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1. The setting of the novel takes place right outside their Syringa Street home's massive living room window.
• I know this place is in a palace since King Midas is depicted as exceedingly wealthy in the narrative. When he was in his treasure room, Midas saw a shadow fall over the gold heaps. “Once upon a time, there lived a very rich man, and a king besides, whose name was Midas”, “He valued his royal crown chiefly because it was composed of that precious metal.”, and “Midas was enjoying himself in his treasure-room, one day, as usual, when he perceived a shadow fall over the heaps of gold”
2. The protagonist in this story is King Midas. The protagonist of the story exhibited courage, intelligence, and strength throughout the narrative. "He was quick and alert in the things of life".
• King Midas is the main character, as shown by the following quotations: As King Midas told the children, "And to tell you the truth, my precious little folks," "ever since that morning, I have hated the very sight of all other gold, save this!", "Gold is not everything," In addition, "And I have lost all that my heart really cared for.", and “He bent down and kissed her." she lamented. The love of his daughter meant a thousand times more to him than anything he could have gotten from the Golden Touch. "My precious, precious Mary gold!" cried he.”
3. After wishing for everything he touches to turn to gold, he has encountered difficulties. Even kissing his daughter is out of the question for him. He has come to terms with the fact that he made a grave error, and he longs to return to his old self.
• The struggle is both Man vs. Self and Man against. Nature, because the curse on King Midas may be attributed to nature, but the core of the problem was that he only sought gold and did not prioritize what truly mattered to him, thus he is also to blame.
4. “And, truly, my dear little folks, did you ever hear of such a pitiable case in all your lives? This was the richest meal that could be served to a monarch, and its sheer richness rendered it useless. The poorest laborer, with his piece of bread and cup of water, fared far better than King Midas, whose fine cuisine was worth its weight in gold. “He felt that his little daughter's love was worth a thousand times more than he had gained by the Golden Touch.”
• As King Midas discovers at the end of the story, the Golden touch has done nothing for him, and he hates it, the dialogue supports the tension. Then he decides to return to normal life.
5. There are two examples of rising action: first, over breakfast, when King Midas turns his daughter into gold and then panics, and second, when he is on the verge of going to the river to obtain some water to restore everything to its original state
• “Oh, terrible misfortune! The victim of his insatiable desire for wealth, little Mary gold was a human child no longer, but a golden statue!” “It would be too sad a story, if I were to tell you how Midas, in the fullness of all his gratified desires, began to wring his hands and bemoan himself;” and “"Ah! So, you have made a discovery, since yesterday?" observed the stranger. "Let us see, then. Which of these two things do you think is worth the most — the gift of the Golden Touch, or one cup of clear cold water?" "O blessed water!" exclaimed Midas. "It will never moisten my parched throat again!" "The Golden Touch," continued the stranger, "or a crust of bread?" "A piece of bread," answered Midas, "is worth all the gold on earth!" "The Golden Touch," asked the stranger, "or your own little Mary gold, warm, soft, and loving as she was an hour ago?" "Oh, my child, my dear child!" cried poor Midas wringing his hands. "I would not have given that one small dimple in her chin for the power of changing this whole big earth into a solid lump of gold!" "You are wiser than you were, King Midas!" said the stranger, looking seriously at him. "Your own heart, I perceive, has not been entirely changed from flesh to gold. Was it so, your case would indeed be desperate? But you are still capable of understanding that the commonest things, such as lie within everybody's grasp, are more valuable than the riches which so many mortals sigh and struggle after. Tell me, now, do you sincerely desire to rid yourself of this Golden Touch?" "It is hateful to me!" replied Midas. A fly settled on his nose, but immediately fell to the floor; for it, too, had become gold. Midas shuddered. "Go, then," said the stranger, "and plunge into the river that glides past the bottom of your garden. Take likewise a vase of the same water and sprinkle it over any object that you may desire to change back again from gold into its former substance. If you do this in earnestness and sincerity, it may possibly repair the mischief which your avarice has occasioned."
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