husband came in. The news of his death turned out to be a mistake. At seeing her husband Louise fell dead. Doctors said her weak heart had failed her — she died of joy that kills

3.

Element	Example	Function
1. Domestic interior (physical objects)	There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank…	The description of one’s domestic interior helps to make out the character’s social background, mode of life, habits, financial state, personal tastes, preferences and dislikes.
2. Nature	There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled above the other in the west facing her window.	The natural phenomena, described in a setting, serve as a means of expressing the emotional state of the character, as a background for the character’s state of mind, mood, feelings. The patches of blue sky showing through the clouds symbolize the gradual change in Louise’s mood: the troubles and misfortunes of her married life give way to the happiness of freedom and self-assertion, to new plans and hopes.
3. Surrounding landscape	She could see in the open square before her tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which someone was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves.	Seasons in fiction are often associated with stages of a human life. “Spring” symbolizes the beginning of a new life, a better one, for Louise. Spring is generally associated with the revival of Nature from a long winter sleep (Louise’s married life). Louise feels renewed, all her feelings and senses awaken –she now perceives and enjoys life with all her senses: smell (the delicious breath of rain), hearing (the distant song, the twitter of birds), eyesight (the tops…aquiver with new life), touch (the comfortable armchair). She enjoys her revival and anticipates her future free life, full of hopes and happiness. (The same idea is stressed with the image of an open window).

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