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Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
~Anton Chekhov
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Elements of Two Short Stories:
The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant
Protagonist: Mathilde Loisel
Antagonist: herself, Parisian society
Conflicts: person vs. self
Point of View: omniscient
Setting: Paris, the late 1880's
The beautiful Mathilde Loisel desires a better position for herself in Parisian society. When she and her husband are invited to an elegant reception, she spends her husband's savings on a dress and borrows a diamond necklace from a wealthy friend. But after the party....
The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
Protagonist: Montressor
Antagonist: Fortunado
Conflict: person vs. person
Point of View: first person (Montressor)
Setting: a pre-Lenten carnival in an Italian city, 18th or 19th centiry
Montressor, an Italian nobleman, recounts the tale of his revenge on Fortunado, who he believes has injured and insulted him.
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