"A Retrieved Reformation"
Name one antagonist in the story. |
Jimmy Valentine/Ben Price
What is the central idea of the story? |
Do not aspire for more than you have; it will ruin you.
Why did Mr. White wish his son away?
Because his son would have been a mangled corpse
What was one thing Rainsford did to avoid getting caught? |
Hid
Made a trap
Jumped off the cliff
Explain the conflict in the story. (Type and why) |
Man v. self - narrator is struggling with his feelings over killing the old man
In what way is this story a man versus self conflict? |
Ben Price is trying to arrest Jimmy.
Who was the antagonist in the story? |
Mme. Loisel
What is the central idea?
A person should be careful what he wishes for.
What was the mood of the story?
Suspenseful
Why did the narrator confess the crime? |
His guilt caused his heart to beat, and he thought it was the old man's heart about to give him away.
When “the clerk was impressed by the clothes and manner of Jimmy,” Jimmy could be characterized as what? |
Stylish
When Mme. Loisel says, “It annoys me not to have a jewel, not a single stone to put on,” she can be characterized as what? |
Greedy, selfish
Give one example of foreshadowing from the story and what it foreshadows. |
When Herbert says, "I don't see the money, and I bet I never shall," it foreshadows that he will die before the money comes.
Give one example of foreshadowing from the story and what it foreshadows. |
When Whitney says the sailors were afraid of Ship Trap Island, it foreshadows that bad things happen there.
What was the symbol in the story and what did it represent? |
the beating heart - guilt over his crime
Give an example of irony from this story. |
Ben Price lets Jimmy go after searching for him for over a year.
Jimmy, a bank robber, falls in love with a banker's daughter.
The fact that the necklace was fake, but the Loisels spent years paying it off is an example of what literary device? |
Irony
What symbol was used in the story and what did it represent? |
the monkey's paw - evil, ill-gotten gains
How is the title a play on words? |
The game is hunting people.
Game can also be animals that are hunted.
What was ironic in the story?
The narrator spent so much time concealing the crime and then confesses.
Give an example of one symbol from the story and what it represented. |
phoenix - Jimmy's change
rose - Jimmy's love for/memory of Annabel
What did the necklace symbolize to Mme. Loisel? |
Beauty, wealth, status
Name the three possible antagonists in the story. |
Mr. White
Mrs. White
The monkey's paw
What character trait describes both Rainsford and Zaroff? |
Intelligent
Determined
Resourceful
Name three things the the author did to create suspense. |
use of punctuation
vivid vocabulary
long, drawn-out details