Genre
Novel
Setting and Context
Set in Mississippi
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
The tone is chatty, and the mood is romantic.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The central character is Clement Musgrove.
Major Conflict
The main conflict is that Rosamund’s suitor is a robber, but he masks himself as an ordinary man.
Climax
The climax comes when Jamie shows up towards the end of the story and marries Rosamund.
Foreshadowing
The survival of Clement in the gang invested town is foreshadowed by the intervention of Jamie, who later marries his daughter.
Understatement
Salome's love for her husband is understated. For instance, when the husband fails to reciprocate, Salome plans to kill him.
Allusions
The story alludes to robbery and romantic love encounters.
Imagery
The hotel scene in the town where clement spends his nights depict sight imagery.
Paradox
The main paradox is that despite Jamie being the bandit bridegroom, that does not stop Rosamond from loving and marrying him.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
'Ghost' is used as a metonymy to refer to unpredictability.
Personification
N/A
