Medea
What is Medea's tragic flaw?
What is her intense and unchecked passion.
What is the main theme of the poetry collection The World's Wife?
The subversion of patriarchal power structures.
Why does Gregor Samsa turn into a giant insect?
It acts as a metaphor for his own alienation and isolation from his family and society.
What is the main theme of Crying in H-Mart?
Grief
A focused Paper #2 response will always _______ the question.
What is answer the question?
What is the reason for Medea's anger?
Jason has abandoned her and her children to marry a new bride.
She reimagines that poem as the sexual awakening of a young girl who learns to be warry of male desires.
What is an example of symbolism in Kafka's work?
Apple, Insect
What role does the concept of fate and destiny play in Kafka on the Shore?
Kafka's journey explores how much control we have over our own fates.
The comparative thesis sentence.
How does Euripides use Medea to challenge traditional gender roles and societal expectations?
By portraying her as a powerful and intelligent woman who defies the expectations placed upon her by society. She has agency and makes decides her own fate.
How does Duffy challenge gender norms throughout The World's Wife?
By giving voices to female characters who have been historically silenced.
What affect does the absurdity in Kafka's writing have on the audience?
It creates a sense of detachment in the reader.
How does Michelle Zauner's Korean heritage influence her personal identity?
Through food, culture and attempts at language, Michelle develops a sense of pride in her Korea heritage and uses it to connect with her ailing mother.
A good Paper #2 response will explicitly _______ and __________.
What is compare and contrast.
What is the significance of the "chorus" in Medea?
The chorus represents a collective voice of reason and morality, they comment on the actions of the main character and speak directly to the audience.
What tone does Duffy employ regularly throughout her poems?
Conversational
What is the implication of Kafka finishing the novel by mentioning how excited Gregor's parents are about the prospect of his sister being wed?
That Gregor's death is ultimately a relief thus reinforces is ultimately meaningless life.
What is significant about the parallel narratives in Kafka on the Shore?
They serve to blur the lines between reality and the imagination.
The three methods of structuring a comparative essay are....
What is block, alternating and integrated?
How does Medea explore the dangers of unchecked passion?
Medea's emotions gives rise to violent outcomes that explore the extreme possibilities of uncheck emotional regulation.
The line "I change shapes, size 8 snake" employs what literary device?
What is sibilance.
In what ways does Kafka's literature reflect the larger cultural and societal changes of his time?
Rise of bureaucracy, fragmentation of society, and anxieties of modern day life.
Kafka on the Shore has direct parallels to which Ancient Greek myth?
What is Oedipus Rex?
A good Paper #2 response will explain what new understandings are created when _____________________________________.
What is when texts are compared?