Literary Analysis Of Occurrence At Owl Creek

Literary Analysis of Occurrence at Owl Creek Farquhar, the main character of Occurrence at Owl Creek, rethinks his life before his demise. Bierce used some literary techniques, like Irony, to best describe the shock effect of the story. Symbols were used to foreshadow the final event of the story to make the story more realistic. Bierce used many allusions to conclude the outcome of the story. Bierce used Irony, Symbols, and Allusions in order to conclude the story by using literary techniques. Bierce used many forms of Irony to explain some Shock effect features of the story. During the story, Farquhar heard the ticking of a clock which leads the reader to assume that his time is running out and he cannot get passed death. When Farquhar dropped, the soldiers came to a shock that the rope broke when it was a heavily braded rope that easily ripped. Another example of Irony in the story is death, which represents how quickly his life could be taken away. In conclusion, Bierce made the reader think deeper of how Irony affected Farquhar. …show more content…
One Symbol was the neck pain he experienced when falling from the bridge, the pain foreshadowed how he was close to dying. The next symbol was the gate he went through to get to his wife. The gates foreshadow a heavenly death like the gates to heaven. Finally, hugging his wife; this lead to the reader to foreshadow him was going to live through what he experienced at the creek; this also gives a sense of hope to the reader. In the final analysis, Bierce used numerous amounts of symbols throughout this story to make it more