SILENCE A FABLE By: Edgar Allan Poe O I N T A O T U N T E L S I N E E R P SUMMARY ELEMENTS SETTING/POV/THEM E PLOT SILENCE SUMMARY Silence: A Fable by Edgar Allan Poe was published in 1840. The story is told by a Demon, who sits and observes the actions of a solitary man in a desolate, terrifying land. He tries to take him away from this place by enhancing environment desolation. Everywhere starts uncontrollable chaos, after which prevails teasing silence. GENRE LITERARY TYPE Fiction SUBTYPE Thriller or suspense folklore ELEMENTS CHARACTERS Man (Protagonist) Demon (Antagonist) Flat: Hippopotami Behemoth Lynx Stock: Narrator SETTING SETTING WHEN & WHERE? Dreary region in Libya by the borders of the river Zaire. In a cemetery by the tomb POV: FIRST PERSON CONFLICT Character vs. God Character vs. Self THEME Death Horror PLOT EXPOSITION AC TI O N RI SI N G The Demon tell a story to the narrator. The demon described the dreary region in Libia where there is no quiet or silence. The Demon saw the man in the rock. The demon observed the actions of the man but failed. CLIMAX The Demon grew angry and cursed with a silent curse the river, and the lilies, and the wind, and the forest, and the Heaven, and the thunder, and the sighs of the water-lilies. They became accursed and were still. The moon ceased to totter in its. The Demon's eyes fell upon the countenance of the man and his countenance was wan with terror. G IN LL FA The man raised his head from his hand, and stood forth upon the rock and listened. But there was no voice throughout the vast illimitable desert, and the characters upon the rock were SILENCE. The man shuddered turning his face away and fled afar off and The Demon can't see the man anymore. The demon was satisfied to see the changes in the man's behavior. He end the story and fell back within the cavity of the tomb and laughed. N IO T AC RESOLUTION THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! We are the Group two Anielyn C. Gamata Ara Mae Ilao Jasmin Faye Lomuntad Joezzan m. Marbel Charmaine Habon