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Can you please give a summary of Saki's "Fur"? please give a brief summary of saki's fur
In Saki's short story "Fur," two friends find out who is true and who is not. Suzanne and Eleanor are friends. Eleanor seems to be the true friend. She agrees to meet with Suzanne's cousin Bertram...
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What is the theme of "Fur" by Saki?
The theme of this story is betrayal and deception: Eleanor is a false friend who uses her friend Suzanne's confidences to stab her in the back. Eleanor pretends to be Suzanne's friend but treats...
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What is the main writing style of Saki?
Saki (H. H. Munro) succeeds in his fiction because of his inimitable blend of satire, irony, startling endings, clever dialogue, sparkling wit, psychological insight, unconventional settings,...
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What is the moral of Saki's story "The Seven Cream Jugs"?
The moral of "The Seven Cream Jugs" can be summarized with the statement “Do not judge others if you cannot stand others judging you.” In this story, the Pigeoncotes, a wealthy couple, have just...
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Why had Mr. and Mrs. Pigeoncote never encouraged young Wilfred to visit them?
Wilfrid has a reputation of being a kleptomaniac. This is someone who has a compulsion to steal, and even though he's just inherited the title of baron and all the phenomenal wealth that goes with...
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What is the irony of the short story "The Lumber Room"?
The irony of Saki's "The Lumber Room" is in the twists of events. Instead of the self-appointed aunt being successful in punishing Nicholas and rewarding the other children by sending them to the...
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Why does Saki use so much satire in his writing? Why does Saki use so much satire in his writing?
For Saki, satire is the tool with which he is most proficient; in addition satire serves Saki's purposes as an author. For satire, while providing humor in its ridiculing of human foolishness or...
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Who labored under the tolerably widespread delusion that total strangers and chance acquaintances are hungry for the...
This line that you are citing comes from "The Open Window," by Saki. The narrator says this with reference to Framton Nuttel. The narrator uses these lines to describe Nuttel when Nuttel starts...
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Why had Mr. and Mrs. Pigeoncote never encouraged young Wilfrid to visit them in "The Seven Cream Jugs"?
Mr. and Mrs. Pigeoncote have always been reluctant to invite cousin Wilfrid to stay with them, as he's an incorrigible kleptomaniac. This means that he has an uncontrollable impulse to steal...
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Describe the Pigeoncotes in The Seven Cream Jugs by Saki..
Following Saki's signature style, even the singularly ridiculous name of the Pigeoncotes hints at their similarly peculiar personalities. A parody of the shallow English upper classes, the...
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What images are found in the "The Image of the Lost Soul" by Saki?
There are two main images found in Saki's "The Image of the Lost Soul": the little bird and the Lost Soul. Both images represent the idea of the solitary, exiled, and embraced. The little bird is...
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What is the writing style of Saki?
Saki's written style is perfectly matched to his choice of settings. He often sets his stories in the kind of respectable social environments with which he was all-too familiar. One thinks of the...
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How is Saki's story, "The Lumber Room" a humorous representation of a serious theme?
"The Lumber Room," like Saki's "Open Window" is a little more lighthearted than his darker tales such as "The Interlopers." At first glance, "The Lumber Room" seems to be about a clever boy who...
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In the story "Shot in the Dark," which part of the story tells us that it was written and set in the past?
One clue that this story is set in the past and was written in the past is that Bertie is fishing for money and only comes up with a sixpence, which the author refers to earlier as a sixpenny. The...
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What is the summary of "Tobermory" by Saki?
"Tobermory" is a half-comical, half-sinister story published in 1911 in the Chronicles of Clovis. It is, primarily, the story of an incident concerning a cat named Tobermory, who has the curious...
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Could I have the summary of "The Blind Spot" by Saki?
In "The Blind Spot," by Saki, Egbert has just come from his Aunt Adelaide's funeral. He has been named executor and principal heir of her belongings. Egbert is having lunch with his Uncle Lulworth....
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Describe the irony in what happens to Mr. Appin, and in the fact that the newspaper misreported his name, in...
It is ironic that Mr. Appin is killed by one of the animals he is working with, since working with the elephant was suggested as safer for people than having house cats and other household pets....
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What position does Philip Sletherby hope to get?
In "A Shot in the Dark," as is often the case in his short stories, Saki is satirizing the upper echelons of the British class system. The hapless Philip Sletherby is off to Brill Hall, hoping to...
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What is the theme of "The Blind Spot"?
Only two characters appear in the story: Egbert and his Uncle Lulworth. They discuss three other characters: the married couple Peter and Alexandra, who were Egbert's aunt and uncle, now both...
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Explain the narrative techniques and viewpoints in "The Music on the Hill" by Saki.
"The Music on the Hill" is very ambiguous, with a lot of room for interpretation. Was Sylvia's death all a terrible accident of a hunt gone wrong? Was it the work of the nature god Pan? Might Pan...
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What does Appin's tone, as he explains his accomplishments, suggest about his view of himself and his work in...
Cornelius Appin has done the impossible: he has trained a regular cat to talk and make full use of human speech. While his deed is, in fact, quite amazing, it is very hard for those who surround...
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In Mrs. Packletide's Tiger by Saki, did Loona Bimberton shoot a tiger?
Hello! In Mrs. Packletide's Tiger, Loona Bimberton did not shoot a tiger; her chief accomplishment was being flown by an Algerian aviator eleven miles in an airplane. Mrs. Packletide and Loona...
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Persuade a reader that satire is a valuable form of literature. Refer to "The Interlopers" and "Mrs. Packletide's...
To persuade a reader that satire is a valuable form of literature, first define what is “valuable” to a reader. It could be an enjoyable reading experience, a lesson from literature that can affect...
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Examine the significance of the title "The Blind Spot" by Saki.
A blind spot is defined as "an area where a person's view is obstructed." This is the literal definition. In daily life, people often talk about having a figurative "blind spot" for someone; by...
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Why do you think that Saki, for the most part, creates characters that are both flat and static? What do you think...
In the enotes biography on Saki, this is written, Saki came to the short story as a satirist and never averted his eye from the darker side of human nature, a place where not only social...
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What would be an exposé on Saki (H. H. Munro), referring to biographical information, his other works ("The...
H. H. Munro (1870–1916), generally known by his pen name, Saki, originally wrote as a journalist, then turned to short fiction and novels—often satirical—as well as nonfiction. Born into an English...
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Why did Mrs. Peckletide wish to kill a tiger?
As with most of Saki's short stories, the rationale behind the motivation and actions of many of his characters is often as shallow, empty, and senseless as the characters are themselves. Mrs....
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What is the best way to cite enotes in my paper? Saki's stories
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Give an example from the following paragraph of satire that is aimed at someone or something other than the...
"A certain German art expert, who had obtained from the municipality of Bergamo permission to inspect the famous masterpiece, declared it to be a spurious Pincini, probably the work of some...