So basically, Guy de Maupassant's short story “Was It a Dream?” uses the first-person point of view. The unnamed main character acts as narrator, delivering the entire narrative in direct speech. The story begins with his declaration, “'I had loved her madly!
Oxymoron is used 'deafening silence' those words contradict each other it implies that their silence is giving kate the same impact as if they were screaming in her ears.
