could you explain the diffrence??

Question

could you please explain me the difference between 3rd person omniscient point of view and 3rd person limited-omniscient point of view???
thanks

Answer 1

Third Person Omniscient:

-- The author or narrator tells the story, using the third person (he, she, they).
-- S/he knows all and is free to tell us anything, including what the characters are thinking or feeling, and interpret their behavior (reveal why they do what they do)

Third Person Limited Omniscient:

-- The author tells the story, using the third person, BUT...

-- The author limits her/himself to a complete knowledge of one character in the story and tells us only what that one character thinks, feels, sees, or hears: the author places her/himself at the elbow of this one character, so to speak, and looks at the events of the story through his/her eyes and through his/her mind; the author moves both inside and outside this character but never leaves her/his side; and the author may interpret the character's thoughts and behavior

Some pros to this method: Since limited omniscient point of view acquaints readers with the world through the mind and senses of only one person, it approximates more closely than the omniscient the conditions of real life; it also offers a ready-made unifying element since all details of the story are the experience of one person.

However, it offers a limited field of observation, for the readers can go nowhere except where the chosen character goes, and there may be difficulty in having the character naturally cognizant of all important events.

Answer 2

Most novels are narrated either in the first person, in "third person omniscient", or in "third person limited". A third person omniscient narrator can shift focus from character to character with knowledge of everyone's thoughts and of events of which no single character would be aware. The third person limited point of view picks one character and follows him or her around for the duration of the book. The narrator may be more observant than the character, but is limited to what that one character could theoretically observe. In a minor variant on third person limited, narrator may "travel" with a single character, but the point-of-view conventions may be extended to allow the narrator access to other characters' thoughts and motivations. Another common variant is for a novel to have different third person limited point of views in different sections. Thus, Chapter One might follow Jane, while Chapter Two follows Dick, and Chapter Three follows their dog.

Third person, omniscient

An omniscient narrator, as in more limited third-person forms, is also disembodied; it takes no actions and has no physical form in or out of the story. But, being omniscient, it witnesses all events, even some that no characters witness. The omniscient narrator is privy to all things past, present and future - as well as the thoughts of all characters. As such, an omniscient narrator offers the reader a birds-eye view about the story. The story can focus on any character at any time and on events where there is no character. The third-person omniscient narrator is usually the most reliable narrator; however, the omniscient narrator may offer judgments and express opinions on the behavior of the characters. This was common in the 19th century, as seen in the works of Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy or George Eliot. In some unusual cases, the reliability and impartiality of the narrator may be in question.

Answer 3

Omniscient means that the narrator knows everything about the characters and the plot.

Answer 4

3rd person ominscient is when you have an all-knowing narrator, like in lord of the rings.

3rd person limited is when you have a narrator who only knows the pov of one character, like harry potter (most of the time. trying to think of a very well-known example).

hope that helps!

Answer 5

I don't know what the hell you are talking about!

sorry!