on being a cripple
What themes are explored in On being a cripple? (3 answers)
the loss of vitality, activism, traditional roles of marriage and motherhood
who is the author "of the birthmark?"
Nathaniel Hawthrone
“The sick wife” written by ______ was her last poem before dying from _______.
Jane Kenyon, Leukemia
What is the creature’s response to reading about his own creation?
disgust/horror
who is the author of "in the theatre?"
Dannie Abse
What was the main assumption of the passage?
That disabled people are helpless
How does Alymer see the birthmark?
a visible mark of earthly imperfection
In "an ode to a nightingale," how does the speaker describe reality? (2 answers)
aging and sorrowing
Why is Victor so certain that Justine is innocent?
He is certain that the creature killed William
In the short work "In The Theatre," what is the story about? and as the surgery drags on what do the attendants began to think about?
an operation gone wrong
their fatigue
What illness does Nancy Mairs suffer from?
Multiple Sclerosis (MS):
causes problems with vision, balance, muscle control, and basic functions
(definition to help :)
What character trait do Frankenstein and Alymer’s quest share?
Like Frankenstein’s, Aylmer’s quest is hubristic
What is the poem "what the doctor said" about?
a simple poem about a conversation between a man and a doctor who was just diagnosed with cancer
When the cottagers are hungry, the younger ones often do something for the older one that the creature finds moving. What do they do for the older one?
They give him food and keep none for himself
What action is done and immediately after the patient dies?
a voice cries out
What year did Nancy Mairs die?
2016
what is her birthmark shaped like?
a small red birthmark of a tiny hand on the left cheek
What is the setting in "the sick wife?"
(2 answers)
(hint: scrimmage question)
a busy parking lot and outside of the hospital
In what country was the Villa Diodati, where Frankenstein got its start, located in?
Switzerland
what does the omniscient speaker envoke?
the mystery of consciousness and human life
What does Mairs say that people with her illness do to doctors? Why?
Treat them badly and are bitter because the illness is incurable
what is the theme of this story?
the two most powerful are obsession and conflict between nature and science
this examines the obsession of human perfection
What does the poem “Health” revolve around what fantasy?
a utopia characterized by the abandonment from the desire to live forever. acceptance of death and suffering as part of humanity
Victor compares his plight to the person in the poem beginning “Like one who, on a lonely road…” What poet, familiar to Mary Shelley, is the author of the poem?
Coleridge
What is the first stanza about?
second stanza?
third stanza?
fourth stanza?
stanza 1: contrast thought and action ending in the visceral image of a surgeon rooting around the brain
stanza 2: attention to time and focus on sensory imagine, contrasting events and thoughts
stanza 3: introducing a voice of the brain/and or soul
stanza 4: voice dies off leaving a silence that's compared to the soul