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'Small Island': the significance of the hurricane

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I can explain the significance of the hurricane.

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Edmundson uses the literary trope of the storm to create a dramatic setting. The hurricane establishes a foreboding atmosphere and foreshadows the dramatic events to come. The hurricane parallels the rising tensions between the characters. The hurricane is a powerful natural force that exposes truths about the human relations between characters.

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