The Interlopers By Saki Analysis

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"A man is a wolf rather than a man to another man," Plautus once said. For generations, the struggle of the ownership of land acerbated the relationship between neighboring families. However, when the two enemies (Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym) come face to face, nature sends a tree down trapping the two enemies. In this state of vulnerability, they reconcile however, it did neither of them good for it was too late. The author, Saki, of "The Interlopers" conveys the theme "Enmity benefits no one" through the setting and irony.
The author exudes the theme through the setting of the story. The setting is set in a forest in the midst of a storm. The setting helps alter the conflict between the two enemies. According to the text, in paragraph
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