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Stephen Crane. The Blue Hotel

1. Why is the story called "The Blue Hotel"? What is the function of the location here? Compare the parts taking place in the hotel and the saloon.
2. How are the characters created and described? Analyse there names, speech and actions. How are the dialogues between them built?
3. Differentiate between different stylistic strata in the text. How do they interact?
4. Why is the story divided into chapter? What is the principle of the division? How are the chapters connected? Which chapter can be called the culmination? Why is there a break in the narration before the last chapter?
5. Find out the change of points of view in the narration. How can it be explained?
6. What peculiarities of the description are inherent for S. Crane? What is the function of the landscape? detail? Analise the system of epithets.
7. Find author's remarks and comments. What is his attitude towards his personages, the story on the whole?

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