What (Comprehension)
Laura is being visited by a "gentleman caller" and becomes anxious BUT hopeful.
What is happening when Laura meets Jim in TGM?
Fragmented structure / pauses / unconventional syntax
What literary device does Dickinson often use with dashes?
Escape vs. responsibility
What theme is shown when Tom wants to leave but feels guilty?
Fragility, illusion
Glass animals represent…
Glass Menagerie, Usher, Dickinson, etc.
Name TWO texts that deal with isolation.
Madness, decay, and the collapse of both the house and Roderick.
What does the narrator discover in The Fall of the House of Usher?
Dark imagery, setting, sensory details
How does Poe create mood in Usher?
People may be inherently flawed or hypocritical
What does Young Goodman Brown suggest about human nature?
Escape vs. responsibility
Fire escape represents…
Self-reliance, independence, nature
Connect Emerson and Thoreau.
He encounters (or believes he encounters) a satanic ceremony.
What happens to Goodman Brown in the forest?
Through actions, dialogue, and symbols (glass animals)
How does Williams show Laura’s personality without saying it directly?
That conformity is good or necessary
What idea about society does Emerson challenge?
The mind / decay
The house in Usher represents…
Glass Menagerie, Young Goodman Brown, Usher
Which TWO texts explore illusion vs. reality?
Trust yourself over society.
What is Emerson arguing in Self-Reliance?
Free verse, long lines, conversational tone
How does Whitman’s style differ from traditional poetry?
Emotional disconnection and fear of reality
What is the deeper meaning of isolation in The Glass Menagerie?
Hidden truth / moral darkness
The forest in Hawthorne represents…
Celebration of self, individuality
Connect Whitman and Emerson.