Saki "The Lumber Room"


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                                               « The Lumber Room » – Saki
Take the necessary time to write paragraph-length answers to the following 3 questions (plus to draw the tapestry!).
1.    Describe your opinion of Nicolas and his vision of himself and the world. In doing so, give at least two examples of how Nicolas manages to outwit his aunt. Describe and analyse these examples.
2.    What are we meant to think of the aunt, her single-mindedness, and her lack of imagination? For example, consider why the aunt sent the children, but not Nicolas, to Jagborough.
3.    Draw the tapestry found in the lumber room. Then, in writing, explore what the various parts of the tapestry symbolise.
4.    What do you think Saki was trying to say about childhood and the power of the imagination?
As we continue our analysis of this short story, we can consider how Saki used the following literary techniques: Plot, third person narration, climax, military and religious vocabulary, epithets, ironic attitudes, biblical allusions, metaphors, use of speech, black humour, and use of paradox.
 https://en.pptonline.org/199171
Bathos is a literary term derived from a Greek word meaning “depth.” Bathos is the act of a writer or a poet falling into inconsequential and absurd metaphors, descriptions, or ideas in an effort to be increasingly emotional or passionate.

Epithet, an adjective or phrase that is used to express the characteristic of a person or thing, such as Ivan the Terrible. In literature, the term is considered an element of poetic diction, or something that distinguishes the language of poetry from ordinary language (https://www.britannica.com/art/epithet)


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