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“The Pomegranate Seeds” Story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Pages:
1
Words:
450
Who?
The character from “The Pomegranate Seeds”.
Character Name.
What?
Conflict
Where?
A lonely house on a dark night.
Organization – Dark and gloomy.
When?
A few years after the character initially got Proserpina.
Timeline — Text Version
- Exposition: The story takes place in the underworld. Pluto, a Roman man, is lonely living in the “Land of the Dead.”
- Rising Action: Pluto decided that the girl above him picking flowers, Proserpina, was the perfect candidate for the job (Geringer et al., 1995).
- Climax: When Hermes, another God, comes to the underworld to rescue Proserpina, she had already eaten the pomegranate seeds, which meant she was unable to leave the God’s kingdom.
- Falling Action: Pluto realizes that he made a mistake in taking the child away, but it is too late to do anything; she already ate something from him.
- Resolution: When Pluto decides he wants to help Proserpina exit his dark and dreary world, he realizes that the pomegranate she ate years ago wasn’t from his kingdom.
- Voice: The author uses a formal diction to tell the story.
How?
Reference
Geringer, L., Gore, L., & Hawthorne, N. (1995). The pomegranate seeds: A classic Greek myth. Houghton Mifflin.