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The purpose of this short story is to make the reader feel indignant and angry with the husband and compassion and sympathy for the wife. Brush uses diction and imagery to invoke these emotions in the reader.
The author's diction is significant in the short story in achieving the author's purpose for the work. Brush uses adjectives such as "shy" and "little" and verbs like "beamed" and "crying" to describe the woman. The reader is immediately drawn to the wife's meekness and modesty. She is seen as an innocent mouse who only wishes to please. Adverbs such as "quietly," "heartbrokenly" and "hopelessly" make the reader experience compassion and empathy for the wife's broken spirit. The reader is outraged that someone could treat this gentle and kind creature so heartlessly. Adjectives such as "indignant," "quick," "unkind," "curt" and "punishing" evoke opposite emotions for the husband. The reader feels contempt for the man and scorns his treatment of the wife. The verb......

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