1、Saki the open window 分析Hector Hugh Munro赫克托門羅(1870-1916)Pen name: SakiOccupation: Author, PlaywrightNationality: BritishMaster of short stories.Often be compared toO Henry. The Open Windowthe outline of the storyTime1) An October afternoonPlace2) A rural retreat / A restful country spotCharacters 3)

2、 A. Mr. Framton Nuttel B. Vera -niece C. Mrs. Stapleton -aunt D. Mr. Stapleton E.Mrs. Stapletons two brothersPlot Analysis:BeginningRising Action ClimaxResolutionPLOTPlotFalling Action Begining:Introduction of the main character:Framton Nuttle: a slightly nervous person who is undergoing a nerve cur

3、e. His sister introduced him to visit Mrs. Sappelton in anther town to take a rest. Mrs. Sappeltons niece-Vera: a very self-possessed （鎮(zhèn)靜、泰然自若）young lady. Begining: After some small talks, Vera calls Framtons attention to the large, French window in the room, which is open despite the fact that it i

4、s October. And then she began to tell her aunts “tragic story”.What is her story? Three years ago Her aunts husband and two brothers They went hunting for snipe with a little spaniel(西班牙獵犬) . They left through that very window, but they never returned because they were engulfed by a piece of bog（沼澤)

5、. Their bodies were never found. Veras aunt believes that the men will return one day, that they will enter the house the way they left, through the open window. That is why the window is kept open every evening until dark; “Do you know, sometimes on still, quiet evenings like this, I almost get a c

6、reepy feeling that they will all walk in through that window - 你知道嗎，有時候像今天這樣寂靜無聲的傍晚，我總會有一種感覺，那就是他們會從那個窗子里走進來,一想到這里就會讓人覺得毛骨悚然”Rising action:The entrance of Mrs. Sappelton marks the start of the rising action segment of the plot. I hope you dont mind the open window, said Mrs. Sappleton briskly; my hu

7、sband and brothers will be home directly from shooting, and they always come in this way.” Mrs. Sappleton rattled cheerfully about her husbands and brothers as if they were alive,but to Framton it was all purely horrible. He made a desparate but only partially successful attempt to turn to talk on t

8、o a less ghastly topic.Climax:In the deepening twilight three figures were walking across the lawn towards the window, they all carried guns under their arms, and one of them was additionally burdened with a white coat hung over his shoulders. A tired brown spaniel kept close at their heels. Noisele

9、ssly they neared the house, and then a hoarse young voice chanted out of the dusk: I said, Bertie, why do you bound? 在昏暗的黃昏中，三個人影穿過草坪朝窗子走來。他們手里都挎著槍，他們中有一個人肩上還掛著一件白色的雨衣。一只棕色的獵犬緊跟在他們身后，顯得很疲倦。靜靜地他們走近了屋子，然后一個嘶啞的聲音從昏暗中傳出來，唱著“貝蒂，你怎么蹦蹬跳跳的呢？”Falling action:Framton grabs for his hat and walking stick and rac

10、es out of the house without saying goodbye. Framton runs down the drive and through the front gate, and nearly collides with a bicyclist when he enters the roadway.Falling action : When Mrs. Sappelton and her husband wonder why he left in such a hurry, Vera begins to explain that Framton was scarred

11、 of the hunting dogs. “我想那是因為這西班牙犬吧，”那年輕小姐平靜的說，“他告訴過我他害怕狗。有一次他被一群流浪狗一直追趕到了恒河岸上的某個公墓里，實在沒辦法只好在一個新挖的墓穴里呆了一晚上，那些可怕的野狗就在他的頭頂上齜牙咧嘴的咆哮，換成是誰，魂兒也得被嚇飛了。”I expect it was the spaniel, said the niece calmly; he told me he had a horror of dogs. He was once hunted into a cemetery somewhere on the banks of the Gan

12、ges by a pack of pariah dogs, and had to spend the night in a newly dug grave with the creatures snarling and grinning and foaming just above him. Enough to make anyone lose their nerve. Resolution:Romance at short notice was her speciality. 毫不費勁的隨口編個故事是她的拿手好戲。Unexpected endingPlot Analysis:1、unexpe

13、cted ending2、foreshadowing3、story within story4、ghost story elements“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.” 忍受？ Do you know many of the people round here? asked the niece, when she judged that

14、they had had sufficient silent communion. Hardly a soul, said Framton. 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. He made the last statement in a tone of distinct regret. Then you know practically not

15、hing about my aunt? pursued the self-possessed young lady. Only her name and address, admitted the caller.“這一帶你認識的人不少吧?”外甥女覺得靜坐了太久，打破沉默問道?！耙粋€也不認識，”他說道“我姐姐四年前在這里住過，就在教區(qū)長的屋子，她于是寫了引薦信要我來拜訪這里的一些人。”他說最后一句話的時候明顯帶有后悔的語氣?！斑@么說你對我的姨媽差不多一無所知？”女孩不動聲色的問道?！爸恢烂趾妥≈罚笨腿颂拱椎恼f道。 She wanted to check whether there was

16、any possibility that Mr. Nuttel would see through the story about the hunters. If he knew her aunt, she would not succeed in her plan to play the trick on him. “Only her name and address,” admitted the caller. He was wondering whether Mrs. Sappleton was in the married or widowed state. An undefinable something about the room seemed to suggest masculine habitation.“只知道名字和住址，”客人坦白的說道。他在尋思著薩普雷敦太太到底有丈夫呢，還是在守寡。這屋子似乎有種說不清的東西在暗示著這里有男人住。 “Her tragedy?” asked Framton; somehow in this restful country spot tragedies seemed out of place. 在這塊平靜的土地上不幸的事似乎很不可能發(fā)生。 It was a relief to Framton when the a