English Assignment: Summary

Summary of “A Dead Woman’s Secret”

PLOT:

The story told us about a grief which was felt by a son and daughter who were just lost their only mother that they loved very much. They hardly knew their father. The son was a judge and the daughter, Sister Eulalie was a nun. In the bedroom, they decided to read all their mother’s letters to her, as if when she was alive she’s always read the letters. Suddenly, the nun read one of the letters from someone who called himself “the man who adores you”. They both realized that their mother once had a love affair. Their mother had been kept her love affair as a secret. After they realized it, the daughter remained neutral, but in the other hand, the son seemed like he hated his mother because the love affair.

CHARACTERS:
1. The dead mother / the woman
2. The son / The judge
3. The daughter / Sister Eulalie / The nun
4. The priest

SETTING:

In their cottage, in France in the 1800s

MORAL VALUES:

We have to accept things that happen to us, even though it's painful and sometimes reality doesn't go the way we wanted it to be, and we just have to accept that and deal with it. 

"Some secrets are more tender and sacred than others, but also more painful when revealed. Some secrets are better left as secrets. Some secrets change everything."