The Road
(Comac McCarthy)
(Comac McCarthy)
What is the relationship between the two main characters in The Road?
What is father and son?
Who is disguised as a man named Cesario in Twelfth Night?
Who is Viola?
Who is the tragic hero of Things Fall Apart?
Who is Okonkwo?
Who is the narrator of Heart of Darkness?
Who is Marlow?
Who is Oedipus’s biological father?
Who is Laius?
What caused the post-apocalyptic world in The Road?
What is unspecified (possibly nuclear war or environmental catastrophe)?
What causes the confusion between Sebastian and Viola?
What is they are twins and look alike?
What tribe is the novel centered around?
What is the Igbo (or Ibo) tribe?
What river does Marlow travel on his journey?
What is the Congo River?
What prophecy was given about Oedipus before his birth?
What is he would kill his father and marry his mother?
What does the man mean when he says they are “carrying the fire”?
What is preserving morality, hope, and human goodness?
What is the primary theme explored through the character of Malvolio?
What is the folly of ambition and social aspiration?
How does colonialism impact the Igbo society in the novel?
What is it causes cultural breakdown, religious conflict, and the loss of indigenous traditions?
Who is Kurtz, and why is he significant?
What is a European ivory trader who has gone mad with power and symbolizes imperial corruption?
Why does Oedipus leave Corinth?
What is to avoid fulfilling the prophecy?
Why does the man avoid contact with other survivors?
What is fear of violence, cannibalism, and losing their moral code?
How does the theme of mistaken identity drive the plot?
What is it causes romantic confusion, comedic situations, and dramatic irony?
Why is Okonkwo exiled from his village?
What is he accidentally kills a clansman, a crime against the earth goddess?
How is the journey into the Congo symbolic?
What is it represents a descent into the human psyche and the darkness of imperialism?
What role does the chorus play in Greek tragedy, particularly in Oedipus Rex?
What is they reflect public opinion, offer commentary, and heighten dramatic tension?
How does McCarthy use punctuation—or the lack of it—to reflect the novel’s tone and themes?
What is the minimal punctuation mirrors the bleak, stripped-down world and emphasizes isolation and survival?
In what way does Twelfth Night challenge traditional gender roles?
What is Viola’s cross-dressing allows her to navigate male-dominated spaces, revealing fluidity in gender and attraction?
How does Achebe use irony in the novel’s title and conclusion?
What is the title anticipates collapse, and the ending shows the erasure of Okonkwo’s story in the colonial narrative?
How does Conrad use framing narrative structure to reinforce the novel’s themes?
What is it creates layers of ambiguity and emphasizes the uncertainty and moral complexity of imperialism?
How does dramatic irony function in Oedipus Rex?
What is the audience knows Oedipus’s true identity and fate long before he does, heightening the tragic impact?