Plot Points
What object does Mary Maloney use to kill her husband in Lamb to the Slaughter?
A leg of lamb.
Who is the narrator of A & P?
Sammy.
In The Road Not Taken, what do the two roads symbolize?
Life choices and their consequences.
“The Road Not Taken” uses what extended literary device throughout the poem?
Metaphor.
What is a central theme of A & P?
Rebellion vs. conformity / coming of age.
What happens to Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Scene 1?
He is fatally stabbed by Tybalt.
Who kills Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet?
Romeo
The rain in Gatsby’s reunion scene symbolizes what?
Renewal, cleansing, or emotional tension.
The rain in The Great Gatsby is an example of what device?
Symbolism / pathetic fallacy.
A key theme of Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Scene 1 is what?
The destructive nature of revenge/impulsive violence.
In The Great Gatsby, what weather event occurs when Gatsby meets Daisy again?
Heavy rain.
Who is Daisy married to in The Great Gatsby?
Tom Buchanan
In Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio’s “plague on both your houses” foreshadows what?
The tragic fate of both families.
In Lamb to the Slaughter, the ending is an example of what kind of irony?
Dramatic irony.
There Will Come Soft Rains critiques what aspect of society?
Reliance on technology / consequences of nuclear war.
In There Will Come Soft Rains, what ultimately destroys the automated house?
A fire.
In Lamb to the Slaughter, what is ironic about the detectives eating the leg of lamb?
They are unknowingly eating the murder weapon.
What household item becomes symbolic in Lamb to the Slaughter?
The frozen leg of lamb.
There Will Come Soft Rains features machines acting as humans. What device is this?
Personification.
The Road Not Taken explores what universal human experience?
The difficulty of making choices in life.
In A & P, what major decision does Sammy make at the end of the story?
He quits his job.
Who wrote There Will Come Soft Rains?
Ray Bradbury.
In There Will Come Soft Rains, what is the significance of the dog?
Represents the last remnant of life destroyed by technology/war.
In A & P, Sammy’s comparison of customers to sheep is an example of what device?
Simile.
In The Great Gatsby, the rain scene contributes to what larger theme of the novel?
Illusion vs. reality / the difficulty of recapturing the past.