Question

1. What is the physical description given of Elisa Allen at the beginning of the story? How does this compare to the description given later in the story when she prepares to go to town for the evening with her husband?

Answer 1

The story details the unfortunate misadventures of two men on a train who mistake a gunbox and a piece of rotting cheese for a smelly corpse in a coffin. The two men try many tactics in an attempt to fight the smell of the “corpse,” but in the end, all of their efforts are fruitless. The themes range from mortality and the proper behavior towards the dead, to the power of imagination to overcome reason.

Answer 2

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