Incident In A Rose Garden Theme

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Theme of Incident in a Rose Garden In Incident in a Rose Garden by Donald Justice, the author portrays the theme "things aren't always the way they seem" using literary devices such as imagery and personification. To begin, the author of Incident in a Rose Garden, develops the theme with the use of personification. In the text Justice states "Death: Sir, I knew your father. And we were friends at the end." This example of personification helps develop the theme because it's stating the death is speaking when in real life death can't be heard. To include, the author of Incident in a Rose Garden, also develops the theme with the use of imagery. Justice includes in his poem, "He had on his black coat, Black gloves, and broad black hat." This piece