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    <title>The Open Window Group at eNotes</title>
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    <description>The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the The Open Window Group at eNotes.</description>
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        <title><![CDATA[1. Similarities: Both stories feature seemingly innocent females...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/what-do-open-window-lamb-slaughter-have-common-how-84721</link>
        <description><![CDATA[1. Similarities: Both stories feature seemingly innocent females outsmarting males (interestingly enough, both stories are written by males!). Vera from "The Open Window" seems like a romantic, innocent girl who politely greets her aunt's visitor.  Mary Maloney in "Lamb" is a pregnant, dutiful wife to whom the police cater as they investigate her husband's death.  Vera preys on the overly anxious Framton Nuttle, while Mary deems herself...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 5 Jun 2009 07:37:34 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mr. Nuttel meets Mrs. Sappleton’s niece, Vera, when he first arrives...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/how-does-he-meet-mrs-sappletons-niece-80541</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Mr. Nuttel meets Mrs. Sappleton’s niece, Vera, when he first arrives at the Sappleton’s house. Mrs. Sappleton is busy and can not meet him immediately. To keep him company, Vera sits with him as he waits for Mrs. Sappleton. The story begins with Vera speaking to Mr. Nuttel:"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."]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 5 Jun 2009 07:33:28 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "The Open Window," the last line describes how resourceful Vera is,...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/how-resourceful-vera-open-window-by-saki-87647</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In "The Open Window," the last line describes how resourceful Vera is, "Romance at short notice was her speciality."  Knowing that it is customary for her uncles to return from hunting and come through the window rather than traipse mud across the carpets, Vera concocts a story about their not returning one year because they were "engulfed in a treacherous piece of bog."  She creates this tale to horrify the nervous Framton Nuttel whom she...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 4 Jun 2009 20:35:56 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How resourceful is Vera in "The Open Window" by Saki?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/how-resourceful-vera-open-window-by-saki-87647</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How resourceful is Vera in "The Open Window" by Saki?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/how-resourceful-vera-open-window-by-saki-87647</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 4 Jun 2009 19:23:12 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[1. Similarities: Both stories feature seemingly innocent females...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/what-do-open-window-lamb-slaughter-have-common-how-84721</link>
        <description><![CDATA[1. Similarities: Both stories feature seemingly innocent females outsmarting males (interestingly enough, both stories are written by males!). Vera from "The Open Window" seems like a romantic, innocent girl who politely greets her aunt's visitor.  Mary Maloney in "Lamb" is a pregnant, dutiful wife to whom the police cater as they investigate her husband's death.  Vera preys on the overly anxious Framton Nuttle, while Mary deems herself...]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/what-do-open-window-lamb-slaughter-have-common-how-84721</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 12:18:53 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What do "The Open Window" and "Lamb to the Slaughter" have in common?...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/what-do-open-window-lamb-slaughter-have-common-how-84721</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What do "The Open Window" and "Lamb to the Slaughter" have in common? How are they different?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/what-do-open-window-lamb-slaughter-have-common-how-84721</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 06:23:47 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mr. Nuttel is in two minds about his visit to Vera and her aunt. On the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/what-his-framton-nuttels-feelings-regarding-this-80739</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Mr. Nuttel is in two minds about his visit to Vera and her aunt. On the purely rational level, he recognizes the need to make social connections in a district where he knows no one and has only a tenuous link through acquaintances of his sister. Nevertheless, the problem that has driven him to seek rest in the country at the same time disinclines him from being very social:

Privately he doubted more than ever whether these formal visits on a...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:03:20 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nuttels is very nervous and jittery, even at the thought of taking a...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/what-his-framton-nuttels-feelings-regarding-this-80739</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Nuttels is very nervous and jittery, even at the thought of taking a vacation. Implicit in his name is that he is "a nut case" just waiting to be cracked. Vera does this, indeed, when she destabilizes him with the hunting story: he is scared silly to see the huntsman returning home and takes to his heels without giving or getting further explanation.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:01:08 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are his (Framton Nuttel's) feelings regarding this visit?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/what-his-framton-nuttels-feelings-regarding-this-80739</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What are his (Framton Nuttel's) feelings regarding this visit?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/what-his-framton-nuttels-feelings-regarding-this-80739</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:50:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mr. Nuttel meets Mrs. Sappleton’s niece, Vera, when he first arrives...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/how-does-he-meet-mrs-sappletons-niece-80541</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Mr. Nuttel meets Mrs. Sappleton’s niece, Vera, when he first arrives at the Sappleton’s house. Mrs. Sappleton is busy and can not meet him immediately. To keep him company, Vera sits with him as he waits for Mrs. Sappleton. The story begins with Vera speaking to Mr. Nuttel:
"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."]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:26:32 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "The Open Window", how does Frampton Nuttle meet Vera, Mrs...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/how-does-he-meet-mrs-sappletons-niece-80541</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In "The Open Window", how does Frampton Nuttle meet Vera, Mrs Sappleton's niece?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/how-does-he-meet-mrs-sappletons-niece-80541</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:13:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I'll help you! Mr. Nuttel is visiting the Sappleton house because his...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/why-has-framton-nuttel-come-see-mrs-sappleton-80487</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I'll help you! Mr. Nuttel is visiting the Sappleton house because his sister provided him letters of introduction to the family: “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.”
