An Occurence At Owl Creek Bridge

3 September 2022
4.7 (114 reviews)
31 test answers

Unlock all answers in this set

Unlock answers (27)
question
How far away did Peyton live from the railroad?
answer
30 miles.
question
What is Peyton being sentenced to?
answer
A hanging.
question
What happens to Peyton at the end of the story?
answer
He is hanged.
question
How old is Peyton about?
answer
Thirty-five years old.
question
Who is armed with a gun?
answer
The sherrif.
question
Main Character:
answer
Peyton Farquhar
question
Towards the end of the story what is figured out?
answer
everything that has happened to him has been a dream.
question
A man comes to Farquhar's house and tries to enlist him to destroy the bridge. What is this man secretly?
answer
a Union spy
question
What side of the war does Farquhar fight for?
answer
the Confederacy
question
While hallucinating while being hanged who does he see once he reaches his house?
answer
his wife
question
What is Farquhar caught doing
answer
trying to sabotage Owl Creek Bridge
question
Character-Peyton Fahrquhar
answer
35 years old, southerner, plantation owner, from highly respected family, protagonist, not allowed to fight in military, round character-leaves family to burn bridge for southern cause
question
Setting
answer
owl creek bridge, Northern Alabama, Civil war- 1860's
question
Plot
answer
man is to be hanged, tricked by federal scout to try to burn down bridge for southern cause, dreams/imagines escape, rapid thought, really dies from hanging
question
Theme 1
answer
Is all fair in love and war? What people think about before they die.
question
Theme 2
answer
Is a devotion to a cause(war) worth it when you lose your life? the right and wrong side when an innocent man is to be killed.
question
Theme 3
answer
Cynical view of the war and military.
question
Symbolism
answer
The watch is a symbol for his life, "time" running out, represents last heart beats, anxiety
question
Point of view
answer
3rd person (with some 1st person.)
question
Atmosphere
answer
Sadness, anger, excitement, thrillm anxiety, dark
question
Irony
answer
Reader thinks Peyton escapes. Entire plot is ironic because reader is tricked; he dreams his escape. he dies, unexpected by reader.
question
Symbolism
answer
The watch is a symbol for Peyton's time/life running out (Heart Beat)
question
Point Of View
answer
3rd person, some 1st person
question
Irony
answer
reader think he escapes, reader is tricked by the plot because he is really dreaming the escape, he dies which is unexpected to the reader
question
Atmosphere
answer
Sadness, anger, excitement, thrillm anxiety, dark
question
Peyton Farquhar
answer
He is the Protagonist, round, and static.
question
The "Confederate" soldier
answer
minor character, flat, and static.
question
Conflict
answer
There was both man against man and man against himself.
question
Tone
answer
is frightining, and scary
question
Flashback
answer
When soldier comes to Mr. Farquhar's home.
question
Union Scout
answer
soldier who wears Confederate colors when he rides onto Farqhar's plantation (flashback); asks for drink of water