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They both contribute to their deaths through their own stubbornness....

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 00:08:20 PST

They both contribute to their deaths through their own stubbornness. They continue a blood feud between their families, although they have no real idea how it started. They know it has to do with a claim to land, but it doesn't really seem wroth the viciousness with which they pursue each other. Georg's insistence on hunting on Ulrich's land, & Ulrich's insistence on tracking him lead to their eventual end. They could have helped each...

In Saki's The Interlopers, Ulrich's family is the one that owns the land...

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:14:32 PST

In Saki's The Interlopers, Ulrich's family is the one that owns the land legally. Georg is the one that is technically trespassing because he continues to hunt on Ulrich's land anyway. After a tree branch falls on each man, they grow to accept their situation and mend their ways by ending the feud that has plagued both of their families for years. However, when the situation appears to be one for rejoicing, it soon grows bleak again. The ten...

In The Interlopers, which family won possession of the disputed land in...

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:58:37 PST

In The Interlopers, which family won possession of the disputed land in the lawsuit ?

My immediate reaction to “The Interlopers” is the irony of the...

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:41:46 PST

My immediate reaction to “The Interlopers” is the irony of the ending. Saki is famous for his surprise endings, and this is a classic example of how he shows the human condition and how it can change, but sometimes too late. These two men were bitter enemies all of their lives, but when trapped together and having to get along to survive, they do reconcile. However, it’s too late for them since it’s the wolves that come to “save”...

what is the impact upon you after reading "THE INTERLOPERS" by saki?

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:24:51 PST

what is the impact upon you after reading "THE INTERLOPERS" by saki?

write a short critical summery of the "THE INTERLOPERS" by saki?

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:15:08 PST

write a short critical summery of the "THE INTERLOPERS" by saki?

In the short story, “The Interloper,” by Saki, there are many...

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:12:35 PST

In the short story, “The Interloper,” by Saki, there are many elements of conflict and rising action. There is definitely rising action as the animals in the forest (even those who don’t usually go out and about at night) are agitated. The weather plays into the rising action as it is so bitterly cold, and the wind is violent. When the two men meet and begin arguing the action continues to rise, and at that moment nature one’s again...

What is a complication/rising action for "The Interlopers" by Saki?

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:20:30 PST

What is a complication/rising action for "The Interlopers" by Saki?

With denotation meaning the literal definition of the word, the title of...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:31:13 PST

With denotation meaning the literal definition of the word, the title of Saki's story indicates more than one person or thing that intrudes into a region without proper license. Now, as far as the story itself is concerned, initially interlopers is identified as the two main characters, Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym, as well as the men of each of the hunters. In the brief moment after von Gradwitz is startled by the...

What is the denotation of the short story "The Interlopers" by Saki?

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:51:25 PST

What is the denotation of the short story "The Interlopers" by Saki?

No, there is no clear protagonist and antagonist in "The Interlopers." ...

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:08:26 PST

No, there is no clear protagonist and antagonist in "The Interlopers." The two main characters, Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym, are equals in nearly every way. Both men are products of their environments, and both men harbor the same feelings of hatred toward one another. Each of the men hestitates to kill the other, which seems to indicate that neither is purely evil; each man also makes known to the other that he is capable of...

Is there a clear protagonist and antagonist in "The Interlopers"?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:32:11 PST

Is there a clear protagonist and antagonist in "The Interlopers"?

I need a short story with a bunch of figurative language

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 20:54:31 PST

Can somebody please give me a short story with lots of figurative language and give examples of simile, metaphor, etc...

Ulrich and Georg are roaming the disputed forest on a dark, stormy...

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:00:23 PST

Ulrich and Georg are roaming the disputed forest on a dark, stormy night. Saki describes a "shriek of the storm" which brings down the tree on top of the two enemies as they stand glaring at one another. So, the tree is felled by lightning, and ironically, the basic subject (a tree from the disputed forest land) traps the men together. They are forced to work with each other, but just as they reconcile their differences, they recognize...

In "The Interlopers" as Ulrich von Gradwitz hunts for the "game" he has...

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:39:26 PST

In "The Interlopers" as Ulrich von Gradwitz hunts for the "game" he has long sought, he comes face-to-face with his enemy, Georg Znaeym, "the inheritor of the quarrel and tireless game-snatcher and raider of the disputed border-forest." For generations there has been a dispute over the borders of property; despite the issue's having been settled in a legal court, Znaeym's family never "acquiesced in the judgment." This refusal of judgment...

What is the metaphor and simile in the story "The Interlopers"? What was...

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:50:59 PST

What is the metaphor and simile in the story "The Interlopers"? What was Ulrich von Gradwitz's wish when he wandered away from his crew?

Georg and Ulrich, even though they are enemies, have similar views on...

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:36:41 PST

Georg and Ulrich, even though they are enemies, have similar views on life and each other, causing them to have more in common than not. Both men think that they have a right to the land over which they have been feuding. Both are arrogant (each man hopes that his men will be the first to rescue them from under the fallen tree so that he will have bragging rights over the other). Both originally wish death upon the other--the narrator...

What are some similarities between Georg and Ulrich in "The...

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:05:38 PST

What are some similarities between Georg and Ulrich in "The Interlopers," and how does the omniscient narrator show the men's thoughts?

It is in a dark forest in theCarpathians and the darkness helps the mood...

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:33:45 PST

It is in a dark forest in theCarpathians and the darkness helps the mood of the two men finding each other.

The entire short story, "The Interlopers," by Saki (H. H. Munro), takes...

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:32:23 PST

The entire short story, "The Interlopers," by Saki (H. H. Munro), takes place in a wooded forest in the Carpathian (or Karpathian) Mountains that extend through parts of the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and the Ukraine. "The Interlopers" does not specify in which country it takes place. The characters do cover several different parts of the forest, however; part of the story takes place on a crest of a hill (where...