The Analysis of the Colonels Lady - 740 Words

The Analysis of the Colonel’s Lady Summary: The passage represents us Colonel’s feelings and thoughts about his wife, Evie. She was a good wife and a good hostess. Colonel thought that he was in love when he married her, but then he realized that they had different interests . They had no quarrels, but Evie wasn’t able to give the birth to a child, that’s why Colonel thought their marriage failed. Colonel was a healthy man and it was normal for him to have another woman, as he had to have such fun in his life. Compositional design: Exposition: â€Å" from â€Å"Of course, she was a lady,†¦Ã¢â‚¬  Narrative hook: â€Å"from He couldn’t understand why she’d had no children†¦Ã¢â‚¬  Rising action: from â€Å"He supposed he’d been in love with her†¦Ã¢â‚¬  Climax: from†¦show more content†¦The character is one-sided and static. He doesn’t change his mind about his relations with his wife and at the same time he does nothing Conflict: 1. General characteristic of the conflicts: The plot of the passage from †The Colonel’s Lady† is based on the conflict between Colonel, the protagonist of the story and his own nature which may be regarded as the antagonist. The conflict is mental (Colonel misunderstands Evie) . The central conflict of this passage may be looked upon in terms of moral values and defined as one between man’s view on the life and a woman’s one. 2. A deep look into the conflict: Colonel realized that he and his wife Evie have different interests and nothing at common. He wanted a heir, but Evie couldn’t have children and took it for granted, that her husband lived his own way. As Colonel considered himself to be a healthy man, he thought it natural to have some fun The conflict seems to reach its climax when Colonel found a lover in London where he has come alone, since his wife refused to go with him. The text provides us testifying Colonel’s struggle with himself. On the syntactical level in Colonel’s thoughts about Evie, we find the use of such devise as paradox: she was always neat and suitably dressed, but you couldn’t tell she was quite attractive. The conflict is developing by Colonel’s wife attitude towards him. â€Å"She