Edmond In The Locket

The locket being stolen was predictable because of Edmond's battles as a Confederate soldier. In the story there was only one known detail about a recent battle and it was in part one. There was a deceased soldier boy which implies that there was a recent battle. The text states, "Around his neck hung a gold chain and locket." and out of that information you can predict that is Octavie's locket. If it is Octavie's locket that means that the boy either stole it from Edmond as an enemy or an

In the beginning Edmond was a highly ranked soldier and was untouchable throughout the entire war. When one of the other soldiers found out that his way of staying alive might be because of his locket they stole it and wore it so that he wouldn’t die.

Edmour had a locket around his neck. A locket is something most people don’t have around their neck, but those who do have them on uses it as a memorial. Edmour had a locket that was given to him by his wife. According to the story “the locket was a golden memorial that held pictures on his wife’s parents. This little object cause a conversation that can turn someone’s mind from the current situation to something much more devastating. Edmour could have been focusing on what he was doing at hand, but since the guys brought up the locket his mind may have went to sorrow, and fear.

According to Karyn Hall in, “Revenge: Will You Feel Better?” in order to for Edmond to feel satisfied, he must be credited for his acts by his target. The article states, “One was that revenge alone wasn't enough for the avenger to have satisfaction. The offender must know the connection between the original insult and the retaliation,” (Hall 13). In order to feel satisfied, Edmond must inform his targets what they have done wrong to deserve the suffering. However, Edmond cannot achieve this without revealing his identity, which is not possible. If Edmond reveals his identity, he would be thrown back in jail because of his escape. The article also claims that, “This meant that seeing an

The locket is a great short story about two lovers and one sent off to war (Edmund), while his significant other (Octavie) stays home and waits for his arrival. One tragic day she sees that Edmund’s body is in a casket. He has died. Judge Pillier helps her grieving. But her grieving may be enough for him to cheer her up. But is Octavie asking for more than she can bite off?

Edmonds love, Octavie had given him the locket. The locket had a picture of her parents in it which they had first given to her. Edmond always had the locket on during his days at war. He thinks that he

The locket was believed to provide protection from evil. “"What's that you got around your neck, Ned?" asked one of the men lying in the obscurity.” Another question was asked. "Is it your sweet heart's picture?" "`Taint no gal's picture," offered the man at the fire. “"That's a charm; some kind of hoodoo business that one o' them priests gave him to keep him out o' trouble. I know them Cath'lics. That's how come Frenchy got permoted an never got a scratch sence he's been in the ranks. Hey, French! aint I right?" Edmond looked up absently from his letter. “"What is it?" he asked.”Aint that a charm you got round your neck?" "It must be, Nick," returned Edmond with a smile. "I don't know how I could have gone through this year and a half without

I also believe that the young soldiers were killed in the battle. I didn 't think this locket is likely to be stolen, I was surprised is that she said he had lost his way forward. I must with edmond 's, it was stolen. Leadership, I think may be the first edmond pillier judge the details of the miracle...

First of all Ms. Chopin made the boy laying on the battlefield dead sound like Edmond. She went as far to say in the book that a priest unclasped the necklace the dead soldier's body. Last we knew Edmond had the locket and never planned on letting it go. Never would the reader think that oh someone stole it between when he fell asleep and when the Union army attacked.

In Ambrose Bierce’s short story, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, the main character, Peyton Farquhar, is unable to embrace the uncertain future that faces him. Faced with execution, Peyton refuses to accept the potential outcomes that may emerge after his death. While his death is almost certain, the result of the war and the well-being of his family is not. “Ardently devoted to the Southern cause” but unable to take service with the “gallant army”, Farquhar is desperate to aid the war effort in any way he can. About to be hung, Farquhar, determined to receive the “opportunity for distinction”, refuses to accept that he will die without leaving his mark on the war. His death is inevitable, but Farquhar rejects this notion and imagines an

In the story the locket, it tells the tale of two lovers, one at war, and the other at home. By the middle of the story we come to realize the on the slope of the hill there was a small battle it says people died but we aren’t sure who. We then see the other wearing black and mourning for her lover who, see thinks is dead. She keeps his locket and keeps reading the priest letter. She then visits her loves father wearing a black veil to mourn. The father tells her to take off the veil and to stop mourning, she takes offence greatly only to find out he’s not dead but alive.

In the play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell, there was a woman that went by the name Mrs. Wright being accused of her husband’s death. Mrs. Wright was a very lonely woman who didn’t have much visitors and also didn’t have any children. George Henderson was the court attorney asking questions to figure out what had occurred in the Wright home. He was accompanied by the Henry Peters and Lewis Hale. Henry Peters was the sheriff and Lewis Hale was a farmer that lived in the area.

When I was reading “The Locket” I was introduced to Edmond. Edmond is a confederate soldier and Octavie’s lover. While reading, I was lead to believe that Edmond was dead. The priest found a young man with the locket that Octavie once gave to Edmond. That’s when I thought that was the end of Edmond.

Some days later, Octavie receives her locket back, and a letter from the priest, in which there was probably a description of how Edmond’s body was found, most likely with words of remorse and courage from the priest. At this point Octavie is wondering whether she should continue living with her love dead. While going on a morning carriage ride with Edmond’s father, she is wondering why his father is so optimistic knowing that his son is dead, only to later find herself being wrong, and Edmond being alive. Edmond admits during their reunion that he believed the locket to have been lost and then stolen in battle, and he didn't know the identity of the soldier, but was

The feeling I get when I read this short story is one of mystery. The author sets the stage for this right from the very beginning when she describes the locket as some sort of good luck charm. When one of the men says: