audience understands what the character is enduring through the mood that is generated. By the way Yeats forms this dark emotion the character appears to feel devalued. For Pauline Johnson, a dramatic monologue also seems like a fit means of presenting her powerfully portrayed, Ojistoh. In this lyric poem, the reader senses the character's pride, power and strength from the undercurrent created by the author. In the opening lines of the poem, Ojistoh proclaims,I am Ojistoh, I am she, the wifeOf him whose name breathes bravery and lifeAnd courage to the tribe that calls him chief.(Johnson 87)Through this powerful proclamation, the character's brave persona is slowly unveiled to the reader. This almost egotistic mood presents the reader with this revelation of the character's attitude.In Margaret Atwood's Death of a Young Son By Drowning, the voice of a bitter mother comes to life through the aura of disappointment created by the author. After finding her sons body, the mother returns to shore and expresses her disappointment,After the long trip I was tired of waves.My foot hit rock. The dreamed sailscollapsed, ragged.I planted him in this country-like a flag. (Atwood 69)The strong air of disappointment released through these words assist the writer in her creation of her character. The character's bitterness and sense of defeat is evident within the devitalized last words of the poem. Secondly, to maintain the precise sculpting of the character through the monologue, the diction that the author uses does not belong to him or her, but rather, is owned by the speaker. The poet's careful selection of these words reveals the persona's reaction in the dramatic situation.For Yeats, this unornamented selection of words reveals the airman's uncaring reaction to his fate. Yeats uses very bold and bland statements to have the character express the pointlessness of his upcoming death. The character verbalizes this indifference in the open...
