Sredni Vashtar A sickly ten-year-old boy lives a miserable life in the house of his domineering cousin guardian. However‚ He would not live another 5 years of his life because he is sick. He creates a fantasy religious cult in a garden shed‚ where his idols are a hen and a ferret. He is a lonely and imaginative young boy. One day he bought a polecat-ferret and named it Sredni Vashtar. Conradin lived with Mrs De Ropp‚ his guardian. She is the one who took care of Conradin and responsible to serve
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"Sredni Vashtar" is a short story written by Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) between 1900 and 1911 and initially published in his book The Chronicles of Clovis. It has been adapted for opera‚ film‚ radio and television. The story concerns a ten-year-old boy named Conradin‚ who lives with his strict cousin and guardian‚ Mrs. De Ropp. Conradin rebels against her and invents a new religion for himself‚ which centres on idolising a polecat-ferret he calls Sredni Vashtar; a vengeful‚ merciless god. Conradin
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Summary of “Sredni Vashtar” by Saki First Section - Plot Summary “Sredni Vashtar” is a story about a young boy named Conradin who has a deathly disease. He lives under the care of his cousin‚ Mrs. De Ropp‚ who he hates. Conradin life is very dull and boring except for the garden shed where he keeps a polecat ferret and a Houdan hen. He begins worshiping and idolizing the ferret‚ and eventually invents a new religion for himself. Mrs. De Robb sees Conradin’s constant disappearance and investigates
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"Sredni Vashtar" Takes a close look into the life and interactions of and between Conradin; his cousin and mentor‚ Mrs. de Ropp and Conradin’s Ferret and God: Sredni Vashtar. It can be described as a horror story because of its character’s description‚ themes and setting. It shows the religious downfall of the protagonist‚ the death of the antagonist and the lack of coherence in society. Saki emphasises the horror in the main characters‚ including both the protagonists and antagonists. "Conradin"
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care of him. The only safe haven for Conradin is a little shed where he keeps his two pets: a Houdan hen‚ which he considers a dear friend and a ferret‚ whom he fears and idealizes as a god‚ Sredni Vashtar. Each night‚ Conradin worships and prays to the "hutch-god" and begs him: "Do one thing for me‚ Sredni Vashtar.". He does not specify what he wants‚ because gods are supposed to know one`s deepest desire. One day Mrs. De Ropp finds out about Conradin`s visits to the shed and goes to investigate‚ but
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the main motive for both of the protagonists in “Sredni Vashtar” and “The Rocking Horse Winner‚” even though each protagonists family is completely different which inspires them in different ways. Family has a part to play in how religion is pictured‚ which makes each interpretation of religion different but also similar. The family figures in both stories are different yet influence religion in the same way. The role family in “Sredni Vashtar” is solely occupied by Mrs. De Ropp. Her and the
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The Lumber Room The text under analysis is written by an outstanding British novelist and short story writer Hector Munro. Hector Hugh Munro was a British writer‚ whose witty stories satirized Edwardian society and culture. The author’s style of writing is satirical in a humorous way. He uses a witty tone to mimic characters in order to subtly criticize them. The criticism is done in a subtle way that is humorous. The excerpt is homogeneous. The story is narrated in the 3rd person
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The Lumber Room The text under analysis is entitled “The Lumber Room” and it is written by an outstanding British novelist and short story writer Hector Munro. Hector Hugh Munro‚ better known by the pen name Saki‚ was a British writer. In her Biography of Saki Munro’s sister writes: “One of Munro’s aunts‚ Augusta‚ was a woman of ungovernable temper‚ of fierce likes and dislikes‚ imperious‚ a moral coward‚ possessing no brains worth speaking of‚ and a primitive disposition.” Naturally the last
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Tatiana Pavlova 2 ATM‚ IV year Text Analysis The Lumber Room (by H.Munro) The story tells about a little orphan Nicholas who was trusted to his tyrannical and dull-witted aunt. One day Nicholas was “in disgrace”‚ so he duped his Aunt into believing that he was somehow trying to get into the gooseberry garden‚ but instead had no intention of doing so but did sneak into the Lumber Room. There a tremendous picture of a hunter and a stag opened to him. Soon his aunt tried to look for the boy and
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Stylistic analysis of the text: “The lumber-room” by H.Munro From: Glazko Anastsiya FL81.2 Stylistic analysis of the text “The lumber-room” Hector Hugh Munro (December 18‚ 1870 – November 13‚ 1916)‚ better known by the pen name Saki‚ was a British writer‚ whose witty and sometimes macabre stories satirized Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story and is often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. His tales feature delicately drawn characters and finely
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