The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass - Themes - Corruption [of slavery on a nation]

Question 1

“her —– was —- of ————- smiles” // “that ———– face —- away to —- of a ——-“

Answer 1

face / made / heavenly // angelic / gave / that / demon

Sophia Auld

• her character progresses
• he idealises her and then equally dramatises her demonic qualities

Question 2

“she was not ———– with ——– doing as well as he had ————-; she seemed ——- to do better”

Answer 2

• sympathetic -> tyrant
• establish herself in a position of power
• how her past class and position as a woman feed into this
• her ‘past mistakes’ means that she needs to prove herself

Question 3

Overall summary

• ———- and ————— power of slavery has a ———— effect on their ——–
• slavery is thus ———- for all involved

Answer 3

• corrupt / irresponsible / detrimental / morals

- unnatural

Question 4

Sophia Auld - main illustration of this theme

- symbolic

Answer 4

• normally would be seen as a maternal figure with morals
• by demonstrating her corruptions points to the larger corruption in society
• big part of his larger argument against slavery