Lovers on All Saint's Day Literary Elements

Lovers on All Saint's Day Literary Elements

Genre

Short stories.

Setting and Context

“Life on Grimsey Island” is set in Grimsey Island. "Hiding Places" transpires in Belgium.

Narrator and Point of View

Third-person narrators in “Life on Grimsey Island” and “The All Saints’ Day Lovers.”
First-person narrator in “Hiding Places.”

Tone and Mood

Remorseful, shocking, sombre, sympathetic, and overwhelming.

Protagonist and Antagonist

Oliveira is the protagonist in “Life on Grimsey Island ", whereas Agatha is the antagonist. Philippe is the protagonist in “Hiding Places.” ‘Bad luck’ is the antagonist.

Major Conflict

Agatha’s suicide is the conflict in “Life on Grimsey Island.”
The ill-fortune that plagues Philippe's family in "Hiding Places."
An unhappy and unfulfilling marriage between the narrator and Michelle in “The All Saints’ Day Lovers.”

Climax

Oliveira’s discovery of Agatha’s death. ("Life on Grimsey Island").
Claire’s discovery that she is ‘Philippe’s hiding place. (“Hiding Places").

Foreshadowing

N/A

Understatement

Oliveira understates his role in Agatha’s life when he equates himself to a mere “one-night stand.”

Allusions

The title ("The All Saints’ Day") is an allusion to Catholicism.
Allusions to film as an art in “The All Saints’ Day Lovers.”
Allusion to art through the painting included in “Hiding Places.”

Imagery

Oliveira is disillusioned in “Life on Grimsey Island" after Agatha's demise.

Philippe’s family, in “Hiding Places,” is plagued by unhappiness.

Paradox

Oliveira feels guilty after Agatha's demise, yet she is the one who, out of her own volition, took her life- ('Life on Grimsey Island').

Parallelism

N/A

Metonymy and Synecdoche

“opening veins” denotes suicide ('Life on Grimsey Island').
A ‘hiding place’ denotes a place of consolation.
Islands denote lonesomeness ('Life on Grimsey Island').

Personification

Claire personifies ‘a hiding place’ when she equates herself to one.

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