Literary terms
Simile
Comparison between two essentially unlike things using words such as "like," as," or "as though"
“O she doth teach the torches to burn bright. It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night/ As a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear.”
Romeo
Where does Odsseus get stuck on his return to Ithaca? For how long?
Ogigia/ Calypso's island, for seven years
What is the name of the town Jody is the mayor of?
Eatonville
According to the prologue, what will cause the parent’s feud to end?
The deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
Personification
The endowment of inanimate objects or abstract concepts with animate or living qualities
“I could not bring myself to fight my Father’s brother, Poseidon, quaking with anger at you, still enraged."
Athena
What symbolism do the Gods and their decisions on Odysseus portray?
Fate vs. Free Will
What is the importance of the pear tree?
It represents the change of a woman’s body and her sexual desires as she grows up and comes of age.
List all the Capulets, Montagues, and neutral characters.
Capulets: Capulet, Lady Capulet, Juliet, Tybalt, Nurse
Montague: Montague, Lady Montague, Romeo, Mercutio, Benvolio
Neutral: Friar Lawrence, Prince
Paradox
A situation or phrase that appears to be contradictory but which contains a truth worth considering.
“Naw suh, Mis’ Turner, Ah’m gointuh show ‘em dey can’t come runnin’ over nice people and loud-talk no place whilst Ah’m around. Dey goin’ outa heah!”
Tea Cake
What theme of the book is apparent in the way Telemachus acts?
Coming of age/ growing up
Name all of Janie Crawford's husbands in order and why they ended.
Logan Killicks- she left him for Jody.
Joe (Jody) Starks - Died of illness/ old
Tea Cake- Rabies/ Janie shoots him
What recurring themes appear in the book?
Religious imagery/comparisons
Cosmic imagery/comparisons
Fate vs free will
Parent figure and kid relationships
Name all three types of irony and describe what they are.
verbal irony: a contradiction of expectation between what is said and what is meant. sarcasm.
situational irony: a contradiction of what is expected in a particular circumstance
dramatic irony: when a character speaks in ignorance of a situation known to the audience or other
“Come Lammas Eve at night shall she be fourteen. Susan and she, God rest all Christian souls Were of an age.”
The Nurse
What philosophical debate/question/example appears when Odysseus chooses between Charybdis or Scylla?
The Trolley Problem
What does Janie learn about how she wants to be treated when with Jody? How does this contradict with how she felt about how Logan treated her?
With Jody, Janie learns that she doesn’t want to be yelled at, verbally abused, and treated like a trophy wife. While with Logan, she doesn’t want to do work, and in a sense, wants to be treated like a trophy wife.
What year was Romeo and Juliet written?
1595
The repetition of a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses
Out of the bosom of the Air,
Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken,
Over the woodlands brown and bare,
Over the harvest-fields forsaken.
Anaphora
“Appear thou in likeness of a sigh,/ Speak but one rhyme and I am satisfied/ Cry but “Ay me,” pronounce but “love” and “dove.”
Mercutio
What important aspect of marriage do both Odysseus and Penelope showcase throughout the duration of the poem?
Loyalty towards loved ones
Janie has many specific characteristics and features. What is the purpose of Zora Neale Hurston putting the imagery of how she looks in the book?
It describes Janie as a beautiful woman, and explains how she is growing up and becoming an adult, as men start to find her attractive.
What is the purpose of Friar Lawrence’s first soliloquy in Act 2 Scene 3? (His entrance)
To reveal his character/ to show that any quality or emotion of man, no matter how good it may become destructive