The Tall Woman and Her Short Husband

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Show how a character from The Tall Woman and Her Short Husband and

one other story are put under pressure. Explain how and why this

happens.

All the stories I have studied from “Opening worlds” have shown some

form of pressure towards a character in the stories. This pressure

that is created is designed to build up tension which keeps the reader

interested in the story. The pressure in “The Tall Woman and Her Short

Husband” and the “The Gold-Legged Frog” are created by a confrontation

between two or more people. The confrontation which puts a character

under pressure is usually written in quotation marks. This makes the

reader fell more connected with the story and character because the

character is saying the following words.

In “The Tall Woman and Her Short Husband” pressure is put on Mrs. Tall

by a confrontation between her and the Tailor’s wife. The Tailor’s

wife from what the readers sees of her, is very nosey and curious

about what goes on in Mr. Short and Mrs. Tall’s relationship. I think

it’s down to some form of jealousy. She doesn’t like what they both

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