Themes
What is the main theme of "The Golden Touch"? "It would be too sad a story, if I were to tell you how Midas, in the fullness of his gratified desires, began to wring his hands and bemoan himself; and how he could neither bear to look at Marygold, nor yet to look away from her. Except when his eyes were fixed on the image, he could not possibly believe that she was changed to gold. But, stealing another glance, there was the precious little figure, with a yellow teardrop on its yellow cheek, and a look so piteous and tender, that it seemed as if that very expression must needs soften the gold, and make it flesh again. This, however, could not be. So Midas had only to wring his hands, and to wish that he were the poorest man in the wide world, if the loss of all his wealth might bring back the faintest rose color to his dear child’s face."
What is not being greedy?
What is this quote from? "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
What is Pride and Prejudice?
In which story does the main character lose a necklace
Who said the following quote? “It is only this,” “I am weary of collecting my treasures with so much trouble, and beholding the heap so diminutive, after I have done my best. I wish everything that I touch to be changed to gold!”
Who is Midas
Who is this describing? "Once upon a time, there lived a very rich man, and a king besides, whose name was _______; and he had a little daughter."
Who is Midas?
What is the theme of "The Necklace?" "
“You remember the diamond necklace you lent me to wear to the party at the Ministry?” “Yes. What about it?” “Well, I lost it.” “What are you talking about? You returned it to me.” “What I gave back to you was another one just like it. And it took us ten years to pay for it. You can imagine it wasn’t easy for us, since we were quite poor. . . . Anyway, I’m glad it’s over and done with.” Madame Forestier stopped short. “You say you bought a diamond necklace to replace that other one?” “Yes. You didn’t even notice then? They really were exactly alike.” And she smiled, full of a proud, simple joy. Madame Forestier, profoundly moved, took Mathilde’s hands in her own. “Oh, my poor, poor Mathilde! Mine was false. It was worth five hundred francs at the most!”
What is honesty?
What is this quote from? "All of the information we have about shopping and spending suggests that the desire for a particular item is not so simple. Our brains, our social connections, and even our feelings about the past may all contribute to a seemingly endless appetite to fill our homes and our lives with things."
What is "I Came, I Saw, I Shopped"?
In Pride and Prejudice, who does Lydia marry?
Who is Mr. Wickham?
Who said the following quote? “I count it as nothing,” he told his sympathizers, his eyes on the rope he was tying. “What is egg-rasher? Did I depend on it last week? Or is it greater than other things that went with the war? I say, let egg-rasher perish in the flames! Let it go where everything else has gone. Nothing puzzles God.”
Who is Jonathan?
Who is this describing? "____________ was extremely indignant on the marriage of her nephew; and as she gave way to all the genuine frankness of her character in her reply to the letter which announced its arrangement, she sent him language so very abusive, especially of Elizabeth, that for some time all intercourse was at an end."
Who is Lady Catherine de Bourgh?
What is the theme of "Civil Peace"? “I count it as nothing,” he told his sympathizers, his eyes on the rope he was tying. “What is egg-rasher? Did I depend on it last week? Or is it greater than other things that went with the war? I say, let egg-rasher perish in the flames! Let it go where everything else has gone. Nothing puzzles God.”
What is moving on?
What is this quote from? ""I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!"
In "The Golden Touch" what is the name of the main characters father?
Who is Marygold?
Who said the following quote? “I am not now to learn,” ...“that it is usual with young ladies to reject the addresses of the man whom they secretly mean to accept, when he first applies for their favour; and that sometimes the refusal is repeated a second, or even a third time. I am therefore by no means discouraged by what you have just said, and shall hope to lead you to the altar ere long.”
Who is Mr. Collins?
Who is this describing? "She entered the room with an air more than usually ungracious, made no other reply to Elizabeth's salutation than a slight inclination of the head, and sat down without saying a word. Elizabeth had mentioned her name to her mother on her ladyship's entrance, though no request of introduction had been made."
Who is Lady Catherine de Bourgh?
What is the theme of “Why This Controversial German Woman Turned Her Back on Money for 16 Years"? "“I noticed less and less that I needed money,” she told BI by phone from Hamelin, Germany. “I didn’t want to go back to my old life...“There are so many people who are lonely and they like to have friends at their side,” she says. “But I say no because I can’t. I feel that I must go. It’s always my job to be in the world with people.”
What is money isn't everything?
What is this quote from? "Even here, on this plundered peak, there are fleeting moments of joy."
What is La Rinocada?
In "The Necklace", who gives the main character a necklace.
Who is Madame Forestier?
Who said the following quote? “Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”
Who is Mary Bennet?
Who is this describing? "_____________ had sometimes read my unspoken thoughts with an acumen to me incomprehensible: in the present instance he took no notice of my abrupt vocal response; but he smiled at me with a certain smile he had of his own, and which he used but on rare occasions. He seemed to think it too good for common purposes: it was the real sunshine of feeling — he shed it over me now."
Who is Mr. Rochester?
What is the main theme of La Rinocada? "Like the Ancient Mariner, who stared at the leaden sea and its hideous slime and eventually beheld a rare, soul-lifting beauty, I suddenly saw the tin rooftops gleam like a mantle of diamonds. As the sun moved over the snow, the ravished mountain seemed to ripple with ribbons of color. In that happy trance, I recalled the kindness of a widow who offered me the shelter of her hut and a gourd of hot soup. I remembered the fiery spirit of Senna, a 14-year-old girl who could recite a string of verses by the great poet Vallejo. I heard the laughter of a child in yellow, who danced in a noonday cantina.
What is beauty In ugliness?
What is this quote from? “There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.”
What is Pride and Prejudice?
In "Civil Peace" Which African country does the story take place in?
What is Nigeria?
Who said the following quote? "“I have for the first time found what I can truly love — I have found you. You are my sympathy — my better self — my good angel — I am bound to you with a strong attachment. I think you good, gifted, lovely: a fervent, a solemn passion is conceived in my heart; it leans to you, draws you to my centre and spring of life, wrap my existence about you — and, kindling in pure, powerful flame, fuses you and me in one.”
Who is Mr. Rochester?
Who is this describing? " But before Suelo, there was Germany native ___________. When she was in her early 50s, ______ wanted to see what it’d be like to leave her cushy job as a psychotherapist and live money-free. Sixteen years later, she hasn’t looked back."
Who is Heidemarie Schwermer?