Vera learns that Mr. Nuttel is visiting her aunt due to health reasons, particularly nervous conditions. She also learns that Mr. Nuttel does not know anything about her family, which she later uses to her advantage in her storytelling.
Framton Nuttel is at Mrs. Sappleton's home during the majority of the story.
The narrator describes Nuttel as a nervous visitor seeking peace and solitude in the countryside after a "nervous breakdown." Nuttel appears gullible and easily swayed by Vera's tall tales, which leads to the comical twist at the end of the story.
Vera fabricated the story to Nuttel as a practical joke to entertain herself and her family while also indulging in playful deception. It was likely intended to see how Nuttel would react and to create some excitement in her mundane countryside life.
The conflict of this story is man .vs. man. Vera deliberately exploits Nuttel's nervousness for her own pleasure. The secondary conflict could be man .vs. self (Nuttel's nervousness fuels Vera's storytelling). Trying to decide the conflict is easy if you look at character motivation...what does the character want or need, how does he go about getting it, and who/what stands in the way.
It is the anniversary of the incident and she sees the window open
In the short story "The Open Window" by Saki, Vera tricks Mr. Nuttel by telling him a fictitious story about her aunt's tragic loss of her husband and two brothers through a window that remained open. Vera creates an elaborate tale to make Mr. Nuttel believe that the figures he sees approaching the house are actually ghosts of the deceased men, causing him to panic and flee. However, it is later revealed that the story was entirely fabricated by Vera for her own amusement.
Vera a little earlier, before Mrs Sappleton arrived, had made an instant story of how the house master along with his two nephews and a dog had gone hunting in the marshes two years earlier, had died in the marshes and may return any time as ghosts. Mr. Nuttel who had come for a treatment of weak nerves had believed this story whose fear was only increased when he heard Mrs. Sappleton also relating how her husband had gone for hunting who may return any time. Naturally Mr. Nuttel was upset at the possibility of the ghosts returning to that house soon, so he ran away, treatment or no treatment.
In the short story "The Open Window" By H.H Munro (Saki), Framton Nuttel is supposed to be undergoing a "nerve cure", so he is sent on some sort of rural vacation by his doctors. Mrs. Sappleton is a woman that Nuttel's sister knew, so she sends him to her house to stay for a while. This does not work out as Nuttel's sister had hoped, which can be accredited to Mrs. Sappleton's niece, who has a penchant for trickery.
The Antecedent Action is that part of the characters' experience which comes before the events of the story. If it has a bearing, information about it must be given either in the Introduction, or incidentally later on.
he says 'chox!' (as in, chocolate), over the story but he begins to learn more in the end.
The climax of "Saki" by H.H. Munro (Saki) occurs when the young boy, known as "The Open Window," reveals to Mr. Nuttel that the three people he was expecting to meet again are actually ghosts who died years ago. This revelation changes Mr. Nuttel's perception of reality and leads to a humorous twist in the story.
One such quote that marks a suspenseful and humorous point in "The Open Window" is when Vera tells Mr. Nuttel the made-up story about the tragic event that took place at the open window, leading him to believe in ghosts and fueling his anxiety. This creates a tense and comical moment as Vera's storytelling abilities manipulate Mr. Nuttel's perception of reality.