There exist two short stories that you would likely enjoy reading. The Interlopers is a story written by Saki. The protagonist of the story is Ulrich von Gradwitz and the antagonist of the story is Georg Znaeym. Kate Chopin wrote the other story: The Story of an Hour. The protagonist of The Story of an Hour is Mrs. Mallard and the antagonist is Josephine. All stories have a message known as the theme of the story. Such themes are valuable to find out because they can be helpful to us. However, attempting to get the theme of stories requires that we are to deduce conclusions about the story. But, if one wants to deduce conclusions about the story or some stories, that person should comprehensively analyze the plot. One way of doing so is analyzing
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The denouement of The Interlopers is extremely brief. It is when we find out that those objects are wolves. There is situational irony in the denouement as we were expecting to find men instead of wolves. Here, we find out that nobody died in the story. However, the denouement of The Story of an Hour is when we find out that Mrs. Mallard died. The story stated, "When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease--of the joy that kills." (Chopin). This quote substantiates the fact that Mrs. Mallard died. This stands in contrast to the fact that no one died in The Interlopers. We also find situational irony in the denouement of The Story of an Hour. The situational irony is when we find out that she was dead, even though it was not long after she was praying for a long life.
The fact that these sharp differences in the exposition, rising action, falling action and denouement exist proves that these stories are alien to each other. An essential part of a story its plot. These facts are important because they allow more insight into such stories which in turn gives us more information to logically deduce what the theme of the story is. Such themes are important, for they are what the writer is trying to communicate to us. The writer may be trying to teach us a truth that is
The denouement of The Interlopers is extremely brief. It is when we find out that those objects are wolves. There is situational irony in the denouement as we were expecting to find men instead of wolves. Here, we find out that nobody died in the story. However, the denouement of The Story of an Hour is when we find out that Mrs. Mallard died. The story stated, "When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease--of the joy that kills." (Chopin). This quote substantiates the fact that Mrs. Mallard died. This stands in contrast to the fact that no one died in The Interlopers. We also find situational irony in the denouement of The Story of an Hour. The situational irony is when we find out that she was dead, even though it was not long after she was praying for a long life.
The fact that these sharp differences in the exposition, rising action, falling action and denouement exist proves that these stories are alien to each other. An essential part of a story its plot. These facts are important because they allow more insight into such stories which in turn gives us more information to logically deduce what the theme of the story is. Such themes are important, for they are what the writer is trying to communicate to us. The writer may be trying to teach us a truth that is