how do the writing styles of stephen crane and ambrose bierce differ, especially in relation to their use of figurative language?

While Ambrose Bierce uses the most characteristic features of naturalism, Stephen Crane uses figurative language to describe human relationships with nature.

Explanation:

In addition to his intense use of irony, Crane presents similes that explicitly compare the battle with a blaze or a monster, the soldiers with long serpents, the rival campfires with red eyes, the sound of a bullet shell with a storm banshee, and Fleming´s running as similar to the way a rabbit would run.

Bierce uses gothic figurative language in a more clear and dominant way. Especially to show Farquhar´s hallucinations and disorientation through melodramatic tone and alliterations and metrics to provide hints of an unrealistic dreamlike setting.

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