Watch on the Rhine
What is the author's style in Watch on the Rhine by Lillian Hellman?
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Watch on the Rhine contains melodramatic elements. The melodrama is a type of narrative that incorporates threatening situations into the plot as well as a happy ending. Characters in melodramas tend to be stock figures, for example the longsuffering wife or the virtuous hero.