How did O.Henry portray the criminal and the Marshal in his story?
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O.Henry in the story Hearts and Hands plays the entire story as a dramatic irony. The criminal is of handsome presence with a bold, frank countenance and manner that makes the readers as well as the passengers in the train (B. & M. Express) feel that he is the Marshal. The person who is the actual Marshal is portrayed as a ruffled, glum-faced person, heavily built an roughly dressed. This makes us feel that the Marshal is the criminal. The entire story is a dramatic iron as we along with Miss Fairchild feel that the criminal is the Marshal and the Marshal is the criminal. Both the characters know the truth but they don't point it out. It is in the end when one of the passenger's realizes that a Marshal would not handcuff a prisoner to his right hand and that's how we get to know the truth