Short stories are great for a quick and easy read because they are short yet interesting. Although short, they have an immense amount of detail and fully developed themes. More than all, short stories contain many literary devices to engage the reader. Three examples of when authors use literary devices in their stories were in The Skating Party and in The Story of an Hour.
In The Story of an Hour, many literary devices are put to use such a pathetic fallacy and situational irony. A pathetic fallacy is used in the story to help express the feelings of Mrs.Mallard. Her sense of freedom can be seen through nature. “She could see the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air” (Chopin 201). This description of the spring demonstrates how Mrs.Mallard finally feels free to do what she wants, now that her husband is dead. Dramatic irony occurs at the end of the story. The doctors pronounce Mrs.Mallard dead; “from a joy that kills” (203). This is dramatic irony because the characters in the story believe that she had died, overwhelmed with joy but in fact it was quite the opposite. Mrs.Mallard thought that her husband was dead, …show more content…
the author uses foreshadowing in this story to help convey their overall message. At the beginning of the story, when Maida is introducing herself, she states that she is the type of person who is incapable of taking in subtleties. “I wanted to be told. I wanted to know how things really were and how people really acted (Summers 188). This quote foreshadows the following events in the story because Maida is unable to see that Nathan truly loved Delia rather than Eunice. She could not deduce that Nathan’s strong love for Delia would influence his final decision in whom he would save. In closing, The Skating Party exhibits foreshadowing to give hints towards the end of the
In The Story of an Hour, many literary devices are put to use such a pathetic fallacy and situational irony. A pathetic fallacy is used in the story to help express the feelings of Mrs.Mallard. Her sense of freedom can be seen through nature. “She could see the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air” (Chopin 201). This description of the spring demonstrates how Mrs.Mallard finally feels free to do what she wants, now that her husband is dead. Dramatic irony occurs at the end of the story. The doctors pronounce Mrs.Mallard dead; “from a joy that kills” (203). This is dramatic irony because the characters in the story believe that she had died, overwhelmed with joy but in fact it was quite the opposite. Mrs.Mallard thought that her husband was dead, …show more content…
the author uses foreshadowing in this story to help convey their overall message. At the beginning of the story, when Maida is introducing herself, she states that she is the type of person who is incapable of taking in subtleties. “I wanted to be told. I wanted to know how things really were and how people really acted (Summers 188). This quote foreshadows the following events in the story because Maida is unable to see that Nathan truly loved Delia rather than Eunice. She could not deduce that Nathan’s strong love for Delia would influence his final decision in whom he would save. In closing, The Skating Party exhibits foreshadowing to give hints towards the end of the