The Locket Conclusion

The conclusion of “The Locket” was not predictable and I was surprised that Edmund turned up alive after all and that the locket was stolen. I was surprised because the priest takes the locket off a dead soldier who he thinks is Edmund, Octavie mourns Edmund, also thinking he is dead, and finally, when the judge is telling Octavie to stop being sad, it seems as though he is telling her to move on with her life. It seems as though the rest of the story will be about how Octavie recovers from her sadness because of Edmund’s death.

I was surprised that Edmund was alive at the end because in the beginning, it seems that everyone is dead and the locket is taken off a dead soldier. Even though the locket is said to be a charm, after the battle, it seems the only people left on the field are dead. The priest finds one of the dead soldiers with the locket around his neck, and since the locket was Edmund’s the priest thinks the dead soldier is Edmund and sends the locket to Octavie.

I was also surprised that Edmund turns up alive at the end because Octavie mourns Edmund, also thinking he is dead and believes she will grow old and sad like her Aunt Tavie. She rereads the letter that came with the locket over and over again, and she thinks that it can’t be real. In the story, Octavie thinks, “Oh!

She could not believe that one of those dead was her own! with visage uplifted to the gray sky in an agony of supplication.” Octavie thinks she has no more reason to go on living. She thinks, “Why was she here! What further had she to do with life and the living!”

Finally, I was surprised that Edmund turns up alive in the end because I started to think that the rest of the story may be about how Octavie recovers from her sadness and grief. When the judge tells Octavie to remove the veil I thought it was so that she could move on with her life and stop being sad about Edmund. The judge asks Octavie to remove the veil since it is out of place with the beautiful day and never to put it on again. He’s telling her to look at the beautiful things in life and that life is worth living rather than to continue to be upset and sad over Edmund’s death. I had the feeling that the judge is trying to help her overcome her sadness and grief, to get rid of the black dress and veil, and to start living her life again. It is only at the end of the story that I was surprised and realize that the nightmare Edmund had of the serpent coiling around his throat was actually his messmate stealing the locket.

The conclusion of “The Locket” was not predictable and I was surprised that Edmund turned up alive after all and that the locket was stolen.

I was surprised because the priest takes the locket off a dead soldier who he thinks is Edmund, Octavie mourns Edmund, also thinking he is dead, and finally, when the judge is telling Octavie to stop being sad, it seems as though he is telling her to move on with her life and recover from her sadness even though Edmund is dead. At the end of the story when Edmund says the locket was stolen, that’s when I was surprised and realize that the nightmare he had of the serpent coiling around his throat was actually his messmate stealing the

locket.