<u>Background:</u>
In the story <u>‘The Open Window’ </u>by <u>H. H. Munro (Saki)</u>, Mrs. Sappleton’s niece Vera, in the absence of the former constructs a fictitious story about her husband and her brothers, describing in detail their clothing and habits, and tells him that they went for shooting three years ago on that day, and were swallowed up by the treacherous bog. She also tells him that her aunt always kept the window in the room open in the tragic hopes that they’d come back through it, along with the brown spaniel who went with them. Mrs. Sappleton is unaware of the story that Vera had told Mr Nuttel.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The dramatic irony of the situation where the reader knows both the perspective of Mrs. Sappleton and that of Mr. Nuttel while they themselves were ignorant of the other’s perspective is what makes the interaction between them humourous.
The apparently delusional quality that Mr. Nuttel must have ascribed to Mrs. Sappleton’s cheerful way of talking about her supposedly dead kin like they were alive also adds humour to their talk.
Mr. Nuttel’s weak nerves were a significant aspect of the comic interaction, because it prevented him from confirming the story from Mrs. Sappleton, or to successfully change the topic that caused him such discomfort. Mrs. Sappleton didn’t pay much attention to Mr. Nuttel while talking and couldn’t understand or ask him about his discomfort, and thought that he could only talk about his illness.
At the end, the difference between their points of view shows them different worlds altogether, and Mr. Nuttel’s sympathy transforms into horror, and he runs out of the house in utter fright.
Answer:Mr. and Mrs. Winterbottom have a distant relationship. They interact with each other like they’re playing the role of a working husband and housewife instead of a loving couple. Mrs. Winterbottom feels discomfort and saddened by her family’s lack of interest in her. Especially by the total disregard they have for her. For example in the text it states “ when she mentioned going back to work and no one said any- thing about it, she sighed again and pushed her potatoes to one side of her plate.” This shows how Mrs. winterbottom is bothered by her family not regarding what she wants to do.
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The most important quality of a knight is their “strong ideal of equality and defense of the weak”. Among the many other characteristics of a knight I find this one the most important because a knight was supposed to be a figure of justice and protection, and given the fact that throughout history there has always been evil and evildoers, there should be a person who protects the weak and poor from the abusive and rich. In the following quotation from the King Arthur Story:
<u><em>“So Arthur was crowned king to defend his country from the Saxons, people who were trying to take over their land, and fight for the victory of the Logres, with his trusty Excalibur which he receives from the Lady of the Lake. As he grows older, Merlin helps him become a wise king for the Logres and shapes Arthur to become the wisest and fairest king.” (King Arthur’s story excerpt)</em></u>
<em>Even though Arthur was crowned king, he honors his knightly past representing the same virtues and morals expressed above as the most important for a knight, “strong ideal of equality and defense of the weak” and “to be a figure of justice and protection”.</em>