the mark on the wall

Question 1

Themes

Answer 1

War, interiority and exteriority, time, fem vs masc, nature and civilisation

Question 2

Context

Answer 2

War, Modernity

Question 3

Modernism themes

Answer 3

disillusionment, technology, time, psychology, interiority

Question 4

H R O T S U A N O, L I A L W, A A C A B O S S F A T L I

Answer 4

how readily our thought swarm upon a new object, lifting it a little way , as ants carry a blade of straw so feverishly and then leave it

Question 5

T M O L, T I O T, T I O H

Answer 5

the mystery of life, the innaccuracy of thought, the ignorance of humanity

Question 6

W S, W R, W T I W W I A P O S E O T O

Answer 6

worshipping solidity, worshipping reality. worshipping the impersonal world which is proof of some existance other than ours

Question 7

Nature and civilisation

Answer 7

• the mark on the wall distracts her from her anger at society
• nature grounds her and is more real than meaningless social things
• havent evolved that much– nature is more importnat than civilisation

Question 8

interiority and exteriority

Answer 8

• the way you think– internal time
• how people construct versions of themselves in their mind
• worry about alienation– writers just projecting themselves endlessly onto people in the train
• can we truly know other people? guy was in the room with her the whole time

Question 9

masculine and feminine

Answer 9

• the way men think (rational, straightforward), versus the way women think (meandering, deep)
• dismissing learned men– they arent so advanced
• chafes against gender roles– her being a housekeeper, etc

Question 10

whitakers table of precendence

Answer 10

• represents what society believes and such
• masculine pov
• social structure is made up

Question 11

time and memory

Answer 11

• personal time– she remembers when it was because of the fire and the chrysanthemums
• quote about troy– what is left and how do you interpret it?
• the mark being a nail that survives and is uncovered
• burrows?

Question 12

selfhood

Answer 12

• ideas of self
• have to protect yourself and your image of self

Question 13

Thought

Answer 13

• can get lost in thought, and wants to
• how women think
• stream of consciousness

Question 14

War, Loss

Answer 14

• everything oyu lose in life
• the couple who lived there before
• loss is crucial to life

Question 15

rapidity

Answer 15

• tube thing