The Stranger
This is the first event in the novel that shapes Meursault's character for the rest of the novel.
What is Maman's death?
The main character of the novel
Who is Shinji?
The Prince of Denmark
Who is Hamlet?
The name of Nora's husband
Who is Torvald?
The role assigned to women who are forced to bear children for higher-class families.
What are Handmaids?
Meursault's neighbor, who becomes involved in a conflict with a woman and her brother.
Who is Raymond?
The name of the island set in the novel.
What is Uta-jima?
Hamlet's father was murdered by this method.
What is pouring poison into his ear?
The novel takes place in this country.
What is Norway?
The place where Handmaids are trained and indoctrinated.
What is the Red Center?
This natural force causes the death of a person while at the beach
What is heat/the sun?
This traditional job is mostly taken up by women on the island.
What is pearl diving?
The name of the play Hamlet staged to see if Claudius was guilty.
What is “The Mousetrap”?
Nora uses this activity to earn small amounts of money secretly.
What is copying/signing documents?
This is the punishment for disobedient women in Gilead.
What is execution/hanging?
While in court, the prosecutors focus on this point of Meursault's personality during his case to further the reason for his murder
What is his lack of emotion?
This force of nature saves Hatsue from being assaulted by Yasuo in the forest.
What is a bee?
This speech begins with “To be, or not to be…” and is very famous with a certain character.
What is Hamlet’s soliloquy on life and death?
The nickname(s) Torvald uses for Nora.
What is his “little skylark”/“little squirrel”?
The name of the group tries to resist and overthrow Gilead.
What is "Mayday"?
At the end of the novel, Meursault was able to find peace by accepting this certainty.
What is the inevitability of death?
The lighthouse is shown as a symbol for the characters throughout the entire novel.
What is guidance/hope/luck for the future?
This relationship causes Hamlet’s constant emotional conflict throughout the play.
What is his relationship with his mother/Gertrude?
This symbolic action describes the end of Nora’s relationship with Torvald.
What is the door slamming?
This phrase is used by Handmaids to greet each other and reinforce reproductive ideology.
What is “Under His Eye”?