What scenes, moments, descriptive passages, phrases, or words stand out in your reading of the story?
The scene when they both falling in love together is stand out. I didn't expected the they both are falling in love because at first they fight like an enemy.
Did a particular image make you feel happy, or frightened, or disturbed, or angry? Why?
It feel a little bit confused and disturbed because it is not very clear how they both falling in love together. It is also sad that she forgot her ex husband so fast and have on new husband.
Which of your five senses did this image appeal to? What do you associate with this image, and why? What do you think the author wants you to feel about a certain image?
The image appeal to me the sense of sight. I didn't see this scene but i imagine it by reading the book. I think the narrator would make me feel more confused.
How do you think your reactions to the imagery in the story contribute to the overall meaning of the story?
I think my reaction to the imagery in the story change the meaning of the story to me. First I thought that Popova is pitiful but then when she felt in love with another guy I felt sorry for her ex husband instead.
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Point of View
What point of view does the story use? Is the story told from a first-person perspective, in which the narrator is one of the characters in the story, and refers to himself or herself as "I"? Or is the story told from a third-person perspective, in which the narrator is not one of the characters in the story or may not participate in the events of the story?
It is third-person perspective. The narrator is not one of the characters in the story. The narrator tells the story about the other person.
What are the advantages of the chosen point of view? Does it furnish any clues as to the purpose of the story?
There won't know the truth because the narrator is not the person who is the main character.
Is the narrator reliable or unreliable? Does he/she have a limited knowledge or understanding of characters and events in the story? Does the narrator know almost everything about one character or every character, including inner thoughts?
The narrator is unreliable because the narrator doesn't know the story because the narrator doesn't involve in the story. The narrator has limited knowledge and understanding of characters and events in the story.
The narrator doesn't know everything about characters and inner thoughts because the narrator write the book with the third point of view.
Does the author use point of view primarily to reveal or conceal? Does he ever unfairly withhold important information known to the focal character?
The author uses the point of view to conceal to reveal in the best of times. The author did not withhold any important information that the reader needs to know.
It is third-person perspective. The narrator is not one of the characters in the story. The narrator tells the story about the other person.
What are the advantages of the chosen point of view? Does it furnish any clues as to the purpose of the story?
There won't know the truth because the narrator is not the person who is the main character.
Is the narrator reliable or unreliable? Does he/she have a limited knowledge or understanding of characters and events in the story? Does the narrator know almost everything about one character or every character, including inner thoughts?
The narrator is unreliable because the narrator doesn't know the story because the narrator doesn't involve in the story. The narrator has limited knowledge and understanding of characters and events in the story.
The narrator doesn't know everything about characters and inner thoughts because the narrator write the book with the third point of view.
Does the author use point of view primarily to reveal or conceal? Does he ever unfairly withhold important information known to the focal character?
The author uses the point of view to conceal to reveal in the best of times. The author did not withhold any important information that the reader needs to know.
Character
Who is/are the main characters in the story? What does the main character look life?
Elena Ivanovna Popova is one of the main character in this story. She is a widow. Her husband died seven months age, but she is still in mourning. She is a landowning little widow, with dimples on her cheeks. Grigory Stepanovitch Smirnov is a middle-aged landowner. He is trying to get the money that Popova's husband have borrowed before he died. He looks strong and angry so easily. He has a very powerful character. Luka, Popova's aged footman.Describe the main character's situation. Where does he/she live? Does he/she live alone or with others? What does the main character do for a living, or is he/she dependent on others for support?
Popova live in a house which is not a town or a village. It is a house in the middle of the forest where nobody can easily find it. She lives with Luka, Popova's aged footman. But she's still missed her husband that have already passed away. She's mourning since her husband is dead. She doesn't go outside because she's sad and in a sorrow. She is a landowning. She doesn't want to go anywhere because she love her husband much more than any other things. But, there's a guy named Smirnov. Her husband have borrowed him the money before he is dead. So Smirnov is searching for him but found his wife instead so he decided to ask for his money. Later on they both are falling in love together.What are some of the chief characteristics (personality traits) of the character? Note the degree of complexity of his/her behavior, thought, and feelings; their appearances, their habits, mannerisms, speech, attitudes and values. What is the main character's attitude towards his/her life? Is he/she happy or sad, content or discontented? Why?
