Wider Reading Flashcards
Quotation from The Age of Innocence which parallels with the expectation of women in Gatsby “beautiful little fool”
“he did not want May to have that kind of innocence, the kind that seals the mind against imagination and the heart against experience”
AOI “p____ w__ d_____d s_______ m____ t___ d_____”
“people who dread scandal more than disease”
When was The Age of Innocence published?
1920
Quote from The Beautiful and Damned which links to preoccupation with time in TGG
“time rushing by, ceaselessly and wastefully”
Quote from TBATD that links with alcoholism and prohibition in the 1920s
“pour into themselves a gay and delicate poison”
Quote from Of Mice and Men that links to TAD in Grapes/Gatsby
“Every damn one got a piece of land in his head, an never a god damn one of em ever gets it”
Quote from Winter Dreams about the past
“left behind in the country of youth, of the richness of life”
What genre did Kate Chopin favour?
Regional Realism
How is Edna’s perception of Robert described twice in The Awakening?
“infatuation”
How does Leonce Pontellier describe Edna?
a “valuable piece of property”
How could Chopin’s exploration of motherhood link to Daisy in TGG?
ambivalent - some “idealised their children”
OR “I would give my money, my life for my children but I would not give myself”
