Genre
Fantasy
Setting and Context
Set in the fictional land of Lankhmar
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Belligerent tone and tense mood.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonists are Fafhrd and Gray Mouser.
Major Conflict
There is a major conflict between Mouse and Duke. Duke killed Glavas Rho, Mouse's mentor, and trainer. Mouse is on a revenge mission.
Climax
The climax comes when Mouse lucratively smashes Duke with controlling black magic.
Foreshadowing
Ivrian’s private classes foreshadow the death of Glava’s Rho.
Understatement
Duke understates the power of black magic until Mouse destroyed him.
Allusions
N/A
Imagery
The show staged by girls from the Sothern region in "The Snow Women" depicts how the northern men pushed their women to the extreme and denied them an opportunity to compete with men.
Paradox
The primary paradox is that Ivarian helps Mouse to finish her biological father.
Parallelism
There is a parallelism between Mouse’s ambition to study black magic and his will to use swords.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The spider’s way is used as metonymy for tactical skills.
Personification
N/A
