Name That Tune
"Since you have the goodness to think of me," answered she, "be so kind to bring me a rose, for as none grows hereabouts, they are a kind of rarity."
Beauty
What alarming object's shadow lies in the schoolhouse Alice Walker attends?
The shadow of an electric chair; the school was formerly a prison.
The rose in Beauty and the Beast.
It acts as a bridge between Beauty and the Beast. This is all she asks her father for, but in asking she puts him at risk. It turns out the roses are the Beast's most prized possessions.
True or false, even Tessie's own children throw stones at her?
True; "little Davy" is given pebbles to throw.
"When Beauty was alone, she felt a great deal of compassion for poor Beast. "Alas," said she, "'tis thousand pities, anything so good natured should be so ugly."
What device is found in the quote?
both hyperbole (a thousand pities) and a paradox that someone so ugly should be good-natured.
'You didn't give him time enough to take any paper he wanted. I saw you. It wasn't fair!"
Tessie Hutchinson
The Lottery
What is Beauty's father's job?
A) Being a farmer
B) Being a ship's captain
C) Being a lawyer
D) Being a merchant
D
The hazel twig in Cinderella
The twig symbolizes piety and the family tree. Cinderella asks for something so natural and simple because she needs a place to mourn and remember her mother. She waters it with her tears; it will grow just as her love for the prince will.
True or false, Cinderella's shoes are made of glass?
False, they are made of solid gold; this still makes them provocative and troubling; it would be painful to dance in gold shoes.
"It had a black spot on it, the black spot Mr. Summers had made the night before with the heavy pencil in the coal-company office."-- The Lottery
A classic symbol; the black spot represents death.
"Almost immediately I become a different person from the who girl who does not raise her head."
Alice Walker
Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self
Who runs the lottery?
Mr. Summers
The round blue marble in Beauty: When The Other Dancer Is The Self.
True or false, the stepsisters and sisters in both fairy tales are physically beautiful?
True; their issues lie in their corrupt manners and hearts and not in their looks.
"It's no use. You are not coming with us, for you have no clothes, and you don't know how to dance. We would be ashamed of you."
Cinderella's stepmother.
Before their fall in fortunes, who did the sisters in Beauty and the Beast hope to marry?
A. A prince
B. Their father's partner
C. An Earl or Duke
D. Any wealthy man who will have them
C.
Interesting that they have high aspirations, but don't dream of becoming princesses.
The abscess in Alice's mother's ear.
It symbolizes the dangers and indignities of racism and poverty. It is a superating wound that nearly imperils her life.
True or false, Alice's brothers wanted to harm her?
False, it was a complete accident.
"So I am,"... "but then, besides my ugliness, I have no sense; I know very well, that I am a poor, silly, stupid creature."
The beast who habitually puts himself down.
What does Alice's father attempt to heal her with?
Lilly leaves. It's as if the love in their home can cure her.
The statues in Beauty and the Beast
Because the sisters actively plotted to kill Beauty, their punishment is dire. They are trapped inside of stone in the same way their evil natures have trapped them inside of themselves.
True or false, Beauty's brothers refuse to help their father when he returns to tell them the Beast wants to put him to death.
False; they do offer to go and hunt him, but ultimately they rapidly cave into Beauty's demand that she be the one to defend their father.