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THE OPEN WINDOW,Hector Hugh Munro 赫克托门罗 (1870-1916) Pen name: Saki Occupation: Author, Playwright Nationality: British,Master of short stories. Often be compared to O Henry.,The Open Window,Plot Analysis:,Beginning,Rising Action,Climax,Resolution,PLOT,Plot,Falling Action,Begining:,Introduction of the main character: Framton Nuttle: a slightly nervous person who is undergoing a nerve cure. His sister introduced him to visit Mrs. Sappelton in anther town to take a rest. . Mrs. Sappeltons niece-Vera: a very self-possessed （镇静、泰然自若）young lady.,Begining:,After some small talks, Vera calls Framtons attention to the large, French window in the room, which is open despite the fact that it is October. And then she began to tell her aunts “tragic story”,What is her story?,Three years ago Her aunts husband and two brothers They went hunting for snipe with a little spaniel(西班牙猎犬) . They left through that very window, but they never returned because they were engulfed by a piece of bog（沼泽). Their bodies were never found. Veras aunt believes that the men will return one day, that they will enter the house the way they left, through the open window. That is why the window is kept open every evening until dark;,“Do you know, sometimes on still, quiet evenings like this, I almost get a creepy feeling that they will all walk in through that window - “ 你知道吗，有时候像今天这样寂静无声的傍晚，我总会有一种感觉，那就是他们会从那个窗子里走进来,一想到这里就会让人觉得毛骨悚然”,Rising action:,The entrance of Mrs. Sappelton marks the start of the “rising action“ segment of the plot. “I hope you dont mind the open window,“ said Mrs. Sappleton briskly; “my husband and brothers will be home directly from shooting, and they always come in this way.”,Mrs. Sappleton rattled cheerfully about her husbands and brothers as if they were alive,but to Framton it was all purely horrible. He made a desparate but only partially successful attempt to turn to talk on to a less ghastly topic,Climax:,In the deepening twilight three figures were walking across the lawn towards the window, they all carried guns under their arms, and one of them was additionally burdened with a white coat hung over his shoulders. A tired brown spaniel kept close at their heels. Noiselessly they neared the house, and then a hoarse young voice chanted out of the dusk: “I said, Bertie, why do you bound?“ 在昏暗的黄昏中，三个人影穿过草坪朝窗子走来。他们手里都挎着枪，他们中有一个人肩上还挂着一件白色的雨衣。一只棕色的猎犬紧跟在他们身后，显得很疲倦。静静地他们走近了屋子，然后一个嘶哑的声音从昏暗中传出来，唱着“贝蒂，你怎么蹦蹬跳跳的呢？”,Falling action:,Framton grabs for his hat and walking stick and races out of the house without saying goodbye. Framton runs down the drive and through the front gate, and nearly collides with a bicyclist when he enters the roadway.,Falling action :,When Mrs. Sappelton and her husband wonder why he left in such a hurry, Vera begins to explain that Framton was scarred of the hunting dogs.,“我想那是因为这西班牙犬吧，”那年轻小姐平静的说，“他告诉过我他害怕狗。有一次他被一群流浪狗一直追赶到了恒河岸上的某个公墓里，实在没办法只好在一个新挖的墓穴里呆了一晚上，那些可怕的野狗就在他的头顶上龇牙咧嘴的咆哮，换成是谁，魂儿也得被吓飞了。”,“I expect it was the spaniel,“ said the niece calmly; “he told me he had a horror of dogs. He was once hunted into a cemetery somewhere on the banks of the Ganges by a pack of pariah dogs, and had to spend the night in a newly dug grave with the creatures snarling and grinning and foaming just above him. Enough to make anyone lose their nerve.“,Resolution:,Romance at short notice was her speciality.,毫不费劲的随口编个故事是她的拿手好戏。,Unexpected ending,Plot Analysis:,1、unexpected ending 2、foreshadowing 3、story within story 4、ghost story elements,“MY AUNT will be down presently, Mr. Nuttel,” said a very self-possessed young lady of fifteen; “in the meantime you must try and put up with me.” 忍受？,“Do you know many of the people round here?“ asked the niece, when she judged that they had had sufficient silent communion. “Hardly a soul,“ said Framton. “My sister was staying here, at the rectory, you know, some four years ago, and she gave me letters of introduction to some of the people here.“ He made the last statement in a tone of distinct regret. “Then you know practically nothing about my aunt?“ pursued the self-possessed young lady. “Only her name and address,“ admitted the caller. “这一带你认识的人不少吧?”外甥女觉得静坐了太久，打破沉默问道。 “一个也不认识，”他说道“我姐姐四年前在这里住过，就在教区长的屋子，她于是写了引荐信要我来拜访这里的一些人。” 他说最后一句话的时候明显带有后悔的语气。 “这么说你对我的姨妈差不多一无所知？”女孩不动声色的问道。 “只知道名字和住址，”客人坦白的说道。,She wanted to check whether there was any possibility that Mr. Nuttel would see through the story about the hunters. If he knew her aunt, she would not succeed in her plan to play the trick on him.,“Only her name and address,” admitted the caller. He was wondering whether Mrs. Sappleton was in the married or widowed state. An undefinable something about the room seemed to suggest masculine habitation.,“只知道名字和住址，”客人坦白的说道。他在寻思着萨普雷敦太太到底有丈夫呢，还是在守寡。 这屋子似乎有种说不清的东西在暗示着这里有男人住。,“Her tragedy?” asked Framton; somehow in this restful country spot tragedies seemed out of place. 在这块平静的土地上不幸的事似乎很不可能发生。,It was a relief to Framton when the aunt bustled into the room with a whirl of apologies for being late in making her appearance. “I hope Vera has been amusing you?” she said.,Plot Analysis:,1、unexpected ending 2、foreshadowing 3、story within story 4、ghost story elements,How many stories are there ?,Thank you!,
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