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| What evidence suggests that Ms. Emily was sleeping with a corpse? |
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| What happens when Ms. Emily's father dies? |
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| She refuses to let them take away the body |
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| Who probably moved Ms. Emily's body to the moldy bed downstairs? |
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| What happens to Ms. Emily's Manservant? |
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| He disappears after the townspeople come to her house |
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| Who narrates Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily?" |
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| We're never told; the everyman? |
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| What are we told at the beginning of the story is the only concern that women of the town have for Emily? |
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| To see the inside of her house |
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| What is "noblesse oblige"? |
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| The Obligations of the upper class to the lower class |
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| What does snow symbolize in "The Snows of Kilimanjaro? |
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| Death, purity, and spirtuality |
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| What is the likely source that Hemingway used for the leopard in the epigraph at the beginning of "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"? |
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| What does the leopard in the epigraph to The Snows of kilimanjaro probably represent? |
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| what caused the wound that kills Harry in "the snows of kilimajarobla" |
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| What is harry's biggest regret? |
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| That he didn't write enough |
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| how is death represented in the snows of kilimanblabla? |
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| As a hyena, bicycle cops, buzzards |
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| Where is the airplane headed with Harry in it near the end of The snows of kiliminjiri |
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| To the top of Kilimanjaro |
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| Sunday morning represents what? (virginia woolf) |
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| Who is afraid of taking responsibility? (VW) |
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| What line did Albee take from a Tennessee Williams play? |
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| Streetcar Named Desire - "Flores Para Los Muerto" - Flowers for the dead |
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| What does Catharsis Mean? |
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| rising tension then a trough of resolution |
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| Who throws a bone back in the frige? |
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| Who is "daddy"? in Virginia Woolf |
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| President of Georges school, Martha's Father. |
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| What does Martha yell just as George opens the door for nick and honey? |
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| Why doesn't Nick and Honey leave? |
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Because it is best for Nick to stay to get what he wants
Later is because of self preservation, he is learning something. |
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| What is nicks profession? |
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| He is a Genetic Biologist |
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| What is the deal with George and Martha's son? |
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| In The Invisible Man, what is in the briefcase? |
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| Why does it upset people when that girl gets all naked and shit? |
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| Because it is inappropriate for them to look at her naked and it could get them killed. |
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| What's the deal with the rug they get their money from in The Invisible Man? |
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| It is hooked up to an electric current, someone also gets thrown onto it. |
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| In the invisible man, who did he get that speech about the ships from? |
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| From a Booker T. Washington speech. |
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| What is gradualism, in regards to The Invisible Man |
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| Things like equality cannot be changed all at once, instead of sudden change, we should accept a gradual change - Booker T Washington |
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| What is the problem with Gradualism? |
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| It gives the ruling caste the opportunity to extend things further. |
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| When there is a ship at the mouth of the amazon river, what are they told to lower down into the water to keep from dying of thirst? |
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| A bucket for water, the water they are on is mostly freshwater and drinkable |
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| What is the thematic center of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" |
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| Taking Responsibility; Illusion V. Reality; Dark side of marriage; Inability to love |
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| What is the ironic identification on George and Martha washington in virginia woolf? |
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| They represent the ultimate first generation marriage, they also represent sincerity and truth |
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| What is the play's timeline? What does it signify? (VW) |
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| from 1am to dawn, sunday morning is salvation, church and stuff |
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| What does the title "Who's afraid of virginia woolf?" mean? |
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| Self Determination, Take control of ones future |
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| What is the structural configuration of the play Who's afraid of ..." |
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| Build up and release, Catharsis |
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| Where does the tension in Who's afraid come from? |
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Establishing what the roles in the relationship are.
-Martha is the boss
-George is overpower, which is a step above martha |
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| Why does Nick and Honey stay the entire evening? |
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| Nick is an opportunist and is a ladder climber, he feels it is in his best interest to stay |
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| How does martha's father contribute to georges impotence? |
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| He stops the publication of Georges novel; He emasculates George. |
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| Why does George find pleasure when Nick fights back? |
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| He see's himself in him, he is helping him see the situation for what it is |
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| What department does Nick teach in? |
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| Biology, BTW George hates Eugenics |
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| What is georges academic Specialty? |
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| History - Signifies looking to the past to understand present. |
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| What are the games that they play in the play Virginia Woolf? |
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-Hump the Hostess
-Humiliate the Host
-Bring up Baby
-Get the Guests |
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| What is a "Houseboy" in the context of Virginia Woolf? |
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| Someone who can't seal the deal sexually. |
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| Why doesn't George light Martha's cigarette? |
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| He cares about her enough not to serve her? |
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| What is Walpurgisnacht (Walpurgis Night)? |
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| A German/Dutch holiday, which witches are revealed to the world 6 months before Halloween |
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| What doesn Honey's dad do? |
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| What is Honey's father compared to? |
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| Why is Act III called "excorcism? |
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| The son is revealed to be fictional, he is "killed off"; It represents lies and illusion being purged |
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| What is the theme in "A Rose for Emily" |
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| The Old South, Repression, South lost gentility |
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| How did the men view emily in the openin paragraph of Rose for Emily? What about women? |
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| Fallen Monument; Object of curiosity |
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| What is the ultimate realization for the story Rose for Emily |
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| Town is partly responsible for her actions because they objectified her |
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| What did Emily's house represent? |
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| Herself, Antebellum south |
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| What do eldermen do about the smell of Emily's house? |
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| Sneak around and spray QuickLime |
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| What inspired the story "Snows of Kilimanjaro"? |
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| A rich woman offered to pay hemingway for a safari for them, he said no, but he wrote the story as a "what woulda happened" |
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| Who is Hemingway referring to when he speaks of "Julian"? |
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| In The Invisible man, why is he invisible? |
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| He is invisible to white culture, he is used and ignored by society |
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| What does the invisible man's grand dad say on his deathbed? |
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Act like an object
Meekness is a dangerous activity
Revealed himself as a traitor and spy |
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| How does the narrator end up at the battle royal? |
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| For writing a speech/essay |
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| What is the speech/essay about in Battle royal? |
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| Humility is the essence of progress, social responsibility vs. social equality |
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| Who wins the battle in Battle Royal? |
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| What does the battle in Battle Royal represent? |
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| Black culture fighting to get ahead |
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