Genre
Novel
Setting and Context
Written in the context of international politics
Narrator and Point of View
First-person narrative
Tone and Mood
The tone is solemn, and the mood is melancholic.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The central character is the narrator.
Major Conflict
There is a conflict between the unnamed woman’s long-term relationship with Adriaan. Adriaan goes missing after leaving to ask for a divorce from his first wife.
Climax
The climax comes when Adriaan is reached on the phone but seems uninterested in his relationship with the unnamed woman.
Foreshadowing
The narrator’s loneliness is foreshadowed by the silence of Adriaan when he goes to seek divorce from his estranged wife.
Understatement
The power of the first love is understated. When Adriaan seeks divorce from his first wife, he becomes uninterested in the unnamed woman.
Allusions
The story alludes to romance and international politics.
Imagery
The description of the images of Hague and their comparison to the European cities depict sight imagery.
Paradox
The main paradox is that Adriaan does not tell her new lover (Unnamed woman) that he is married until she discovers herself.
Parallelism
There is parallelism between Jana’s work in the Gallery and her toxic encounters.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
N/A