Popova has a cute character and has a stronghead. She talks straight to everyone. She is not a weak woman. She believes that her husband is protecting her everyday. She is kind and be nice to everyone that is nice to her. But she doesn't do it to Smirnov. Somirnov has a strong feelings and character. He wants his money back and tried to talk rudely to scared Popova. But it doesn't scared Popova because Popova is a stong woman and doesn't want any unfair thing. Popova doesn't want to have a new husband because she loved her husband so much. But later on she fell in love with Smirnov and Smirnov is falling in love too.What sort of conflict is the character facing? How is this conflict revealed? Is it resolved? If so, how?
The conflict in the story is the trouble that Popova's husband made it before his death. He have borrowed the money from Smirnov who is here to take the money from Popova's house which is her husband's house. It is revealed when Smirnov come into the house and trying to force Popova to give him the money that her husband have borrowed. It is resolved because they are falling in love together.Is any character a developing character? If so, is his change a large or a small one? Is it a plausible change for him? Is he sufficiently motivated? Is the change given sufficient time?
They both developoing their character because at first they are fighting and talking rudely to each othre real bad. But lastly, they both are falling in love together. It is a large one because I can't believe it that it will end this way. It is plausible because love happened anywhere any time. It is sufficient motivated and sufficient time.วันจันทร์ที่ 25 กุมภาพันธ์ พ.ศ. 2556
Setting
Place: It is the outdoors of the city. It is the only house in the area.
Time: It occurs when the time the husband passed away.
Social environment: The wife has the new lover.
Time: It occurs when the time the husband passed away.
Social environment: The wife has the new lover.
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Plot
What is the story about? What are the main events in the story, and how are they related to each other?
The story is about the comedy play. There's a woman named Popova whose husband is dead, but she is still mourning with his death. She doesn't leave the house and she always wear the black dress to proves that she loves her husband even after seven years of his death. And here comes the guy whose the husband dept for him. His name is Smirnov, he came to take the money from Popova. But Popova have no money, so she said to Smirnov to wait until she got the money. Smirnov resists and become so angry. But, later, he starts to falling in love with Popova. And lastly both are in love together.
Are the main events of the story arranged chronologically, or are they arranged in another
way?
They are not arranged chronologically. They are arranged in another way. The story tells that the husband is dead at first. And there's a guy named Smirnov, he's trying to get the money because the husband didn't pay for his own dept, so he comes to take it from the wife named Popova.
How is the story narrated? Are flashbacks, summaries, stories within the story used?
It is narrated in a play. Yes, there are flashbacks. The falshbacks are about Popova's husband whose didn't return the money to Smirnov. He borrowed before he died. So Smirnov is getting the money from the wife who is Popova, but she has no money. The story tells about the wife first and then Smirnov appeared in the middle of the story. He is getting back his money
Is the plot fast-paced or slow-paced?
It is the slow paced because the story tells only little information as you read by. Almost at the end of the story comes the climax that's why the plot is the slow-paced.
How do thoughts, behaviors, and actions of characters move the plot forward?
Popova who is the wife of the dead husband, shows that she has no money that her husband have borrowed Smirnov. But Smirnov has a very rude character so he's doing everything like shouting, doing unappropriate things, being rude, and unpolite. Smirnov is the character who move plot forward because of his behaviors, thoughts, and actions.
What are the conflicts in the plot? Are they physical, intellextual, moral or emotional? Are they resolved? How are they resolved? Is the main conflict between good and evil sharply differentiated, or is it more subtle and complex?
It is the emotional story because the story is about the death of the husband and the wife is mourning for years. The conflict is the death of the husband. It is resolved because lastly she fell in love with a man whose her husband have been depted to. It is so complex that i can't even understand how the characters' feelings against each other.
What is the climax of the story and at what point in the story does the climax occur?
