Compare the short stories Vendetta and School teachers quest

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Harry Johnson

Compare the Short Stories School Teachers guest and vendetta how do their style and content show revenge is represented

Vendetta and The School Teachers Guest are both linked by the same theme retribution; this is defined in the dictionary as “deserved punishment”. This is seen in both stories by the reactions of the mothers of the two sons as they want to get there own back and want justice for their sons deaths. Although apart from this theme which runs through the stories  the settings are very different. Vendetta is set on the barren coast of Sardinia. In the Sardinian village the old woman is isolated physically and mentally .The old widow is all alone and has no contact with the outside world. Her house is set on a ‘barren coast, stripped of all but a scanty covering of grass. ’The house is set on a rocky cliff over looking the sea. School Teachers Guest is set in Chile in a village called Ague Santa in the appearance of being on an ‘insufficient backwater’ on the edge of the jungle. On the edge of the jungle anything could happen. Also the laws are not the same as are own and don’t really have strict rules. However there is much more of a community sprit in the School Teachers Guest.

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Both stories are set in different areas, Vendetta was set in 1880’s and School teachers guest was set in the resent past. This is reflected in the style of writing in vendetta it is more wordy and old fashioned, the style in School teachers Guest is more modern. Both stories Start of differently Vendetta starts in a detailed description on which creates a harsh and isolated atmosphere and serene ‘low lying coasts’.  The stories both show an under viding love for there child. Both mothers deal with their sons’ death differently. The deaths of the boys do not play ...

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