Name: Roneth Terig Estoreon

Year& Section: BSED English III-D

Subject: Literature 6

Module 2
Direction:
“Interpret and summarize the short story, Silence-A Fable by Edgar Allan Poe, using a story map presenting the elements of short story.”
Make it clear and well presented ensuring that the necessary elements are written so that your reader can easily understand the story.

Silence-A Fable by Edgar Allan

Poe

Motifs/ Images
Mood/ Atmosphere
Character Setting One motif is that through
out the story you only The mood and
* A Demon The fable is being told in, or really hear from on atmosphere of this short
in front of some sort of tomb. character, which is the story is dark, creepy,
* A man
Demon. This is seen at scary, evil, and chaos.
the very beginning of the
short story.

Plot

Rising Action Climax Falling Action

Exposition Resolution
The Deamon Demon creates Describing the forest,
The story started when the observing thunder and As the Deamon could
river, etc.
deamon tell a story to there lightning and by change the Man’s
The Man went The begging of the story behavior (he want away),
narrator as the deamon placed his making nature shriek
away he could go back to his
hand upon the narrator’s head. and torment, he The region of which I
The deamon said “Listen to me”. does this because he grace, with a smile in his
The Man’s speak is a dreary region
The deamon himself started to is trying to stir up the face.
appearance in Libya, by the boarders
describe the place- Libya near in heavens. of the River Zaire, and To the Narrator, this
the boarders of Zaire River as there’s no quiet there, story was the best strong
dreary region and there is neither nor silence told, because of the
quiet nor silence there. conflict between Man,
Deamon, and Nature.

Point of view
Conflict
The story is told in 1st
External: Theme
person, through the
voice of the listener. Deamon X Man Overall this is a very dark
short story, so the theme
“Listen to me”, said the Man X Nature is death.
Deamon, as he placed
he’s hand upon my head. Deamon X Nature

“…as Allah lived, that

fable which the Deamon
told me….I hold to be the
most wonderful of all”.