Faulkner's Speech
Although he is known for his fiction, Faulkner's speech addresses THEM as well.
Who is "the poet"?
Although he remains nameless in the story, he is known for his "appealing smile".
Who is "the thief"?
"Introduction to Poetry" is about reading poetry. Oh! That's THIS term.
What is a metapoem?
Giordano Bruno died for what he believed in. SHE probably inspired him; after all, everyone read that play.
What is Antigone?
"After this preliminary exchange, Arun confined himself to comments on the match."
Preliminary exchange?
What is "initial discussion or conversation"?
"Love, honor, pity, pride, compassion, and sacrifice" are what Faulkner calls
What are "The old verities" or "the old universal truths"?
Arun makes money "by fits and starts." The phrase "by fits and starts" is an example of THIS rhetorical device.
What is an idiom?
These two entities are as similar (or as different) as syllables and sounds.
What are: the brain and God?
As a king, he was blinded by hubris. As an adviser, he could even be called wise. How ironic!
Who is Creon?
He must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid.
Basest?
What is: The most morally low, or having the least value?
When Faulkner writes: "His grief grieves on no universal bones," he uses THIS rhetorical device.
What is personification? Polyptoton? Anthropomorphism?
In the last line of "Little Things," Carver writes: "In this manner, the issue was decided." Wait? What issue?
What is: Who deserves the baby?
Much of this poem is ambiguous, especially the title. Which one is referring to?
What is "The Road Not Taken"?
Like the man in "Little Things," all HE had to do was leave. No tragedy would have ensued. But, hubris! Ah, yes, the human heart in conflict with itself.
Who is Oedipus?
"We could recognize our counterparts: the academic, the apologist, . . . the brazen and the glib."
The glib?
What is: "Quick to talk, often without real reflection. Superficial"?
When Faulkner wrote: "When the last dingdong of doom has clanged and faded..." he is using THESE rhetorical devices.
What are alliteration and onomatopoeia?
This story explores the fact that appearance is not always reality, even in something as consequential as marriage.
What is "The Story of an Hour"?
In both poems, the poets shift from mundane experiences to deeply distressing human sorrow.
What are "One Art" and "What He Thought"?
Who says: "I, for one, I'll beg the dead to forgive me—I'm forced, I have no choice—I must obey the ones who stand in power. Why rush to extremes? It's madness, madness."
Who is Ismene?
The Chorus says: "I'm lost, and the wings of dark foreboding beating—I cannot see what's come, what's still to come . . ."
Foreboding?
What is: An omen, or intuition of impending danger?
What is "the human heart in conflict with itself"?
In both "Little Things" and "The Thief," THIS serves as a pivotal force that affects (or transforms) the characters.
What is "darkness"?
In this aptly named poem, the poet writes: "Having seen all things red,/Their eyes are rid/Of the hurt of the color of blood for ever."
What is "Insensibility"?
Who said: "I curse myself as well . . . if by any chance he proves to be an intimate of our house, here at my hearth, with my full knowledge, may the curse I just called down on him strike me!"
Who is Oedipus?
In "Between the World and Me," the poet writes: "And a thousand faces swirled around me, clamoring that/my life be burned."
Clamoring?
What is: "Insisting loudly, or making a loud, persistent outcry."