All About Katherine Ann Porter
Her birth name.
Who is "Callie Russel Porter"?
Her experiences as a child often influences her fiction, her characters are often consumed by.... [HINT: She belongs to an elite social class.]
What did the husband forget in his trip to the store?
What is “two pounds of coffee”?
Porter uses these to symbolize deeper and unresolved issues in the marriage.
What are "everyday objects"?
"He brought home a ___ instead of coffee."
What is "rope"?
The age when Porter's formal education has ended.
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Porter often employed this literary technique, weaving memories and present actions.
What is "Stream of Consciousness"?
The story takes place in this location.
What is “the couple's home” or "kitchen"?
Symbolizes the wife's unaddressed needs and frustrations due to the husband's indifference.
What is "the forgotten coffee"?
"The wife accused him of staying town to see a ___."
What is "woman"?
Her family relied on these donations.
What are "clothes and supplies"?
This figure in Porter's life that enforced "upper class" social education.
Who is "Aunt Cat"?
What did the wife suspect had kept her husband in town?
What is “an affair”?
Representing the strained relationship, entanglement, and unresolved issues between the couple.
What is "the rope"?
"The argument showed how small mistakes could lead to ___ conflicts."
What is "larger"?
Her family came from wealthly landowners and farmers from this state.
Where is "Kentucky"?
In her lifetime, Porter completed this number of short stories.
What is "27"?
What was the wife worried about not having enough time for?
What is “sunning the mattresses”?
Symbolizing the potentional breakage and irreparable damage within their marriage.
What is "the broken eggs"?
"In the end, the fight over coffee and rope is really about ___."
What is "resentment and miscommunication"?
Her Collected Stories won these two coveted awards in the writing industry.
What is Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award?
Similar to this successful male writer, Porter also began her writing career as a journalist.
Who is "Ernest Hemingway"?
What was the reason for the husband to buy the ropes?
What is "because he wanted to"?
What is "Rope" mainly about?
References to the man (or husband)'s unwillingness or inability to fully respect and remember his wife's desires.
"___ ___ often manifest in a relationship, not through explicit abuse or mistreatment."
What are "gender dynamics"?