Unit 4 & Midterm Flashcards
Which family members survive at the end of O’Connor’s short story, A Good Man is Hard to Find?
None
What is the most prominent theme in Hamlet?
Revenge
In the CB passage, A Brick Lane, what is the name of the father character, who is excited to be tourist for a day with his family?
Chanu
In the poem, A Lady, by Amy Lowell, what literary device does the speaker use to describe the older woman?
Metaphors
Define: patriarchy
A system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded
Define: feminism
The advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes
In Gilman’s short story, what does the color of the yellow wallpaper remind the narrator about herself?
That she suffers from illness
How does Polonius die in Hamlet?
Hamlet accidently stabs him because he thinks he is an intruder
In the poem, The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, why is the narrator reading?
To escape the grief he feels after Lanore’s death
Why does the narrator in Gilman’s short story tear the wallpaper off the wall?
She wants to see the entirety of the yellow wallpaper that is underneath the newer wall covering in the nursery. She believes that there are women trapped behind the wallpaper’s design.
In the CB passage by O’neill, what is in the letter from Muriel?
Muriel explains that she never wanted to break up with her first love
In the poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, what can the inclusion of the leaves tell the reader?
Change is as inevitable as the fading autumn leaves.
What country is Fortinbras from in Hamlet?
Norway
How is marriage presented in Chopin’s Story of an Hour?
Oppressive
What is the title of Shakespeare’s first published collection of plays?
The First Folio
