Instances of magic realism in the passage with explanations are listed down.
Explanation:
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<em>"Her husband
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<em>emerges from the light and comes toward
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<em>her, taller than the palms, walking on water"</em>
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This part of the passage employs the technique of magic realism.
It is when the improbable things like myths, legends, larger than life comparisons are interspersed in a realistic narrative so as to make sense of things that do not otherwise make much sense.
Here, the woman does not believe her eyes when her husband appears in the skyline so the imagery that describes his appearance is used in this way to convey the magical emotion.
Answer: Make the shadow seem alive and personable
Explanation:
Regardless of personification attachment to statements, its meaning reflects. Personification is a figure of speech in which a thing or an idea or an animal is given human attributes. The non-human objects are portrayed in such a way that we feel they have the ability to act like human beings.
Example of this is, "I wondered lonely as cloud as a cloud". Here the cloud seem to be live and personable.
