An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Ambrose Bierce
Plot line: The process of death conveyed with your life flashing before your eyes
Exposition: Southern man is about to be hanged by Yanks
Rising Action: The preparation of the hanging
Climax: Hanging occurs
Falling Action: Man imagines himself free; life events flash before his eyes
Resolution: Man is killed
Theme: The acceptance of death
The protagonist follows this idea of 'Death isn't something to run away from, but something to accept'. He knows he is at the stage of dying yet he doesn't fear it and accepts his downfall.
Major Conflict: Man v. Man
War, the battle between the north and south and how the man tries to save himself from being hanged and killed.
Characters...
Peyton Farquhar: Protagonist
Peyton Farquhar is a confederate during the civil war and witnessed death through his hanging. His character is formed through direct characterization.
Yankees: Antagonist
The Yankees (Union) delivered the conflict by hanging and killing Peyton Farquhar, one of the many deaths during the civil war. The Yanks are characterized through direct characterization
Imagery:
"A rope loosely encircled his neck" (11)
This quote shows how the man is witnessing the idea of death through the hanging, the major conflict in the story.