Mr. Nuttle is resting in the countryside to help cure his nerves. His sister must have wanted him not to stay alone all the time, so she gave him the letters of...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:00:46 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "The Open Window", why has Framton Nuttel come to see Mrs Sappleton?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/why-has-framton-nuttel-come-see-mrs-sappleton-80487</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In "The Open Window", why has Framton Nuttel come to see Mrs Sappleton?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/why-has-framton-nuttel-come-see-mrs-sappleton-80487</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:11:38 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The mood of a story is the feeling it causes the reader to experience...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/what-mood-tone-open-window-77613</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The mood of a story is the feeling it causes the reader to experience while reading it. The tone is the attitude the author seems to have toward the story.
In "The Open Window," the initial mood is matter-of-fact. Saki uses third-person point of view to describe Mr. Nuttel's situation and his arrival at the house. As the story progresses and Vera begins to tell her supernatural tall tale, the mood becomes suspenseful. Once the story is...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:09:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the mood or tone in "The Open Window"?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/what-mood-tone-open-window-77613</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What is the mood or tone in "The Open Window"?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/what-mood-tone-open-window-77613</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:02:27 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The best part of Saki's story is its surprising conclusion when poor Mr....]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/group/discuss/what-was-best-part-open-window-15921#2</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The best part of Saki's story is its surprising conclusion when poor Mr. Nuttel thinks dead people are walking into the room, and we realize how Vera has entertained herself at his expense. In some ways, though, what comes after that is even funnier as Vera immediately spins another wild story about Mr. Nuttel spending a terrifying night in an open grave in a cemetery in India after being hunted by wild dogs. Vera is just awful! She does,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:30:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A flashback is a structure technique writers sometimes choose to include...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/what-actions-thoughts-can-consider-flashback-story-77231</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A flashback is a structure technique writers sometimes choose to include incidents that occurred before the point when the story or novel begins. With a flashback, the setting of the story changes to an earlier time and sometimes to a different place.
There is another way, however, that a writer can include information about events that occurred before the beginning of the story. The writer can just tell us what happened before, or the writer...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:20:37 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "The Open Window," what actions or thoughts can be considered a...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/what-actions-thoughts-can-consider-flashback-story-77231</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In "The Open Window," what actions or thoughts can be considered a flashback?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/what-actions-thoughts-can-consider-flashback-story-77231</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:06:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the story, the open window is symbolic, it is at the heart of the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/which-symbolisms-can-identify-open-window-77001</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In the story, the open window is symbolic, it is at the heart of the tall tale that Vera tells Framton Nuttel.  She leads him to believe that the open window is a memorial, left open to honor her dead uncles who were lost in the bog three years ago.  The open window is also a symbol of hope, the hope that Mrs. Sappleton has that the hunting party would return.  She leaves the window open so they can enter the house just the way they always...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:15:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Framton Nuttel himself can be considered a symbol.  There is obviously...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/open-window/q-and-a/which-symbolisms-can-identify-open-window-77001</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Framton Nuttel himself can be considered a symbol.  There is obviously something wrong with him (either he's stressed or has some sort of mental imbalance) and the way he acts at the end of the story (running out of the house) is rather crazy.  His last name is NUTtel, as in calling someone who is crazy a nut.
The window is also a symbol for freedom. Vera, as a young lady at the turn of the century, had many limitations on what she could and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:03:51 PST</pubDate>
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