Lovers on All Saint's Day Literary Elements

Short stories.

“Life on Grimsey Island” is set in Grimsey Island. "Hiding Places" transpires in Belgium.

Third-person narrators in “Life on Grimsey Island” and “The All Saints’ Day Lovers.”
First-person narrator in “Hiding Places.”

Remorseful, shocking, sombre, sympathetic, and overwhelming.

Oliveira is the protagonist in “Life on Grimsey Island ", whereas Agatha is the antagonist. Philippe is the protagonist in “Hiding Places.” ‘Bad luck’ is the antagonist.

Agatha’s suicide is the conflict in “Life on Grimsey Island.”
The ill-fortune that plagues Philippe's family in "Hiding Places."
An unhappy and unfulfilling marriage between the narrator and Michelle in “The All Saints’ Day Lovers.”

Oliveira’s discovery of Agatha’s death. ("Life on Grimsey Island").
Claire’s discovery that she is ‘Philippe’s hiding place. (“Hiding Places").

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Oliveira understates his role in Agatha’s life when he equates himself to a mere “one-night stand.”

The title ("The All Saints’ Day") is an allusion to Catholicism.
Allusions to film as an art in “The All Saints’ Day Lovers.”
Allusion to art through the painting included in “Hiding Places.”

Oliveira is disillusioned in “Life on Grimsey Island" after Agatha's demise.

Philippe’s family, in “Hiding Places,” is plagued by unhappiness.

Oliveira feels guilty after Agatha's demise, yet she is the one who, out of her own volition, took her life- ('Life on Grimsey Island').

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“opening veins” denotes suicide ('Life on Grimsey Island').
A ‘hiding place’ denotes a place of consolation.
Islands denote lonesomeness ('Life on Grimsey Island').

Claire personifies ‘a hiding place’ when she equates herself to one.