"She's stark naked, said Stanley, sounding annoyed."".
lies the character of the man in question. The way he views women and nudity is depicted. He is actually a recently married; young-to-middle aged man who may be representing the id. He is "annoyed- at the woman for being "stark naked- on a roof where people can see her. His seemingly irrational annoyance and lack of social restraint are characteristic of id. Thus, simple devices like conversation may surely form part in the superstructure of the text.
Characters are basic elements that make meaning possible. In this extract these elements emerge from figures both masculine and feminine, or even from figures of different classes and social activities, and even of different age. Indeed, each of them is painted in such a way that only their actions and words decipher their characters. The woman sunbathing leisurely and the men toiling hard in the sun (and even the men who is relaxing and reading newspapers) all form part of that complex structural system. The working men are frustrated not only because the sunbather is out there on display and illustrating indigence towards them but maybe also because the sunbather is only relaxing while they are working hard. The sun here implies different meanings for them. For the woman, it brings warmth and heat that will give her a glowing and better complexion. For the men, the sun is only a source of intense heat that is preventing them from doing their work efficiently. The sunbather, naked and totally indifferent to the men may represent sexist attitudes towards men, while the men who spy on the naked woman represent the deep sexuality and voyeurism penchant that men generally have.
According to the Structuralist, Roland Barthes, there should be the death of the author in the text before any meaning can be constructed at all. If there is no total effacement of the author, the levels of meanings are limited and too much equated with the author.
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