Genre
Short stories
Setting and Context
Set in Germany
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Scaring and sanguine
Protagonist and Antagonist
The two central characters are Andrew Calwin and Elsie Ashby in' The Eyes' and 'Pomegranate', respectively.
Major Conflict
The conflict is in 'The Lady Maid's Bell', in which the first maid dies in mysterious circumstances.
Climax
The climax in the story 'The Lady's Maid's Bell' comes when the maid starts hearing the bell ringing. Later, the maid discovers that the Ghost of the previous maid who died is ringing the bell.
Foreshadowing
The husband's disappearance in the story 'Afterward' is foreshadowed by the past shady deals. The wife comes to realize later that they are leaving with a ghost who comes and takes her husband away.
Understatement
The mysterious notes delivered by the newlywed couple in the story 'Pomegranate Seed' is understated. Later, the wife discovers the real author of the notes.
Allusions
The stories allude to the power of imagination.
Imagery
Sight imagery is used in 'The Lady's Maid's Bell' when the author describes the day as dull and rainy. The author writes, “it was a dull October day, with rain hanging close overhead.”
Paradox
The main paradox is the story 'The Eyes' when the narrator wakes up and realizes two eyes are staring at her. The reader later realizes that the two eyes are just hallucinations.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
The Ghost in 'The Eyes' is embodied as a human staring at the narrator.
