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In the story “Vendetta”, Guy de Maupassant evoked a sense of place by describing the setting of the story in the beginning of the text. He describes the house of the widow Saverni,
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1. How does the writer evoke a sense of place in the story? In the story "Vendetta", Guy de Maupassant evoked a sense of place by describing the setting of the story in the beginning of the text. He describes the house of the widow Saverni, and where it was situated. "A small mean house... Built on a spur of the mountain and in places actually overhanging the sea". The setting basically took place in Corsica. De Maupassant described the place as having humanlike characteristics in order to reflect the isolation, the dreariness and the dreadfulness of the place. "Clinging to the rock, gazing down upon those deadly straits where scarcely a ship ventures, they look like the nests of birds of prey...For ever harassed by a restless wind, which sweeps along the narrow funnel, ravaging the banks on either side...trails of white foam streaming from them like...
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