Genre
Fiction
Setting and Context
Written in the context of societal perception.
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Comical
Protagonist and Antagonist
Hengist is the main protagonist of the story.
Major Conflict
The major conflict is when Hengist wants to sleep with all the beautiful maidens in the Kingdom but fails to attract even one. Hengist has a deformed body shape that keeps girls off.
Climax
The climax is when Hengist discovers his true call, which is poaching. After realizing that his quest for girls is unfruitful, Hengist decides to do poaching.
Foreshadowing
Hengist’s body shape foreshadows his unfruitful attraction to women for the rest of his life.
Understatement
Hengist’s ability to have a beautiful woman is understated. Towards the end of the story, Hengist weds the King’s daughter despite his deformed looks.
Allusions
The story alludes to true love. For instance, true love is not based on physical beauty but inner beauty.
Imagery
Hengist’s deformed body is sight imagery because the readers now understand why ladies want to be associated with him.
Paradox
Hengist wants to become a ladies’ man when all girls do not love him because of his deformed body shape.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
Beauty is personified as having the ability to give one power and influence.
