The open window by saki
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The Open Window
Author: Hector Hugh Munro / H.H. Munro / Saki
Setting: Rural – Village, Mrs.Sappleton’s house
Genre: Fiction
Mood: Spooky, Hilarious, Comical
Main Characters:
• Framton Nuttel
• Vera
• Mrs.Sappleton
Other Characters:
• Mr. Nuttel’s Sister
• Ronnie Mrs. Sappleton’s second brother
• Mr. Sappleton
• Mrs. Sappleton’s second brother
• Dog
• Cyclist
Literary Devices:
• Foreshadowing:
o Three men
o A dog – spaniel
o White – Waterproof coat
o Ronnie’s song – Bertie why do you bound
o Bodies weren’t recovered
• Irony:
o Situational: Vera tells Framton that three years ago, Mr. Sappleton and his two younger brothers-in-law went hunting and left through the French window. Tragically, the three men were lost in a bog that day and never returned. Ever since they disappeared, Mrs. Sappleton leaves her French window open in anticipation of their return. Suddenly, Framton sees the three men walking toward the window and panics.
o Verbal: The word Vera means only truth…but in this story the 15yrs old young girl named Vera is an prankster and mostly speaks lie.
ABOUT THE STORY:
this is a hilarious story, where Framton Nuttel who has a nerve disorder, consulted by the doctors goes to the rural - retreat where his sister stayed before 4yrs before he went. He goes there and meets Vera a young girl of 15yrs.