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The Vendetta By Guy De Maupndetta Short Story Summary

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1.1 Background Literature is a form of language; it is valuable for its illustration and illumination of human nature. There are three kinds of literature, such as drama, poetry, and prose. Those have their own characteristics which are different from each other. Unlike drama and poetry, prose is primarily written in paragraph form. Prose is a literary piece which is written in the pattern of ordinary spoken language and within the common flow conversation. According to oxford dictionary, prose is written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure. There are two types of prose such as fiction and nonfiction. Fiction is the form of any work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not real, but rather, imaginary and theoretical—that is, invented by the author, whereas nonfiction is a story based on real life facts and information. One example of fiction is short story. Short story is a brief work of literature, usually written in narrative prose. It seems really interesting to analyze a short story. Based on the fact above the researcher will analyze a short story which entitled “The Vendetta” by Guy de Maupassant.

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