... at the time of major battle against the Persian navy also known as Golden Age. (Sophocles, 1880) The underlying assumption in this story was that the citizens were meant to learn from the mistakes made during the tragedies. Citizens were supposed to learn the appropriate manner of being a good human being. Will the fantasy overtake their minds leaving them with one option to return to reality and death or will the power of unwritten law, the willingness to ignore the truth, and the limits of free will? Bierce carefully divides the narrative, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", into three parts. Each part carefully intertwines the aspects of the close examination of time, the attention given to mental fiction to avoid real life, and the blending of reality and fiction. "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" begins powerfully with an unnamed protagonist. At this point, Bierce creates an atmosphere ...

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