Neighbors Who Visit L'Abri Point of View Kate Chopin presents "Desiree's Baby" in an omniscient third-person point of view; meaning that the narrator not only describes events as they unfold but also reveals the thoughts of the characters from time to time, as in this sentence: "When the baby was about three months old, Desiree awoke one day to the conviction that there was something in the air menacing her peace." ... Desiree rises, walks over to him, and says, "Armand, look at our child. ... Without changing out of her slippers and white gown, Desiree fetches her baby from the n...
This image which appeals to the sense of sound and also to basic human compassion is very striking as it is clear that there continue to be more victims of the "broadening darkness", which represents in this poem something which has destroyed a genuine and lively love. ... Another aspect of this absence will be the lack of any passing of time: "the twilight that doth not rise nor set". The speaker's reference to something which is assumed to be completely intransient and permanent is cleverly used by Rosetti, as the setting of the sun is something which no man can control. ... She clearly...
Plot Overview IN THE STREETS OF VERONA another brawl breaks out between the servants of the feuding noble families of Capulet and Montague. Benvolio, a Montague, tries to stop the fighting, but is himself embroiled when the rash Capulet, Tybalt, arrives on the scene. After citizens outraged by the constant violence beat back the warring factions, Prince Escalus, the ruler of Verona, attempts to prevent any further conflicts between the families by decreeing death for any individual who disturbs the peace in the future. Romeo, the son of Montague, runs into his cousin Benvolio, who had earlie...