The title of my story is: The Winepress From the beginning I want to tell a short plot of this story and then I will start analyze it. Charles Jousselin de Gruse was a winemaker. One day he was on the meeting with foreign diplomats. All people tried his wine and it was unusually tasty. And then he told the story of this wine. Pierre (de Gruse) was in love with Faniry. But she was jealous‚ and after some time he killed her by a winepress. All people was impressed by the story‚ and then they
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A plot twist is a change in the expected direction or outcome of the plot of a film‚ television series‚ video game‚ novel‚ comic or other fictional work. It is a common practice in narration used to keep the interest of an audience‚ usually surprising them with a revelation. Some "twists" are foreshadowed and can thus be predicted by many viewers/readers‚ whereas others are a complete shock. When a plot twist happens near the end of a story‚ especially if it changes one’s view of the preceding events
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"An Astrologer’s Day" has a deceptively simple plot‚ although the full significance of the story becomes evident only after a second or even third reading. Part of the difficulty arises from the fact that the author deliberately avoids markers that would benefit the reader: there is no clear indication where the story occurs or when it does‚ although it is possible to make an educated guess about both. The story begins almost in medias res (in the middle) and concludes on what appears to be an ambiguous
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William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) is one of the best known writers of the present day. He was not only a novelist‚ but also one of the most successful dramatists and short-story writer. The short-story “Louise” was published in 1936. This story is about the woman who used to get everything what she wants using her “weak heart”. The gist of the problem raised by the author in this story is relationship between people. This problem is always urgent. The main idea conveyed by the author is that
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Pratik Harde Commentary on ‘A Gift’ by Rahila Gupta The story is an interior monologue that traces the feelings and emotions of a relationship between two women. It is a very reflective piece or work that is written in first person narration. We are not aware of the identity of the narrator. The title of the story contradicts the story. A gift is given to someone out of happiness and that which has good memories that which stays with a person forever. But here the story is called a gift which
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NOVEL STUDY PRO FORMA: SETTING: - What is the time and place of the story? - Don these have any bearing on or importance to the story? - Does the setting vary‚ of is it static? - Are characters affected by the setting? How? MOOD/ATMOSPHERE: - Is there a particular atmosphere created? - How is this created? - What effect does it have on characters and events CHARACTERS: - What does the author tell us about the characters? Ie. Descriptive presentation? - What do the characters reveal
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Annotated Bibliography: The power struggle in “Sonny’s Blues” Baldwin‚ James. Sonny ’s Blues. 10th ed. N.p.: publisher‚ 1957. Print. This article discusses how an unnamed narrator in “Sonny’s Blues” discovers from a newspaper that his younger brother‚ Sonny‚ has been arrested for selling and using heroin. It shows a inside view of the narrators feeling towards his brother Sonny. In the story “Sonny’s Blues” you will see how concerned he becomes about his brother. You will see a great deal of
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in "Thematics‚" by Boris Tomashevsky he disscuses the difference between plot and story‚ most people think their interchngable but this is not the case. Story is the easy way to say what the event and characters are doing and going through. plot is how the story is set up‚ what events are told first and who is the narrator. story shows a connection on causeality‚ this means on event in the story causes another. this differs from plot in a way becasue plot is the chronalogical order of things as
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The Destructive Nature of Greed Upon first glance at “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence‚ one would not expect the said winner to in fact lose his life. The irony in the title gives way to the theme of the story‚ being that greed is destructive; even of life itself. Lawrence uses elements such as plot‚ point of view‚ and characters to further portray the destructive nature of greed in the story. A plot is the events that flow together to make a story. The first event in a story is the
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The point of view and narrative structure of I Stand Here Ironing‚ by Tillie Olson‚ completely affects the theme of the story in many ways. The theme of the story is the powerful bond between mother and daughter. The point of view would have been less personal if it had been changed. The narrative structure consists of flashbacks‚ which are very valuable to the story and the way it is meant to be read and understood. Since the mother is talking about her daughter’s history‚ it makes the story more
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