Short Stories

Exposition – The opening portion of a narrative; the scene is set the protagonist introduced, and background info

• A&P

Tone – The attitude toward a subject conveyed in a literary work. NO single stylistic device creates tone.

•Everyday Use

Dynamic character

• A character who, during the course of the narrative, grows or changes in some significant way. Greasy Lake

Epiphany

•A moment of insight, discovery, or revelation by which a character’s life is greatly altered.

Irony – A literary device in which a discrepancy of meaning is masked beneath the surface of the language.

Cosmic irony

Verbal ironySituational irony

Kate Chopin’s Story of an Hour and Desiree’s Baby

•Diction•Irony•Setting•Point of View

The Story of an Hour (or The Dream of an Hour)

Is Mrs. Mallard a dynamic character.

Does she have an epiphany? When?

What is the irony in the story? Explain.

How does the historical milieu affect the story?

• When is the story written?

• What does freedom mean for Mrs. Mallard?

• Investigate the style of the writer – what stylistic choices does she make in this story to create the tone of Mrs. Mallard’s ecstasy?

Some Basic review

SimileMetaphorAlliterationAssonancePersonification

Analytical essay- tone• The Five Forty Eight – title* • Theme of Redemption and Guilt/Sin• Tone/ Atmosphere• pg 529, 530 rain/ description of environment• Guilt and sin – regret for Blake- Dynamic character?

Epiphany? • 530 last paragraph – ‘crooked’ –stockings• 531 first paragraph – handwriting • 536 dream of a volcano erupting with blood• 531 Miss Dent – deprivation• 536 Miss Dent was hospitalized for emotional problems• 530 Blake followed by Miss Dent – tries to escape her