| Analyze Ambrose Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” in terms of its use of time and tense. How many different time periods occur in the story? How quickly or slowly does time move? Divide the story into parts (present action, past action) and kinds of time (subjective, objective), noting specific places in the text that indicate time. What actually happens in this story? Your assignment may be in the form of lists of scenes (past, present, etc.) or brief outline of the plot. |