The Open Window

In Saki's "The Open Window," Vera, a mischievous and imaginative niece, questions the neurotic Framton Nuttel to gauge his familiarity with her aunt before fabricating a ghost story. Not knowing...

In H.H. Munro's short story "The Open Window," Framton Nuttel visits the countryside to recover from a nervous condition. His sister, concerned about his isolation, provides letters of introduction...

In Saki's "The Open Window," Mr. Framton Nuttel is easily deceived by Vera due to his nervous condition and unfamiliarity with the Sappleton family. Vera, a skilled storyteller, exploits Nuttel's...

Framton Nuttel's "nerve cure" in "The Open Window" is significant because it highlights his hypochondriac tendencies and sets the stage for his later agitated response to Vera's story. His need for...

Framton Nuttel leaves abruptly in "The Open Window" because he believes he has seen ghosts. Vera rationalizes his sudden departure by claiming he has a fear of dogs. Nuttel's anxiety and nervous...

In Saki's "The Open Window," Framton Nuttel hastily departs the Sappleton house due to a practical joke by Vera, Mrs. Sappleton's niece. Vera fabricates a story about her uncle and brothers who...

In "The Open Window," Vera asks Framton whether he knows anybody in the neighborhood. She asks him this not only to break the silence that ensues after she welcomes him into her aunt's house, but...

Mr. Nuttel sees what he believes to be ghosts of Mrs. Sappleton's husband and brothers returning from a hunting trip through the open window. Terrified by their supposed return from the dead, he...

Vera's first question to Framton Nuttel, "Do you know many of the people round here?" is designed to assess his familiarity with the area and its residents. This question helps her determine that...

Mrs. Sappleton calls Mr. Nuttel "a most extraordinary man" because of his bizarre behavior. Unaware of the story Vera told him about her husband and brothers being dead, Mrs. Sappleton finds it...

Framton is in the country on a rest cure for his nervous ailments, which are likely psychosomatic. He changes the topic when Mrs. Sappleton discusses hunting because Vera has convinced him that Mrs....

Vera directs Framton's attention to the window by explicitly questioning why it remains open on an October afternoon. She then recounts a tragic tale of her aunt's husband and brothers, who...

Mr. Framton Nuttel runs out of the Sappletons' house when he hears one of the returning hunters sing a line from the song mentioned in Vera's fabricated story. Believing Vera's tale of the hunters...

Framton Nuttel experiences an "unfortunate coincidence" when he visits the Sappletons on what he believes is the anniversary of the deaths of Mrs. Sappleton's husband and brothers, as told by Vera....

Framton Nuttel dashed off in terror because he believed Vera's fabricated story that the Sappletons' male relatives, who supposedly died three years ago, were returning as ghosts. Seeing the men...

Framton perceives Mrs. Sappleton as mad because he believes the story told by her niece, Vera, about Mrs. Sappleton's dead relatives. Vera claims that Mrs. Sappleton's husband and brothers drowned...

Framton's ignorance of the Sappletons is crucial because it allows Vera to deceive him with a fabricated story about Mrs. Sappleton's husband and brothers, who supposedly disappeared while hunting....

Framton Nuttel does not explain his medical condition to Vera in "The Open Window." Instead, he discusses it with Mrs. Sappleton, Vera's aunt, when she arrives. Framton assumes strangers are...

Framton Nuttel's discomfort with strangers is evident through his behavior and interactions. Sent to the countryside to calm his nerves, he regrets having to meet new people, as shown in his tone...