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The girl, aware that the husband is her brother, responds immediately, and on arrival at the country home is flogged by the wife's slaves, and put to death by a torch placed 'between her thighs'. The girl's brother takes the news and falls gravely ill. Aware of suspicions around her, his wife asks a corrupt doctor for instant poison.
The story is unusual for its point-of-view: Of the many books and stories on werewolves, few are written from the perspective of wolves.Le Guin goes to great lengths to conceal the nature of the narrator, fully exploiting the reader's assumptions to purposefully heighten the plot twist at the story's denouement.
The title Prothom Protishruti (First Promise) refers to the promise Satyabati, the protagonist, has made to educate her daughter Subarna and in which she failed. Critic Madhuri Chatterjee noted that the title also can be interpreted in positive terms — it could be the promise with which Satyabati leaves her household to demand answers regarding the position of women.
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The tale is related to the cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or the Search for the Lost Husband. [2] Swedish scholar Jan-Öjvind Swahn [], in his work about the cycle, classified the tale as subtype D. [3] In the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index, the tale is classified as type ATU 425D, "The Vanished Husband".
In this tale type, the husband disappears and the human wife builds an inn (alternatively, a hostel, bath house, or hospital) to receive strangers. Every guest must share a story with her. She then listens to a story told by the stranger and recognizes it is about where she can find her husband. [74] [75] [76] [77]
For his 10th wedding anniversary, Steven pulled out all the stops to show his wife Kelli just how much he loves her -- and when we say 'all the stops,' we really, really mean it.
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