Fiction
In this scene, Carver illustrates the symbolic power of THIS MOTIF when his character "put on his coat, looked around the bedroom before turning off the light."
What is light and darkness?
"But Laius, so the report goes at least, was killed by strangers, thieves, at a place where three roads meet." This pedestrian trope is also used in THIS poem of equally consequential import.
What is "The Road Not taken"?
In the poem "Marking Time" by Christopher Gilbert, the poet writes: "Jogging out in the morning against the few high clouds the blue sky is a memory like a sheer silk fabric..." In addition to kinesthetic and tactile imagery, the poet highlights THIS imagery.
What is visual imagery?
This character values the power of his mind.
Who is Oedipus?
THIS is "a transition from mythological storytelling to rational inquiry."
What is ancient philosophy?
This character supports John Locke's claim that "education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company, and reflection must finish him."
Who is Deepak?
In the Crucible, Miller provides context for the play by writing: "The American continent stretched endlessly west, and it was full of mystery for them." In other words, to the Puritans, nature was:
a) Formidable
b) Accessible
c) Divine
d) Conquerable
a) Formidable
In the poem's dramatic turn, Collins writes: "But all they want to do is tie the poem to a chair with rope and torture a confession out of it." It's the only time that Collins presents the poem as THIS.
Much like the sage in the Eastern tradition, this character changes himself to harmonize with a benefactor.
Who his "the thief" AKA Deepak?
As alluded to the poem "Introduction to Poetry," critical thinking, reading, or writing can only be done using THIS appropriately.
What is "a process"?
Mrs. Mallard's freedom from THIS is short-lived because the doctors (very likely men) said that "she had died of heart disease--of the joy that kills."
What is the patriarchy or (marriage)?
In addition to the scientific instruments used in chemistry, for example, a crucible is also defined as THIS
What is "a severe test"?
Robert Frost writes: "Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back." The line highlights THIS concept in Western Tradition about the structure of reality.
What is linear?
This character values his reputation even if it costs him his life.
Who is John Proctor?
The speaker in "What He Thought" is self-aware, and describes himself as THIS.
What is "Glib"?
"She saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely." Beyond emotional freedom, Mrs Mallard envisions THIS form of freedom.
What is social/political freedom?
"Oh my sister, think—think how our own father died, hated, his reputation in ruins, driven on by the crimes he brought to light himself." Here, Ismene alludes to Oedipus's tragic flaw, or THIS Greek term.
What is hamartia?
In "What He Thought" McHugh defines poetry as: "What he thought, but did not say." This statement is an example of this discordant rhetorical device.
What is a paradox?
These characters value expediency over process, even if it means using violence to achieve their end.
Who are the students in "Introduction to Poetry"?
Adopting THIS philosopher's approach could have prevented the tragedies of the Salem Witch trials dramatized in The Crucible. Ironically, he was the first person to study the "structure" of tragedies.
Who is Aristotle?
"Early that day the weather turned and the snow was melting into dirty water." The opening line of "Little Things" highlights this imagery.
a) tactile
b) aural
c) organic
d) olfactory
c) organic
Oedipus tells his people: "Our city reeks with the smoke of burning incense, rings with cries for the Healer and wailing for the dead," thus highlighting these 2 types of imagery.
What are olfactory and aural (or auditory) imageries?"
"In the poem "More Light, More Light" the first person to be executed wrote: "I implore my God to witness that I have made no crime." This statement could easily have been spoken by these two brave women we read about.
Who are Antigone and Elizabeth Proctor?
These characters value control and power, even when they know they are wrong.
Who are Creon and Judge Danforth?
What is it that we waste in the morning and horde in the evening?
What it time?