from a plant, treatment for malaria.

used extensively in earlier days

 showed the
setting in a
unique way
smite(past tense): to give a blow through the
narrators
perspective

a bedridden
person.
irritate/annoy experiences
limited to what
he can see, hear
or feel from
there. the fact
like a stool to sit, made out of cane or fabric that he is the
protagonist even
though he is the
invalid. Different
as not written
from a female
perspective. his
emotion are
made clear
the fact that his wife
might be looking for
happiness at some
other avenue and not
with him anymore
because of his
condition is riddling
with his mind

his emotions
jealousy, doubt,
natural given his
state. female
perspective is
lacking in this story.
 earlier his
numb, lifeless
tongue could
taste again as
he thought
about these
things.
bluntness
shows it as
something
useless just like
his tounge

he salivated at these thoughts

helplessness,
anger and
jealousy
amplifying as
days went by

at rest
 allusion in
slashing of nose:
in ramayan
shurprakha's nose
was cut as she
tries to seduce
rama. punishment
given to someone
trying to seduce
someone else's
property

his jealousy had

reached such an
extent that he
was ready to
inflict it physically
on his wife

noose used to hold someone back, lumps as he is being

injected so many times that there are a lot of swellings all over

vivid and heavy

description of
how he is feeling
at that time.
building up the
periphery of the
story
allusions: beleives
that people have he has a sense of
that dead people determination to
summon you live driven by his
hatred for his wife.
NOTE: he is facing mental
Allusions can also monsters to
be the norms or survive to see
beliefs of Hindu what the future
customs, not holds.
gender stereotypes

anout his past

and the fact that
he was agille,
the agility of
youth, playboy.
used his youth
to the fullest.
Shows the
contrast when
people were
scared
again the contrast
but regarding the
behavior of the
girls towards
him/reaction. this
irks him. when he
tries to something
from back then,
they thought his
fear went up.

anger because he
cant do what he
could do earlier
which clouded his
judgement
 pleasure out of
their misery
his past-time

everyone's life is progressing except for his as the story progresses