Structure

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Beginning

The short story begins with a Hindu proverb and a warning from the narrator. Both the proverb and the caution function as foreshadowing elements. The proverb mentions that love does not care about caste but also that in searching for love, it is possible to lose oneself (ll. 1-2). The proverb suggests that while love does not care about social divisions, people’s identity is often constructed by the social groups they belong to. It suggests lo…

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Middle

The middle of the story develops the rising action. A trigger that moves the story forward is Bisesa sending a message to Trejago using objects that are symbols for words and asking him to meet again in the night (ll. 50-73). More foreshadowing is introduced through the objects, as they can also symbolize different things such as “danger” (l. 63) or “jealousy” (l. 63). This foreshadows the danger of Trejago and Bisesa’s relationship and the girl’s jealousy when he starts seeing an English woman.

Tension is suggested through the poem, which the two characters continue to recite when they meet again, after Trejago…

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Ending

The falling action shows that Trejago never found out how Bisesa’s uncle discovered the affair and wonders whether Bisesa told him herself, or whether someone else reported it, leading to Bisesa being punished or tortured. At the same time, Trejago never sees Bisesa again, as her window is walled up, and he does not know in which house she lives.

The resolution is somewhat in contradiction with the warning at…

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