The Awakening
Invisible Man
Shakespeare Quotations
Allusions
Sentence Patterns
100
These motifs are developed throughout The Awakening
Art, birds, cages, music, swimming
100
These items are elements Ellison uses for satire in Invisible Man
Battle Royal, Southern Black College, The Brotherhood
100
Identify the speaker, audience, and significance of: "Neither a borrower nor a lender be;/ For loan oft loses both itself and friend...
Polonius to Laertes as he is going to school
100
loaves and fishes
the miracle Jesus performed when he fed the masses with five loaves of bread and 2 fish
100
balanced sentence
a sentence that contains two or more clauses that are balanced and parallel in structure
200
These important themes are developed in The Awakening
appearance vs. reality, emotion vs. logic, freedom, individual vs. society, infidelity, societal expectations, solitude
200
Ellison intends Dr. Bledsoe to represent this
a power hungry opportunist who is willing to sell out his own people and kill his own soul
200
Identify the speaker, audience, and significance of: "Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind."
Ophelia to Hamlet when she is testing his feelings for her
200
Beelzebub
another name for the devil, in Paradise Lost, he is the second in command to Lucifer, the name for the title of Lord of the Flies
200
Complex Sentence
One main clause and one dependent clause
300
This is how Mademoiselle Reisz functions in The Awakening
she awakens Edna's soul with her piano playing on Grand Isle, she also counsels Edna on what it means to be an artist and encourages her infatuation with Robert
300
These are the important symbols of the novel
briefcase, bank, chain links, paint, gold coins, glass eye
300
Identify the speaker, audience, and significance of: "What's in a name? That which we call a rose/ By any other name would smell as sweet."
Juliet in a soliloquy when pondering her feelings for Romeo--a supposed enemy
300
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
Orwell's Animal Farm--illustrating the hypocrisy of the government
300
Compound-Complex
two or more main clauses and at least one dependent clause
400
This is how Chopin demonstrated the nature of the relationship between Edna and Leonce
Chopin refers to him first as Leonce, then Mr. Pontellier, and then finally as Edna's husband
400
These are the leadership roles for black men in Invisible Man
athlete, educator, entertainer, orator, preacher, separatist
400
Identify the speaker, audience, and significance of: "Men at some time are masters of their fates:/ The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,/ But in ourselves, that we are underlings."
Cassius to Brutus when he is trying to convince Brutus to join the conspiracy
400
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens showing the paradox of life in London and Paris
400
Loose Sentence
A sentence that gives all the important information up front then gives more details that loosely unfold afterwards.
500
The reason(s) why Edna chooses suicide
Robert ultimately chooses society over her, she is unwilling to live in the world under someone else's definition of what she should be
500
The significance behind Brother Jack's name and eye
He is partially blind and sees only what he wishes to see (blacks as a group not as individual) and he is a "One-Eyed Jack"--a wild card whose value depends on the game being played
500
Identify the speaker, audience, and significance of: "...frailty, thy name is woman!"
Hamlet in reference to Gertrude
500
Big Brother
Orwell's 1984--watch group that watches all the people do
500
Polysyndeton
deliberate use of a series of conjunctions such as "Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!"
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