Szymborska
What poem is this from?
Pale and tearless.
Triumphant. Sated with the view.
Dreading only the inevitable
moment of return.
A Moment in Troy
Whose skull does Hamlet hold during the graveyard scene, leading to reflections on mortality?
Yorick
Blanche's ongoing action that symbolises escapism?
Bathing
In what way does Mrs. Linde + Krogstad's relationship foil Torvald + Nora's?
Opposite direction in terms of intimacy, understanding etc.
One built on exposure of truth; other torn by exposure of truth
What is Hanna's reason for not unlocking the doors during the fire?
"We couldn't just let them escape. We were responsible for them!"
It's always ready for new challenges.
If it has to wait awhile, it will.
They say it's blind. Blind?
It has a sniper's keen sight
and gazes unflinchingly at the future
as only it can.
Hatred
In Act 3 Scene 1, Hamlet repeatedly tells Ophelia to go to a ____________. (Why?)
Nunnery
(Accusing her of being promiscuous etc.)
What memory is the Varsouviana linked to?
Blanche's husband's suicide
Significance of "doors" in the play?
Entrapment but also pathway for freedom (ending)
When Michael decides to work in legal research, what does Gertrud say about this choice?
A couple of problems weren't going
to come up anymore:
hunger, for example,
and war, and so forth.
The Century's Decline
Who said this quote + what is the context?
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
Gertrude
During the play-within-a-play
What insect is Blanche compared to + significance?
Moth
Vulnerability, fragility; drawn to light (love)
Icy "cold, black water" is mentioned twice in the play. When/why?
Represents death/suicide
1) When Krogstad and Nora discuss her situation
2) When Nora is about to leave the home
Part 3 Chapter 3: This chapter is about Michael going to a professor's funeral. There is a symbol/motif presented here that links to Part 1. What is it/significance?
Streetcar.
Cyclical motif; influence of the past on Michael; his attempt to revisit/escape/journey through the past
Match the references to the poems
1) Prometheus, Hiroshima, Kyoto
2) Christ, Odysseus, Saskia
3) Venus, Jupiter, Minerva
1) Written in a Hotel
2) The Suicide's Room
3) Over Wine
Who said this quote + the context?
"O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!"
Hamlet
His soliloquy after he sees the players so easily moved while he still struggles with inaction.
"We've had this date with each other from the beginning."
When does Stanley say this and what does it mean?
Confrontation scene: Inevitability of their conflict
What is the origin of the "Tarantella" dance and why is it important in the play?
Entrapment; performance/sensual appeal
Part 1 Ch. 15 "Then I began to betray her."
What betrayal is this referring to?
In "Smiles", list 3 body parts that are referred to.
Teeth (pearly whites, teeth, tooth)
Unfurrowed brows
Flesh
Self-regenerating tissues
Hearts
Lenses
Faces
What happens in Act 4 Scene 4 before Hamlet delivers his soliloquy that ends with "My thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth!"
Fortinbras and his army cross Hamlet’s path on their way to Poland. Hamlet speaks to the captain and inspired, resolves to take bloody action.
"You’re not clean enough to bring in the house with my mother."
- M's disillusionment with B
- tension between B's romanticisation + her harsh reality
What is the "miracle" that Nora talks to Mrs. Linde about in the middle of the play?
What about the "miracle of miracles" at the end of the play?
"Miracle of miracles" --> Torvald will finally see Nora as an individual
What happened at the dining room Michael went to after visiting the concentration camp?
What did it symbolise?
Four men playing cards; bullying an old man; Michael says "stop it!'; everyone is laughing.
Perhaps paralleling Michael's fears of standing up for Hanna and being mocked (tension between understanding and condemning)