Essay on "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" 1: In what ways-- through distortion of time, sound, image, through particular kinds of shots-does the director Robert Enrico let viewers know that Peyton Farquhar's escape from death is not real but fantasy or illusion? The key element which makes "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" such a deep, emotionally charged story would be the impact that is created from its literary thread of irony. Peyton Franquhar's escape …showed first 75 words of 1021 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1021 total…In conclusion I think that Robert shouldn't have tried to hint at the ironic result of the story or rather he should have tried to be subtle about it. What makes this story so remarkable is that you don't know that you have been mislead until the end of the story. The main character was also misled up until the end and there in lies the irony, the beauty of this wonderfully written short story.