The Storyteller

The Storyteller Literary Elements

Genre

Short story, Satire

Setting and Context

England, Late 1800s

Narrator and Point of View

Third-person omniscient

Tone and Mood

Satirical

Protagonist and Antagonist

Protagonist: the bachelor; Antagonist: the aunt

Major Conflict

The three children's playing and questions annoy the aunt and the bachelor on the train.

Climax

The little girl in the bachelor's story, Bertha, is found and eaten by the wolf.

Foreshadowing

N/A

Understatement

N/A

Allusions

N/A

Imagery

The story as well as the story within the story are described with vivid details and special attention to colors.

Paradox

N/A

Parallelism

The bachelor ruining the innocence of the children (at least in the eyes of their aunt) parallels the wolf eating Bertha in the bachelor's story.

Metonymy and Synecdoche

N/A

Personification

N/A

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