The exposition begins with the bowl. Beattie catches her readers attention from this mysterious bowl and why it is so important because most people are not obsessed with bowls like Andrea is. There are subtle hints to trickery, lying, and deceiving from the detail of the "tricks used to convince a buyer that the house is quite special," Beaty 206.
The rising action occurs when the husband is introduced. The readers receive more information on Andrea's life and wonder how he fits in the picture. The part when Beattie describes the relationship of Andrea and her husband could also be considered part of the rising action just by the way it is described. It is very dull and gives the reader a sense that there is a division between Andrea and her husband and foreshadows that something is wrong with their relationship. When Beattie writes, "Could it be that she had some deeper connection with the bowl - a relationship of some kind" it shows that Andrea is confused about her relationship with the bowl (an inanimate object) and her husband. Beaty 208.
The climax is evidently when the lover is introduced and the readers learn about Andrea's affair and
when Andrea first saw the bowl. The audience understands more background information about the bowl and why it might be so important to her, which is what they are looking for since the beginning of the story.
The falling action occurs when Beattie leaves her readers wondering why Andrea chose
her husband over the lover, who is portrayed as a similar man to her husband because he buys her material objects as well, "[Andrea] would not choose in his favor, would not change her life and come to him," Beaty 209.
The denouement is the final paragraph in Beattie's story when Andrea is left alone in her living room most nights, looking at the bowl.
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