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1
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high school

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soldan

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dance hall

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paradise dance hall

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3
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college

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rubican’s business college

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4
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tuition for business college

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$50

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5
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shoe warehouse

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continental shoemaker’s

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6
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name of the yearbook

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the torch

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7
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flower shop

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the jewel box

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8
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play in high school

A

pirates of penzance

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9
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jim brings this in with wine/ symbolic of romance

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candelabrum

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10
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bessie may hooper

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serial writer

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11
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scarlet o hara

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central character in the novel, gone with the wind

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12
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clark gable

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actor in gone with the wind

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13
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king midas allusion

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his touch turned everything to gold. eventually a curse as he turned his daughter to gold

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14
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the sphinx to amanda

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full of riddles and mystery.

amanda has no myster

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who wrote gone with the wind

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margaret mitchell

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16
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who was dh lawrence

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a writer who had loads of sex in his novels

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17
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jim’s fiance

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betty

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18
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cost for cigs

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$.15

19
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setting

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1930’s

st. louis

20
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stereotypes about irish

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delaney- o’connor

they drink

21
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differing opinions on instinct from Amanda and Tom

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amanda- belongs to animals

tom- belongs to fighters, lovers

22
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what was the jolly roger

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flag of the merchant marines

23
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symbols of amanda’s youth

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yellow voile

and jonquils

24
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how much does jim make a month

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$85

25
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how much does tom make a month

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$65

26
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examples of feathering the nest

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new floor lamp
covers on chair and sofa
curtains

27
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examples of pluming the bird

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nice dress
does hair
stuffs bra

28
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what does the term “domestic” mean as it is used in the novel

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housewife

29
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laura’s nickname

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blue roses

30
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where did the nickname blue roses come from

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pleurosis

31
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Tennessee William’s sister

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rose

32
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laura can be described as what color because it is

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rose

fragile

33
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nickname for jim

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freckles

34
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nickname for tom

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shakespeare

35
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symbols for tom’s escape

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fire escape, drinking, movies, writing, merchant marines

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symbols for laura’s escape

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menagerie collection, Victrola, nicname-blue roses, park (to escape business school

37
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what does laura see in the park

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penguins

38
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5 autobiographical elements of the novel

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T.W. had a crippled sister- tom has a crippled sister
tom stands for Tennessee Williams= tom wingfield
Tennessee Williams worked in shoe factory like tom and hated it equally
depression like tom
went to room after work to write
Mr.Wingfield was a telephone man and loved long distances
Tennessee William’s father was a traveling salesman and was never home that much

39
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tom and jim’s boss

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mr. mendoza

40
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Pulitzer prize winning novels of Tennessee Williams

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

A Streetcar Named Desire

41
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compare tom to santiago

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both striving for goal; S-prove himself, T- wants to escape
Both like adventure
Both have something to do with the sea
both have nicknames
Both stuck in situation
42
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contrast tom and santiago

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santiago takes pain; tom whines about it
santiago is simple; tom is creative
santiago is content where he is; tom is not
santiago is humble/helps others; tom wants to escape
santiago is at the end of his conquest; tom is beginning his
santiago’s whole life is an adventure; tom has been boring

43
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characteristics of a memory play

A 
very soft music, centers around laura
soft and dim lights, lighting spot on laura
gauzy fabric, light and eerie
no props or other small decorations
movements are dancelike

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