appropriates this quote and manipulates it to express that "The Author is Dead" and that his characters have absolute ... narrator proceeds to discuss the difficulty of writing a story in which the characters behave independently and disobey his intentions. This game-playing that Fowles insinuates relates directly to th...

• Word Count: 742
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate