Vocabulary Words

Words MEANING SENTENCE

1. enquiry an instance of questioning Enquiries as to his character
were made in Vladimir.

2. mirth great merriment All his mirth went; he

stooped; he walked slowly,
spoke little, and never
laughed, but he often prayed.

3. quarrel an angry dispute The children quarrel all the

time.
4. executioner an official who inflicts capital He saw, in his mind, the place
punishment where he was flogged, the
executioner, and the people
standing around; the chains
5. premature too soon or too hasty He saw, in his mind, the place
where he was flogged, the
executioner, and the people
standing around; the chains,
the convicts, all the twenty-six
years of his prison life, and his
premature old age.

6. wretched deserving or inciting pity The thought of it all made him

so wretched that he was ready
to kill himself.

7. harming someone in And his anger was so great

vengeance retaliation for something they against Makar Semyonich that
have done he longed for vengeance, even
if he himself should perish for
it.

8. convoy the act of escorting while in Next day, when the convicts
transit were led out to work, the
convoy soldiers noticed that
one or other of the prisoners
emptied some earth out of his
boots.

9. glance take a brief look at Makar Semyonich stood as if

he were quite unconcerned,
looking at the Governor and
not so much as glancing at
Aksionov.

10.
SETTING:
Place: In Russia , Vladimir ( Ivan home and Inn )

In the town of Vladimir live a young

They put up at the same inn for the night .

In Siberia ( Jail where Ivan was arrested )

For twenty_six years Akisionov lived as a convict in Siberia

CHARACTERS:
 Ivan Aksionov
-A wealthy merchant

- Responsible and hard worker ( not easily give up)

 Makar Semyonich
-A merchant who killed a fellow merchant. He is coward , selfish but honest

 Ivan Aksionov’ s wife

-caring
-faithful and obedient
PLOT

EXPOSITION:
Aksinovo was heading to Nizhny Fair where he had stopped to stay at a hotel/inn.

RISING ACTION:
He was accused of a merchant murder,then arrested.

CLIMAX:
He spends twenty-six years in prison until he finally meets the person whom he
thinks knows who killed the merchant. (Semyonich)

FALLING ACTION:
Semyonich is planning a way to escape and tells aksionov to not tell or he will kill
him. And when the Governor asks Aksoinov he does not tell even though their
past.

DENOUMENT:
Makar Semyonich confessed his guilt inspite of what Aksionov told him. But
when the order for his release came, Ivan Dmitrich Aksionov was already dead.
CONFLICT:
MAN VS MAN

MAN VS SOCIETY

POINT OF VIEW:
The third point of view
The narrator seems know all of the things happen there, even what was though /
felt by the character

THEME:
God knows his plan always best for us and what we should do is to encounter and
effort