Chapter 8 Notes

Question 1

what did William Butler Yeats believe the answers in life were found in?

Answer 1

art

Question 2

William Butler Yeats was influenced by what?

Answer 2

nationalism
aestheticism
occultism

Question 3

What is the theme of “Adam’s Curse”?

Answer 3

any beautiful, fine accomplishment requires diligent work

Question 4

The moon imagery in ‘‘Adam’s Curse” foreshadows what?

Answer 4

the disillusionment at the end of the poem

Question 5

What was James Joyce?

Answer 5

athiest

Question 6

What did James Joyce adopt and was known as?

Answer 6

he adopted the life of modern literature and known as a modern league scholar

Question 7

In “Araby” why was the boy prevented from leaving the bazaar?

Answer 7

his uncle was late

Question 8

In “Araby” what two elements were fused?

Answer 8

symbolism and realism

Question 9

In “Ulysses” what method does he use?

Answer 9

stream of consciousness

Question 10

Lawrence, Blake, and Shelly were considered what?

Answer 10

they were considered to be outstanding radicals of the romantic style

Question 11

What did D.H. Lawrence particularly despise?

Answer 11

the bourgeois’ love of sports

Question 12

Lawrence opposed all artificial restrain on what?

Answer 12

creativity

Question 13

What did Lawrence die of at the age of 45 in Southern France?

Answer 13

tuberculosis

Question 14

Virginia Woolf approves of refined culture by what group?

Answer 14

Bloomsbury group

Question 15

what is the theme of “Three Pictures”?

Answer 15

our lives are tragically absurd and our illusions give us only false comfort

Question 16

In “Three Pictures” the narrators response to the first pictures is on of what?

Answer 16

satisfation

Question 17

What does the road symbolize in “Three Pictures”?

Answer 17

life

Question 18

Woolf promoted James Joyce literary innovation of what?

Answer 18

stream of consciousness

Question 19

What was Katherine Mansfield known as?

Answer 19

the English Chekhov

Question 20

in Mansfield story _____ takes precedence of ________

Answer 20

atmosphere take precedence over plot

Question 21

in “Fueille D’Alburn”, Ian purchases what in his effort to see the girl?

Answer 21

an egg

Question 22

Why in “Fueille D’Alburn” is the boy content to stay in his studio?

Answer 22

his windows give him access to all the subject matters he needs for drawing

Question 23

Robert Graves wrote not only poetry but what?

Answer 23

historic novels

Question 24

In “Coronation Address”, the father’s wish for the son is what?

Answer 24

he might serve the queen

Question 25

why in “Coronation Address” why can the mother not comfort her husband?

Answer 25

she does not take into account her husbands feeling towards the matriarchy

Question 26

What did Louis MacNiece believed what?

Answer 26

life was characterized by tragic significance

Question 27

In “The Truisms” the ‘Tall Tree’ symbolizes what?

Answer 27

the final maturing of the son

Question 28

MacNiece has his poetry show what?

Answer 28

a distrust of all firmly held beliefs