themes
In the story “Stability,” Robert Benton goes against the Controllers' orders and drops the globe. Name the theme it represents.
What is the theme of freedom?
In the short story “Haywards Heath,” Rosie tells Attila that she has a friend named just like him, and this friend is revealed later in the story as a male nurse. Name the literary device that is being used here.
What is foreshadowing?
What is the central idea of "Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge"?
Peyton Farquar has to come to terms with his impending death.
In the story “The Black Ball”, The father's grief and the issues he faces throughout the story reflect themes of racism. What does the father’s scratched hands symbolize at the end of the story?
What is the connection between the old man and the father?
in the story, “The Maids Bell”, what was the name of the man who the old wife was visiting all the time?
Who is Mr. Ranford
What major theme can be found in the story “When it happens”
What is fear?
In the short story “The Axe,” Mr. Singlebury was laid off from the company due to struggles inside the company and his states “nobody’s fault, nobody’s funeral” prior to his suicide. Name the literary device being used.
What is foreshadowing?
What central idea can be found in the story when it happens?
A woman begins to imagine a war coming she begins to plan out a way to survive
In the story “Paper Menagerie” Laohu unfolds himself to reveal the letter. Why did the author choose to deliver the message through the origami?
What is to symbolize the connection between the boy and the mother through the origami.
What can be inferred from the disappearance of Paxton?
he was killed by the ghost who guarded the crown
Humphry only talked about himself in the letters and used Phyliss to cover his true marriage from the rest. What theme does this represent?
What is the theme of selfishness?
What does the phrase “the house is big and gloomy” do in the lady maid’s bell
It foreshadows that the house might be haunted, the setting and atmosphere is unsettling
What short story’s central idea engages with the theme of identity, racism, discrimination, hope, and the struggle for equality
What is the black ball?
Gabirel- Earnest is revealed to be a werewolf at the end of the story what can the destruction caused symbolize?
the author has strongly vocalized his message of humanity being inherently evil by nature through the symbolic imagery of a teenager transforming into a werewolf.
In the Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion, what character was once a professional who's habits reduced his income so greatly he was forced to move to the countryside along with his son
Dr. Grove, Phyllis’s father
Name an overarching theme for occurrence at owl creek bridge
Anything related to death, fear, hope, stuff like that, delusion, unwillingness
In the story the “The black ball” what literary device does the author use the scar at the end of the story represent?
What is flashback?
How does theme in the paper menagerie relate to the central idea
They both focus on a boy struggling with his heritage/identity
What does the title The Plantation Symbolize?
the plantation represents the theme of nature, depicting its power. It functions as the stage for the final contest between civilization and nature.
In the story “paper menagerie” the son gets bullied at school for having his mother’s eyes, what theme(s) from the story is depicted through bullying?
cultural differences, struggling with identity, or racism
In the story “The melancholy hussar of the German legion”, the author depicted a young woman who was stuck in an unloving and toxic marriage, despite this, what theme is shown throughout the story?
Freedom, she eventually ends up escaping the toxic marriage and ends up living a free life.
which literary device can describe peytons dream sequence
What is imagery and symbolism
In the story “plantation” the dad’s greed causes the family to die, what central idea can be depicted throughout the story?
Greed can do more harm than good.
What does the tower itself symbolize in the short story The Tower By Marghanita Laski
The tower itself symbolizes the patriarchal nature of society, especially in marriage.
What point of view was the short story “The Axe” told in
What is first person point of view