Examine the use of repetition and rhetorical question in Diop’s “Vanity”.

Explanation

The required answers should include:

i. Statement/Explanation of the theme.

ii. Relevance of the use of the devices.

iii. Identification of repetition and its literary function in explaining/advancing the theme.

iv. Identification of rhetorical question and its literary function in explaining/advancing the theme.

v. The combined effects of these in accentuating the frustrations of the living.