Appointment With Love Short Story Summary

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Liya Oganyan Group 3264/3 «Appointment with Love» by Sulamith Ish-Kishor The text under analysis is a short story belonging to pen of Sulamith Ish-kishor, American writer of the beginning of 20th century. 2) It is possible to divide the story into three parts: I. Narration – emphatic, subjective. II. Dialogs subjective, informal. III. Intertextuality 3-4) The functional style of the story can be described as a fiction. The genre is a love story with elements of realistic story. 5-6) The form of the story is represented by the narration (intercepted with the dialog); description of place, characters feelings, emotions and memories. The story is 3rd person narration with the narrator presented dy an external narrator. The…show more content…
She is well-educated young woman; she is good in psychology, because she finds a way to check him for honesty. Her figure is slim, she has blond hair lay in curls, her eyes are blue, and she is dressed in a green suit. She adheres to her principles during the whole story, however we find out at the end that she is rather distrustful, that she is able to refuse of any of her feelings, if the man doesn't pass her test, so she is dynamic character. Also she is loyal, rational, sympathetic and romantic woman. The woman is a minor character, simple and static. She was «well passes 40», with graying hair, she is more than plump. She wears a hat, brown coat and low-heel shoes. Her plump face is gentle and sensible. 10) On the basis of the characters' description, it is obvious that the story «Appointment with Love» dramatizes several conflicts: Internal conflict «man against himself». Lieutenant waits his lover and wants to see her, but when he sees the 40-years-old woman he feels such disappointed inside himself, but he is gentlemen and he visits the woman to go out with him. He feels disappointed, because he images her in other way and he manages to fall in love. External conflict between one set values against another set of values. Blandford is torn between young and old lady, he like a young girl, but he think that he kept his word to old lady. 11) According to the plot and the conflicts, reflected in the story, it is possible to state the

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