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1. When and where was "The Gift of the Magi" first published? When and where was it first published in book-form?

"The Gift of the Magi" was first published in The New York Sunday World in 1905. It was subsequently published in an O. Henry anthology titled The Four Million in 1906.

2. Who or what would you identify as the protagonist and antagonist in "The Gift of the Magi"? Why?

The protagonist is Della Young, although Jim could also be considered a protagonist. The primary antagonist in the narrative is poverty--it is due to poverty that both Della and Jim sacrifice their most beloved belongings.

3. In what tense and from what narrative perspective is "The Gift of the Magi" related?

"The Gift of the Magi" is related from the perspective of a third-person narrator with limited focus on Della Young. The story is related in the past tense but with direct asides to the reader in present tense.

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