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Tag: Saki

The Interlopers by Saki: Analysis

Posted on March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 by JL Admin

Adam Frost points out in a retrospective essay on Saki’s career appearing in Contemporary Review, that the author’s first published story, “Dogged,” ends in a “reversal [that] is typical of Saki”; in that story, the “owner becomes pet and vice versa.” Saki would repeat such use of a surprise ending throughout his career as a…

The Interlopers by Saki: Setting

Posted on March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 by JL Admin

World War I  In the late 1800s and early 1900s rivalries between European powers began to intensify. Imperialist states were fighting over land in Asia and Africa, ethnic groups were struggling for self-control, and nations were competing to build larger and more powerful military forces. In addition the region had developed a system of alliances…

The Interlopers by Saki: Literary Devices

Posted on March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 by JL Admin

Point of View  “The Interlopers” is written from the third-person omniscient point of view, meaning the narrator sees and knows all. This point of view allows the narrator to present the history of the disputed land, explain how the similar personalities of Georg and Ulrich have brought the feud to a murderous brink, and explain…

The Interlopers by Saki: Themes

Posted on March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 by JL Admin

Enmity  Ulrich and Georg are enemies who have brought a family feud over a piece of forestland to a murderous point. Since the original court settlement, which ostensibly ended the dispute, members of both families have participated in ‘ ‘poaching affrays and similar scandals.” Instead of dissipating over the years, the feud has strengthened throughout…

The Interlopers by Saki: Summary

Posted on March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 by JL Admin

The characters in “The Interlopers,” Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym, have been enemies since birth. Their grandfathers feuded over a piece of forestland. While the courts ruled in the Gradwitz family’s favor, the Znaeym family has never accepted this ruling. Throughout the course of Ulrich and Georg’s lifetime, the feud has grown into a…

The Open Window by Saki: Analysis

Posted on January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 by JL Admin

H.H. Munro, writing under the name of Saki, was first introduced to the London literary scene in 1899, and only a year later, he was becoming well-known as a witty social critic. This reputation has stayed with him until the present-day, more than eighty years after his untimely 1916 death on the battlefields of World…

The Open Window by Saki: Literary Devices

Posted on January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 by JL Admin

“The Open Window” is the story of a deception, perpetrated on an unsuspecting, and constitutionally nervous man, by a young lady whose motivations for lying remain unclear.  Structure  The most remarkable of Saki’s devices in “The Open Window” is his construction of the story’s narrative. The structure of the story is actually that of a…

The Open Window by Saki: Themes

Posted on January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 by JL Admin

Though it is a remarkably short piece of fiction, “The Open Window” explores a number of important themes. Mr. Nuttel comes to the country in an attempt to cure his nervous condition. He pays a visit to the home of Mrs. Sappleton in order to introduce himself, and before he gets to meet the matron…

The Open Window by Saki: Characters

Posted on January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 by JL Admin

Framton Nuttel’s sister  Framton Nuttel’s sister once spent time in the same town to which Framton has come for relaxation. She has given him a number of letters of introduction with which he is to make himself known to a number of people in the town. Mrs. Sappleton is the recipient of such a letter,…

The Open Window by Saki: Summary

Posted on January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 by JL Admin

Framton Nuttel has presented himself at the Sappleton house to pay a visit. He is in the country undergoing a rest cure for his nerves and is calling on Mrs. Sappleton at the request of his sister. Though she does not know Mrs. Sappleton well, she worries that her brother will suffer if he keeps…

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