Themes Flashcards
1
Q
The small hours
- Dorothy Parker
A
- Depression
- Passing of time
- death
- suicide
- loss of control
2
Q
Because I could not stop for death
- Emily Dickenson
A
- Mortality/ immortality
- spirituality
- love (underlying)
- passing of time
- death
Attention to:
- random capitalization
- many dashes
- “He = death
3
Q
Metaphors
- Sylvia Plath
A
- pregnancy
- physical changes
- dispair
Metaphors:
- elephant, melon, fruit, ivory, stage, timbers, cow in calf, train
4
Q
In just
- e.e. cummings
A
- springtime*
- repetition (far and wee)
- innocence
- language & communication
- youth
Attention:
- unusual format
- all lowercase
5
Q
Resumé
- Dorothy Parker
A
- suicide
- choices
- depression
6
Q
Yellow wallpaper
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman
A
- isolation
- control
- depression
- abuse of patriarchy
- delusion
- childlike
7
Q
A rose for Emily
- William Faulkner
A
- isolation
- death
- abuse
- patriarchy
- love
- delusion
- tradition
- rose
- passing of times
- rose
Attention:
- judgements by townspeople (chorus)
- delusion
8
Q
Young Goodman Brown
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
A
- evil
- loss of faith
- identity
- religion
- innocence
- faith
- nature
Attention:
- night time
- magic
- churchy things
- dark words
9
Q
The lottery
- Shirley Jackson
A
- corruption
- evil
- tradition
- family
Attention:
- lottery brings out worst in people
- gathering
10
Q
Theme for English B
- Langston Hughes
A
- race
- discrimination
- acceptance
- identity
- equality
Attention:
- places: Harlem, Salem, New York
11
Q
Burning the Hornets Nest
- Robert Morgan
A
- beauty
- destruction
- survival
Attention:
- metaphors; paper lantern, eyeball
- nature words
12
Q
Spillcorn
- Ron Rash
A
- change
- time passing
- journey of life
- nature
Attention:
- Juxtaposition; pages to bark
- logging language (southern)
- reads whispered mimic tree wind
13
Q
To live in the borderlands means you
- Gloria Anzaldúa
A
- race
- discrimination
- identity
- acceptance
- loneliness
Attention:
- different language words
- randomly places sentences
14
Q
Serena
- Ron Rash
A
- nature
- murder
- greed
- love
- jealousy
- good vs. evil
- Panther
- 3’s
Attention:
- southern words
- chorus = one character
15
Q
Macbeth
- William Shakespeare
A
- murder
- damnation
- blood
- guilt
- nature
- 3’s
Attention:
- old language
- short lines
