All short stories are written with one purpose, a moral lesson. But what makes them different from other forms of writing are the literary devices. The literary devices enhance the literature because it gives certain ideas more meaning, allowing the reader to understand the author 's purpose. The skilled use of literary devices brings richness and clarity into the writing. While there are many literary devices that augment short stories, situational irony, symbolism and the conflict of Man vs. Society are the foundation to the three short stories: “The Necklace”, “The Story of an Hour”, and “The Lottery”. In Guy de Maupassant’s short story, “The Necklace”, situational irony, which is an outcome that is contrary to what was expected, emphasizes
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This story is about a wife who is told her husband had died on the railroads. Throughout the story, the emotions of the widow Ms. Mallard are described to show the reaction to her husband 's death. Her emotions are captured in many symbolic objects such as the open window. The narrator mention “There stood, facing the open window… the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life ” (Chopin 524). The open window symbolizes the opportunity of freedom that the death of her husband has open. This idea is restated by the use of diction when the author describes the “trees aquiver with the new spring”. The word aquiver is described as “tremble or shake with rapid motion” this imagery is a mirrored image of her. The trembling tree symbolize the shivers from her emotions of joy and anxiety. She just like the trees is fill with this rapid motion or adrenaline because she would begin a new life. As she stood in front of the window staring at the sky it said that her glance was “not a glance of reflection, but rather indicated a suspension of intelligent thought” (Chopin 524). The sky is a symbol of freedom and by describing the color of the sky, it symbolizes her emotions as happy. The acknowledgement of a women having an intelligent thought symbolizes the independence and equality. It is ironic to feel happiness after a death of a loved one, Daniel P. Deneau stated “she might have seemed to be a hard, calculating, and therefore unsympathetic woman. Or to put the point in another way: since she has neither the physical nor moral strength to "beat [...] back" her attacker.” The widow can be seen as hard person but what the reader does not know what is her motive behind feeling free. Her deep thinking at the window create a flashback to her oppression and traumatizing days. But at the
This story is about a wife who is told her husband had died on the railroads. Throughout the story, the emotions of the widow Ms. Mallard are described to show the reaction to her husband 's death. Her emotions are captured in many symbolic objects such as the open window. The narrator mention “There stood, facing the open window… the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life ” (Chopin 524). The open window symbolizes the opportunity of freedom that the death of her husband has open. This idea is restated by the use of diction when the author describes the “trees aquiver with the new spring”. The word aquiver is described as “tremble or shake with rapid motion” this imagery is a mirrored image of her. The trembling tree symbolize the shivers from her emotions of joy and anxiety. She just like the trees is fill with this rapid motion or adrenaline because she would begin a new life. As she stood in front of the window staring at the sky it said that her glance was “not a glance of reflection, but rather indicated a suspension of intelligent thought” (Chopin 524). The sky is a symbol of freedom and by describing the color of the sky, it symbolizes her emotions as happy. The acknowledgement of a women having an intelligent thought symbolizes the independence and equality. It is ironic to feel happiness after a death of a loved one, Daniel P. Deneau stated “she might have seemed to be a hard, calculating, and therefore unsympathetic woman. Or to put the point in another way: since she has neither the physical nor moral strength to "beat [...] back" her attacker.” The widow can be seen as hard person but what the reader does not know what is her motive behind feeling free. Her deep thinking at the window create a flashback to her oppression and traumatizing days. But at the