Point of View

Fairytale ~ Sara Bareilles
This song uses both 3rd person omniscient and 1st person narrative points of view. Because it uses both of these, that also makes it a multiple person narrative.

• 3rd person omniscient is used in the verses, where the narrator is describing different fairytale characters' (Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Rapunzel) "untold stories," that is, the stories that don't end happily ever after. This is 3rd person because it is not "I" or "you" it is other people. More specifically, it is 3rd person omniscient because the narrator knows everything: such things like Cinderella having "a crush on the guy at the liquor store" and Sleeping Beauty being in a "foul mood."


• During the chorus, bridge, and end, the narrator puts herself into the song, so the lyrics are now in 1st person point of view. The narrator uses "I" to describe her own thoughts, such as "I don't care for your fairytales."
  

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Russian Roulette ~ Rihanna

• This song is written in 1st person narrative point of view. The song uses "I" (such as "I'm terrified but I'm not leaving"), and the narrator is talking about herself.
• This song also uses stream of consciousness point of view. The narrator is playing Russian roulette, which means she could die as soon as she pulls the trigger. The lyrics to the song are the thoughts running through her mind in what could be the last few seconds of her life. This fits my theme because I believe the game of Russian roulette to be an extended metaphor for a relationship - it could be bad, or it could be good, but you won't know unless you just jump into it.

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Never Say Never ~ The Fray

This song is also partly in 1st person narrative , but it is also in 2nd person narrative. It does use "I" and "we," but the 2nd person comes in when the narrator is talking to someone else, such as in "You can never say never," "Don't let me go," and "Picture you're the queen of everything."

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Don't Stop Believing ~ Journey
This song is written in 3rd person subjective point of view. It is in 3rd person because the main characters are "he"s and "she"s and "they"s, such as the "small town girl" and the "city boy." It is subjective because the narrator knows somewhat what the characters' feelings are, such as that they are "living just to find emotion."

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