There are many different ways to interpret a novel or short story. When we read literature, we do so to learn more about: ï· The human condition ï· The experience of loss and death ï· The structure of power in society and how it is implemented (including the issues that surround race and gender).
sultry. adj, -trier or-triest. 1. (Physical Geography) (of weather or climate) oppressively hot and humid. 2. characterized by or emitting oppressive heat. 3. displaying or suggesting passion; sensual: sultry eyes.
moody, sulky; despondent, melancholy. Glum, morose, sullen, dour, surly all are adjectives describing a gloomy, unsociable attitude. Glum describes a depressed, spiritless condition or manner, usually temporary rather than habitual: a glum shrug of the shoulders; a glum, hopeless look in his eye. Morose, which adds to glum a sense of bitterness, implies a habitual and pervasive gloominess: a sour, morose manner; morose withdrawal from human contact. Sullen usually implies reluctance or refusal to speak accompanied by glowering looks expressing anger or a sense of injury: a sullen manner, silence, look.