Things Fall Apart
What is the difference between Rev Smith and Mr. Brown?
Rev. Smith harsh and unyielding. He was true converts. Mr Brown is softer and is interested in greater numbers more than true believers.
The glass figuring on the etagere. Jaja has refused to take communion at mass.
Who is the manipulative villain who plots Othello's downfall by exploiting his jealousy?
Iago
Nora forged this person's signature to secure a loan and save Torvald's life.
Who is her father.
What is Gregor's job before his transformation?
Explain Okonkwo's conflicted feelings about Ezinma.
He wishes she were a boy because she embodies the strength and spirit he prizes in men
Who is the man who helps Kambili find a voice and confidence?
Who is father Amadi.
This item — Othello's first gift to Desdemona — becomes the central evidence in Iago's scheme.
What is the Handkerchief
What is Nora's 'wonderful thing' she hopes will happen after Krogstad sends the letter?
She believes Torvald will heroically take the blame and sacrifice himself for her
After Gregor transforms, this family member becomes the primary breadwinner and eventually turns against him.
Who is Grete.
Who is Ikemefuna, and why is his death significant?
He is a boy from a neighboring clan who lives with Okonkwo like a son; Okonkwo kills him to avoid appearing weak, showing his tragic flaw
How does Papa punish Kambili and Jaja for staying too long at Papa Nnukwu's house?
He pours boiling water on their feet.
This literary device is defined as the meaning implied but not stated.
What is Subtext.
What does Nora famously do at the very end of the play that shocked 19th-century audiences?
She walks out on her husband and children.
This object is so much Gregor's favorite that he clings to it with all his might.
What is the picture of the woman in fur.
The title 'Things Fall Apart' comes from a W.B. Yeats poem. What is the poem's title, and how does its theme relate to the novel?
'The Second Coming'; both explore the collapse of order when a dominant force (colonialism / 'the falcon') overwhelms a society
Why does Papa beat Kambili to near death?
She has returned home with a painting of her grandfather and is clinging to it.
This character is stabbed by Cassio in a drunken brawl.
Who is Montano.
Krogstad is being fired for what reason(s)?
He has forged a signature and gotten away with it, and Torvald thinks he is too familiar with him.
This causes Gregor to leave his room for the last time.
What is his sister's violin playing.
What is the meaning of the phrase "Mother is Supreme?" Why is this something Okonkwo must know?
A "mother" represents comfort, refuge, and unconditional belonging. Okonkwo has spent his entire life rejecting everything "feminine" — gentleness, emotion, flexibility — because he equates them with weakness and his failure of a father
What does the purple hibiscus plant symbolize in the novel?
Freedom, beauty outside rigid conformity — it grows at Aunty Ifeoma's house, representing a freer, more joyful life
Just before Othello kills Desdemona he compares killing her to what simple action?
What is putting out a candle.
Nora shows this to Dr. Rank as way to get him to do a favor.
What are silk stockings.
What does Gregor's transformation into an insect most broadly symbolize?
alienation and the impact of modernism. His family and society already treated him as a dehumanized laborer.