In a well-developed paragraph, discuss how you think the story would have been different if the author had told it from a different point of view. choose either emily’s or the teacher’s point of view and discuss at least three possible ways the story would change, using specific examples from the story "i stand here ironing" to support your answer.

answer: if the story had been told from emily's point of view, for instance, i think that it would have had perhaps a less regretful and reproaching tone, since emily's mother is esentially censuring herself for the little care and attention that she provided to her.

explanation: since the story reveals that, in spite of the circumstances in which she was raised, emily was a good sport, and probably a very creative person (the riddles that her sister used to tell were in fact her own), and she became a successful amateur actress, i think that she might have made a reference to her difficult childhood, but only to frame her story, a story of self-improvement, self-sufficiency and self-determination. she might have talked about her "precious things" and her riddles, which were sought after by her sister susan. likewise, she might have talked about the people she met at the boarding school she was sent to, and how her endless observation of them allowed her to pursue an incipient career as a comedian. alternatively, she might have talked about the boy she fell in love with as a girl and about her ideas to court him. emily's mother says that she "has much to her," so perhaps if emily had told the story from her own point of view she would have opened her heart.  

a term is used to describe a sudden revelation in a short story is "showing forth".

there are several different forms of presenting this; each has a very specific format. plays have a very simple format; teleplays, for television shows, or screenplays, for movies, have more complex and strict rules for formatting.

drama

the first of these to be written for the express purpose of being performed were created by the greeks. many of our modern terms derive from greek origins.

comedy

in the greek sense, a play that doesn't end in death. in modern usage, refers to a play that is humorous.

tragedy

in the greek sense, a play that ends with the death of at least one of the main characters. in modern usage, refers to a play that doesn't have a happy ending.