The Catcher in the Rye
Who wrote The Catcher in the Rye?
J.D. Salinger
Who is Elizabeth?
Victor's adopted sister and later wife.
What game do Offred and the Commander play together?
Scrabble
Who murdered King Hamlet?
Claudius
The attitude a writer or speaker has toward what they're writing/talking about (the subject)
Tone
What is Holden's most cherished possession from his brother?
Who are the Creature's victims?
William, Henry, and Elizabeth
Who is Moira?
Offred's best friend
How does Ophelia die?
She drowns in a river
Representation through descriptive language of sensory experience
Imagery
What type of narrative structure is the novel?
Flashback told through first person stream of consciousness narration
What type of narrative structure is this novel? Explain briefly.
Framework narrative
Creature's story inside of Victor's story inside of Walton's letters
Who does Offred have an affair with in Gilead?
Nick
What happens to Rosencrantz & Guildenstern?
Hamlet sends them to England with a note to the king telling them to kill them. They die.
When something is said or done that is the opposite of what they mean or what is expected to happen.
Irony
What do the ducks in the pond or the question about the ducks symbolize?
What does the Creature blame for his murderous acts?
His lack of companionship or someone like him. His rejection from society.
What does the red the Handmaid's wear symbolize?
love, passion, blood, menstruating, anger, fertility
Who is the only main character to survive the play?
Horatio
When a line of poetry carries its idea or thought over to the next line without a grammatical pause
How are Holden's refusing to say hello to Jane Gallagher and not wanting to go into the Museum of Natural History related?
They both exemplify Holden's fear of things changing and losing the purity or innocence they had in his childhood.
What literary movement influenced Shelley in this novel? (This is most clearly seen in the emphasis on nature)
Romanticism
What does nolite te bastardes carborundorum mean?
Don't let the bastards grind you down
What is Hamlet thinking about when he says, "To be or not to be"?
Suicide
What is the term for the shift in a poem - often an indication in a change of tone lending itself to complexity?
Volta