Narrator and point of view

The events described in the short story “The Dress” by Julia Darling are told by a third-person narrator. The narrator is omniscient and has insight into the thoughts and feelings of Rachel, Flora, and their mother. Furthermore, the narrator switches perspectives and alternates between different points of view. 

For example, the short story opens with Rachel’s perspective of the events: 

Rachel stood in the shadowed hallway, screaming her sister's name over and over again. Her thin body was taut and tight, her whole body shook. 'Flora, Flora!' No one answered. The silence held its breath. She wipe...