The climax of the story occur in the house. It begins when a guy named Smirnov insist that he is falling in love with Popova. The story's climax is at the resolution of the plot. At almost the end of the story, both Smirnov and Popova fell in love with each other, not really fall in love but Smirnov is falling deep in love but not Popova. She is shouting at him while he's hugging her.
Does the plot have unity? Are all the episodes relevant to the total meaning or effect of the story? Does each incident grow logically out of the preceding inciden and lead naturally to the next?
Yes, the plot have unity. All the episodes are relevant to the total meaning of the story. Yes, each incident grow logically out of the preceding incidentand lead naturally to the next.
What use does the story make of chance and coincidence? Are these occurrences used to initiate, to complicate, or to resolve the story? How improvable are they?
The coincidence is the stange love appear to both Smirnov and Popova. They are arguing at first but late Smirnov started to love Popova by the way she acts toward him. Theses occurrences used to resolved the story because they became husband and wife later on, this is how they improved themselves.
The story is about the comedy play. There's a woman named Popova whose husband is dead, but she is still mourning with his death. She doesn't leave the house and she always wear the black dress to proves that she loves her husband even after seven years of his death. And here comes the guy whose the husband dept for him. His name is Smirnov, he came to take the money from Popova. But Popova have no money, so she said to Smirnov to wait until she got the money. Smirnov resists and become so angry. But, later, he starts to falling in love with Popova. And lastly both are in love together.
Are the main events of the story arranged chronologically, or are they arranged in another
way?
They are not arranged chronologically. They are arranged in another way. The story tells that the husband is dead at first. And there's a guy named Smirnov, he's trying to get the money because the husband didn't pay for his own dept, so he comes to take it from the wife named Popova.
How is the story narrated? Are flashbacks, summaries, stories within the story used?
It is narrated in a play. Yes, there are flashbacks. The falshbacks are about Popova's husband whose didn't return the money to Smirnov. He borrowed before he died. So Smirnov is getting the money from the wife who is Popova, but she has no money. The story tells about the wife first and then Smirnov appeared in the middle of the story. He is getting back his money
Is the plot fast-paced or slow-paced?
It is the slow paced because the story tells only little information as you read by. Almost at the end of the story comes the climax that's why the plot is the slow-paced.
How do thoughts, behaviors, and actions of characters move the plot forward?
Popova who is the wife of the dead husband, shows that she has no money that her husband have borrowed Smirnov. But Smirnov has a very rude character so he's doing everything like shouting, doing unappropriate things, being rude, and unpolite. Smirnov is the character who move plot forward because of his behaviors, thoughts, and actions.
What are the conflicts in the plot? Are they physical, intellextual, moral or emotional? Are they resolved? How are they resolved? Is the main conflict between good and evil sharply differentiated, or is it more subtle and complex?
It is the emotional story because the story is about the death of the husband and the wife is mourning for years. The conflict is the death of the husband. It is resolved because lastly she fell in love with a man whose her husband have been depted to. It is so complex that i can't even understand how the characters' feelings against each other.
What is the climax of the story and at what point in the story does the climax occur?
The climax of the story occur in the house. It begins when a guy named Smirnov insist that he is falling in love with Popova. The story's climax is at the resolution of the plot. At almost the end of the story, both Smirnov and Popova fell in love with each other, not really fall in love but Smirnov is falling deep in love but not Popova. She is shouting at him while he's hugging her.
Does the plot have unity? Are all the episodes relevant to the total meaning or effect of the story? Does each incident grow logically out of the preceding inciden and lead naturally to the next?
Yes, the plot have unity. All the episodes are relevant to the total meaning of the story. Yes, each incident grow logically out of the preceding incidentand lead naturally to the next.
What use does the story make of chance and coincidence? Are these occurrences used to initiate, to complicate, or to resolve the story? How improvable are they?
The coincidence is the stange love appear to both Smirnov and Popova. They are arguing at first but late Smirnov started to love Popova by the way she acts toward him. Theses occurrences used to resolved the story because they became husband and wife later on, this is how they improved themselves.
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