American Lit Flashcards
What qualities do writers of realism share?
Lifelike narration, fictional characters that resemble ordinary people (daisy), characters often meet unhappy ends
which author’s novels were often international in scope?
Henry James
What was the setting of Daisy Miller?
Begins in Switzerland and ends in Rome
What point of view was Daisy Miller written in?
Third person limited through Winterbourne’s eyes
What is the Yellow Wallpaper? What is it about?
The feelings of a person who suffers from depression
What does the Colosseum in Daisy Miller symbolize?
Death
Which is not a way writers of realism develop their stories?
Realism does not have any supernatural elements
Short answer
What does the leading man learn from his encounters with Daisy and her death?
Short answer
How would the story of the Yellow Wallpaper be different if it was told from the husband’s point of view?
Longer answer
How does the overarching theme of We Wear the Mask relate to another character we have studied?
Short answer
Why did Gilman write the Yellow Wallpaper?
Longer answer
What does it mean to be American in the story Daisy Miller?
Giant answer
How do all the short stories illustrate the way women were portrayed in the late nineteenth century?
How does realism differ from naturalism?
Naturalism is more pessimistic in tone while realism is more optimistic
