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NARRATOR ? Robinson Crusoe is both the narrator and main character of the tale. POINT OF VIEW ? Crusoe narrates in both the first and third person, presenting what he observes. Crusoe occasionally describes his feelings, but only when they are overwhelming. Usually he favors a more factual narrative style focused on actions and events. TONE ? Crusoe’s tone is mostly detached, meticulous, and objective. He displays little rhetorical grandeur and few poetic or colorful turns of phrase. He generally avoids dramatic storytelling, preferring an inventorylike approach to the facts as they unfold. He very rarely registers his own feelings, or those of other characters, and only does so when those feelings affect a situation directly, such as when he describes the mutineers as tired and confused, indicating that their fatigue allows them to be defeated. TENSE ? Past SETTING (TIME) ? From 1659 to 1694 SETTING (PLACE) ? York, England; then London; then Sallee, North Africa; then Brazil; then a deserted island off Trinidad; then England; then Lisbon; then overland from Spain toward England; then England; and finally the island again PROTAGONIST ? Robinson Crusoe MAJOR CONFLICT ? Shipwrecked alone, Crusoe struggles against hardship, privation, loneliness, and cannibals in his attempt to survive on a deserted island. RISING ACTION ? Crusoe disobeys his father and goes out to sea. Crusoe has a profitable first merchant voyage, has fantasies of success in Brazil, and prepares for a slave-gathering expedition. CLIMAX ? Crusoe becomes shipwrecked on an island near Trinidad, forcing him to fend for himself and his basic needs. FALLING ACTION ? Crusoe constructs a shelter, secures a food supply, and accepts his stay on the island as the work of Providence. THEMES ? The ambivalence of mastery; the necessity of repentance; the importance of self-awareness MOTIFS ? Counting and measuring; eating; ordeals at sea SYMBOLS ? The footprint; the cross; Crusoe’s bower FORESHADOWIN