"The Hundredth Dove", by Jane Yolen, is a tragic short story. There is much evidence of this by symbolism, plot, and purpose of the tale. Using simple literary analysis, it was quite obvious that it was a tragedy. This is why.
Major events in this short story made it clear that it is a tragedy. Hugh had a tragic flaw. That was his loyalty. Loyalty is an admirable quality to have, but in this case, it was Hugh's weakness. The thing that made it most obvious, was that the main character was in control at the point of the tragic fall. That led to the tragic fall, where he twisted off the head of the hundredth dove. Then at the end, there was death symbolism.
In the end, Hugh never saw dove again. Doves are symbols of life and romance. Since he never saw a dove, that is the death symbolism. He never saw the life symbolism in his story again. Another main point of symbolism is at the tragic fall, where Hugh twisted off the head of the dove. This symbolizes that he is killing the joy in his life.
Therefore, those reasons make it conclusive to me that this short story is tragic. This was the main evidence to my deduction of the mode. But that is only some of the reasons. There are much more, but this is plenty of proof to prove that this is obviously a tragedy.
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