Short Story Review
Terms to know:
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Foreshadowing
Setting
Mood
Tone
Denotation
Irony – dramatic,
situational, verbal
Metaphors
Similes
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Symbols
Plot
Conflict
Protagonist
Antagonist
Setting
Theme
Point of view
"The Necklace"
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*Guy de Maupassant
*Protagonist: Madame Loisel
*Antogonist: the necklace*Setting: late
1800’s, Paris
*Tone: bitter, serious
*Theme: Materialistic wants can be the
downfall of us all.
*Point of view: 3rd person limited
"The Most Dangerous Game"
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*Richard Connell
* Protagonist: Rainsford
*Antogonist: Zaroff
*Setting:Caribbean Sea, Ship-Trap Island, jungle,
Zaroff’s manision
*Tone: serious, deadly, dangerous
*Theme: inhumanity, violence, cruelty of humans
to animals, etc.
*Point of view: 3rd person limited
"The Scarlet Ibis"
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James Hurst
*Protagonist: narrator
*Antagonist: narrator’s pride
*Setting: South, World War I, cotton fields, Old
Woman Swamp, Horsehead’s Landing, etc.
*Tone: death, bittersweet
*Theme: Pride can make people do cruel things
to those they love.
*Point of view: First person
"Poison"
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Roald Dahl
*Protagonist: Harry Pope
*Antagonist: krait
*Setting: India, mid- 1950s
*Tone: ironic
*Theme: racism
*Point of view: first person (Timber Woods)
"The Sniper"
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Liam O’Flaherty
*Protagonist: Republican Sniper
*Antagonist: Free Stater sniper
*Setting: Ireland, civil war
*Tone: serious, suspenseful
*Theme: War can pit brother against brother.
*Point of view: third person limited
"The Interlopers"
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*Saki*
Protagonist: Ulrich von Gradwitz
*Antgonist: Georg Zynaeym and their feud
*Setting: Carpathian Mountains, winter, nighttime,
border of the two men’s land
*Tone: respect for the men and contempt toward
the feud
*Theme: A trap you set for someone else might
lead to your own demise.
*Point of View: 3rd person omniscient
"Full Circle"
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*Sue Grafton
*Protagonist: Kinsey Millhone
*Antagonist: Terry Layton (or the death of
Caroline Spurrier)
*Setting: the scene of the wreck of Caroline
Spurrier on a California freeway)
*Tone: suspense
*Theme: What goes around comes around.
*Point of View: first person
"The Cask of Amontillado"
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*Edgar Allan Poe
*Protagonist: Montressor
*Antagonist: Fortunato
*Setting: Carnival, Italy, Montresor’s catacombs
*Tone: death and murder, irony
*Theme: revenge
*Point of View: first person ***UNRELIABLE
NARRATOR*** (may not know the whole truth or
may purposely to choose to deceive the reader!)
“The Lady, or the Tiger?”
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Protagonist: Princess
Antagonist: King? tiger or beautiful new
bride?
Setting: Middle Ages, coliseum
Tone: irony, suspense
Theme: Difficult decisions vs. Moral
decisions
Point of View: third person