427 David, Bathsheba, Uriah, Joab and Nathan second sphere is the lack of the narrator’s reactions or judgment to the actions of his characters throughout the whole chapter ( 11 ) , except for the last verse ( 27 b ) . Reading the story as it is vis - a - vis the story after the filling of the gaps creates a process of shock . Devoid of any feelings and judgments, the story is written in understatement style . After the gap filling, however, the reader understands the severity of the activity of the characters and the sad results . It creates an irony throughout the story, which demonstrates the poetic quality and defines the story as Literature to be explored by researchers of the literary discipline . After the theoretical presentation, the above scholars demonstrated a close reading followed by gap filling emphasizing the irony applied by the narrator in each stage . We shall now briefly survey the main points of their reading : A ) Ironic Contrasts in the Exposition ( By reading th...
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