The Escape W S Maugham
The Escape W.S. Maugham
I want to tell you a few words about the story “The Escape” written by Maugham.
1) I would like to start from the plot of the text. The story is about Roger Charing, who fell in love with Ruth Barlow. Mrs. Barlow was one of unfortunate persons with whom nothing goes right. Roger wanted to marry her, but one day he stopped loving her. He didn’t show that his feelings had changed. They were to get married as soon as they found a house. Roger always found fault that made the house unsuitable. Ruth was exhausted, because she didn’t think he really loved her.
2) Speaking about the structure of the text, this story is written in a form of the narration with elements of dialogue.
3) As for the atmosphere of the text, it is pathetic and sad.
4) This text was colored be the great number of SD. I found some SD, for example: hyperbole (nothing could save him) shows us that she wants to marry; alliteration (made, mind, marry, man) shows us that she wants to marry; metaphor (fell out of love) shows us Roger’s feelings; periphrasis (little thing) shows us Ruth’s character; repetition (he remained, he sent, he took) demonstrated his love; simile (as hard as nails) shows us Ruth’s character.
5) The main idea of this story is “There are limits to human patience”.
6) “Escape” is a story about common people in common situation, and Maugham manages to tell it with the sense of humour and in a very interesting way. The essence of “The Escape”, to my mind, is that Roger and Ruth have diverse approaches towards the relations. Of course, the men and the women like the first step: flowers, attentiveness, passion. But then their paths diverge. The romance disappears, the man looks for the way out, he craves for new emotions, but the woman deems that the relations should develop into the marriage. And “The Escape” is the example of such a mismatch.
I want to tell you a few words about the story “The Escape” written by Maugham.
1) I would like to start from the plot of the text. The story is about Roger Charing, who fell in love with Ruth Barlow. Mrs. Barlow was one of unfortunate persons with whom nothing goes right. Roger wanted to marry her, but one day he stopped loving her. He didn’t show that his feelings had changed. They were to get married as soon as they found a house. Roger always found fault that made the house unsuitable. Ruth was exhausted, because she didn’t think he really loved her.
2) Speaking about the structure of the text, this story is written in a form of the narration with elements of dialogue.
3) As for the atmosphere of the text, it is pathetic and sad.
4) This text was colored be the great number of SD. I found some SD, for example: hyperbole (nothing could save him) shows us that she wants to marry; alliteration (made, mind, marry, man) shows us that she wants to marry; metaphor (fell out of love) shows us Roger’s feelings; periphrasis (little thing) shows us Ruth’s character; repetition (he remained, he sent, he took) demonstrated his love; simile (as hard as nails) shows us Ruth’s character.
5) The main idea of this story is “There are limits to human patience”.
6) “Escape” is a story about common people in common situation, and Maugham manages to tell it with the sense of humour and in a very interesting way. The essence of “The Escape”, to my mind, is that Roger and Ruth have diverse approaches towards the relations. Of course, the men and the women like the first step: flowers, attentiveness, passion. But then their paths diverge. The romance disappears, the man looks for the way out, he craves for new emotions, but the woman deems that the relations should develop into the marriage. And “The Escape” is the example of such a mismatch.