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1
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Author of Monkey’s Paw

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Jacobs

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When was Monkey’s Paw written

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1890s

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Where does Monkey’s Paw take place

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1890s England

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Two themes for Monkey’s paw

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Be careful what you wish for and you can’t escape fate

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What are two other works by the author of Monkey’s paw

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Lady of the Barge and The Toll-House

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Who wrote There Will Come Soft Rains

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Bradbury

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When was There Will come Soft Rains written

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1950s

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Where is there will come soft rains written

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Future of US (remember its the apocalypse one with the robots and stuff)

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Two themes for there will come soft rains

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man vs technology and fate rules

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two books by the author of there will come soft rains

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fahrenheit 451 and a graveyard for lunatics

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who wrote our town

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Thornton wilder

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when was our town written

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1930s

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Where is our town set in

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early 1900s in grover’s corners new hampshire

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two themes for our town

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importance of simplicity, man is insignificant in the universe

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two books by author of our town

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the matchmaker, skin of our teeth

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who wrote antigone

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sophocles

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when was antigone written

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441 bc

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setting of antigone

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441(?) bc, greece

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two themes for antigone

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god’s law vs man’s law; fate rules

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two other books by author of antigone

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Oedipus rex and oedipus at ceculous

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who wrote julius caesar

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shakespeare

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when wrote julius caesar

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1590s

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setting of julius caesar

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44 AD Rome

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2 themes of julius caesar

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good of people versus good of individual; corruption by power

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two other books by author of julius caesar

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jomeo and ruliet, macbeth

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who wrote turn of the screw (tots)

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henry james

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when wrote tots

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1880s

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setting of tots

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1880s england, bly

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two themes of tots

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corruption of innocence; illusion versus reality; good vs evil; european vs american

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two other books by author of tots

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daisy miller, washington square

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Have you reread or at least skimmed through the stories/short stories or read the sparknotes/cliffnotes

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if no then do that, im not going to make a bunch of interesting questions because thats a pain in the arse