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Test 5 Flashcards

1
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_________ never felt she could fulfill her family expectations which we’re both high and vague.

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Anne Sexton

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_______________ attempted suicide in 1956 and encouraged by psychiatrist to write poetry.

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Anne Sexton

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Why is Anne Sexton considered a confessional poet?

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because her poetry autobiographical had been used in american verse.

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What is some of Anne Sexton themes?

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Religious quest, transformation and dismantling of myth

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What was Anne Sextons topics?

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sex, illegitimacy, guilt, madness, and suicide

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________________ won the Pulitzer prize for Live or Die.

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Anne Sexton

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_______________ killed herself by carbon monoxide poisoning.

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Anne Sexton

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________________ was a wife and mother of 3 sons in the 50s and was expected to conform to a life of domestic feminity.

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Adrienne Rich

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_______________ poems revealed anger and confusion she felt during those years of confinement.

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Adrienne Rich

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What were the themes of Adrienne Rich?

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Vietnam War protest, feminist movement that stretched in the 70s

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________________ parents were from a german descent.

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Sylvia Plath

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______________ father suffered from diabetes and had to have his leg amputated.

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Sylvia Plath

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______________ excelled in school and pushed herself to be perfect.

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Sylvia Plath

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_____________ got rejected by Harvard and got depressed so she went under her house and attempted suicide by taking sleeping pills.

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Sylvia plath

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_______________ returned to college in 54 and graduated summa cum laude in 55.

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Sylvia plath

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_____________ was bipolar, had a miscarriage, and an appendectomy.

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Sylvia Plath

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______________ committed suicide by sticking her head into a gas stove and overdosing on sleeping pills.

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Sylvia Plath

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In the story “ Her Kind”, how would you describe the woman in the first stanza?

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She sounds mad, controlling, and has an authority voice.

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In the story “ Her kind” does anne sexton release her anger in the poem?

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no

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In the story “ Her Kind” how is the poem in the second stanza?

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a lonely house wife who has to look after the home and the kids. Following society way of leaving

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In the story “ Her Kind” what is suggested by the images of worms or elves?

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She refers to taking care of her kids and keeping the house clean.

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In the story “ Her Kind” why is the woman a survivor in line 17?

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society wants her to be a house wife but she succeeded in her own way

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In the story “ Her Kind” why does the last line in every stanza repeat?

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The statement that she makes is putting a distance between herself and the character she is talking about in the stanza.

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In the story “ The truth the dead know”, what is the tone she is using for the first stanza?

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She is very sad because she is talking about her parents death.

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In the story “ The truth the dead know” what is the effect of the word gutters?

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She’s using natural images to soften the chills she feels in her heart.

26
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In the story “ The truth the dead know” what is the theme?

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she struggles toward identity

27
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In the story “ the truth the dead know” how does the story end?

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by emphasizing not her own refusals but those of the dead

28
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In the story “ Morning song” what inspired Sylvia plath?

A

Her daughter ( frieta) crying

29
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In the story “ Morning song” what does “ love set you going like a fat gold watch mean”?

A

The baby was made out of love and represents something precious and value and the word watch represents endless raising a child

30
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In the story “ Morning song” why do they compare baby to a statue?

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they are scared to be new parents and new responsibility

31
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In the story “ Morning song” what does the quote “ to reflect its own slow effacement at the winds hand” mean?

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she’s denying her own son but she will acknowledge it later on

32
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In the story “Morning song” what does the term “ cow heavy mean”

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her duty of nursing

33
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In the story “ Morning song” how does the poem “morning song” transition from beginning to end?

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in the beginning you see alienation because she went into depression and doesn’t want the kid anymore but as the poem goes she starts realizing that she is responsible for human being an acknowledges her mother role.

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In the story “ Morning song” what does the term “ Balloons” stand for?

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the babies cries

35
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In the story “ Daddy” whats the plot?

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a girl talks about her father who was a nazi and died in war and her mom was part jewish and she was 10 when her dad died.

36
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Whats the tone of the poem “ Daddy”?

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She’s mad because she adored her died

37
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In the poem “ daddy” what images of oppression can be found in the first three stanzas?

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she compares herself to a black shoe and she’s the foot and she also feels trapped in a coffin and feels protected by her dad

38
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In the poem “ Daddy” what does she compare herself to?

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to a jews

39
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In the poem “ Daddy” why would the speaker try to kill herself?

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because she feels like she needs to meet with her dad because she feels that he left to early

40
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Whats the tone of the poem “ Daddy”?

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she’s sad and mad because she tried to kill herself with sleeping pills

41
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In the poem “ daddy” why does the speaker express herself as a jew?

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to express her own oppression and the intensity of anger towards her father

42
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What does the quote “ they pulled me out of the sack and they stuck me together with glue” mean in the poem “daddy”?

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It means that she will always be scarred inside

43
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How is the poem “ daddy” therapeutic and cathartic?

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Because she’s still mad about her fathers death

44
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In the story “ Jennifers Tigers”, what is the conflict?

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She’s an oppressed housewife who is also oppressed by society after her husbands death.

45
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What in the poem “ Jennifers Tigers” reflects that conflict?

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the tigers are portrayed as masculine, clearly confident, and free and strong ( opposite of aunt jennifer’s behavior)

46
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In the story “ Jennifers Tigers” what is the first stanza talking about?

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how powerful the tigers are and they aren’t scared

47
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In the story “ Jennifers Tigers” why did she create a tapestry?

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because her art is the only way for her to escape and express herself

48
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In the story “Jennifers Tigers” why did she choose the nieces perspective?

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because she can be more objective and use the role of the victim on her aunt

49
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In the poem “ Living in sin”, what do the characters think about leaving in a studio?

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They aren’t married and the woman pictures the studio of being organized and clean but has not kept the apartment clean.

50
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What poem is the quote “ Furniture of love from”?

A

Living in sin

51
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” New statue, In a drafty museum, your nakedness shadows our safety”

A

Morning song

52
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“So I could never tell you where, put your foot, your root, I could never talk to you”

A

Daddy

53
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“the sun gutter from the sky”

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The truth the dead know

54
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” the sea swings like an iron gate”

A

The truth the dead know

55
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Who wrote “ Her Kind”?

A

Anne Sexton

56
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Who wrote “ The Truth the Dead Know”?

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Anne Sexton

57
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Who wrote “ Morning Song”?

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Sylvia Plath

58
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Who wrote “Daddy”?

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Sylvia Plath

59
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Who wrote “ Aunt Jennifers Tigers”?

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Adrienne Rich

60
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Who wrote “ Living in Sin”?

A

Adrienne Rich

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