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| Explain Mrs. Maloney’s feelings for her husband throughout the story |
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| She was caring for him but towards the middle she started to hate Mr. Maloney. |
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| How does the reader know Mr. Maloney has some bad news? |
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| Because he wouldn’t let Mrs. Maloney do anything for him and he said he has something to tell her. |
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| What news did Mr. Maloney have for his wife? |
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| That he is leaving her but he will leave her money and make sure she is looked after |
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| What do we know about Miss Strangeworth’s background? |
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| She’s not the nice old women she makes out to be when she gets home she turns into a bitter and harsh women. |
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| How does Miss Strangeworth feel about her town? |
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| The town was kept clean and sweet, but people everywhere were lustful and evil and degraded, and needed to be watched |
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| Why are the grocer and the lady in the grocery store acting so strange |
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| Because of Miss Strangeworths letters going around the community |
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| Why does Miss Strangeworth write her letters? |
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| To warn people of possible evil in the town. |
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| Why does Miss Strangeworth lose her roses at the end of the story? |
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| because they get destroyed |
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| details from the story prove that the author is being satirical? |
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| When the hanging is being treated like a party |
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| What serious issue is the author making fun of? |
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| How does the DMV worker perceive Robert Proctor? |
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| He believes Robert is crazy and doesn't need to have his license |
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| Why does the prince lock himself in a castle? |
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| to keep away from the plague |
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| How do the party goers feel about the masked man? |
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| They shrink away when the masked man passes by them |
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| How does the author feel about Sheila? |
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| The author was very much in love with Sheila. |
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| Why does the author attach his fishing pole to the boat before his date begins? |
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| because he thought sheila would like fishing |
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| What motivated Eurydice to commit suicide? |
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| What is ironic about Teiresias giving a prophecy to Creon? |
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| Because he is blind but can still predict what will happen. |
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| In what way is Creon a tragic hero? |
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| he felt guilty after everything around him started to change |
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| How does Antigone’s gender impact her sentencing? |
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| in ancient Greece women had no powers |
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| What does the guard’s fear show the audience? |
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| the guard/town has a fear of Creon because they know if they go against him he will punish them also |
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| What is situational irony? Be able to identify an example of this from the play. |
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| when she tried to bury Poly. He was left to decay out in the open but when she was caught, Creon orders she be put in a tomb alive. |
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| What is the major theme of the play? |
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| When the audience knows something that some characters in the narrative do not. |
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| Involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended |
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| The literal meaning of what someone says is different from and often opposite to what they actually mean. |
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| the time and place in which the story takes place |
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| - element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions |
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| the choice of words, or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject |
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| used to describe the events that make up a story, or the main part of a story. |
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| when the character struggles inside |
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| struggle between a person and an outside force |
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| figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object in order to make a comparison in the readers' minds. |
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| A figure of speech where an object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning |
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| occurs when two contradictory words are together in one phrase. |
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| a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work, which may be stated directly or indirectly. |
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| First person point of view |
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| point of view of the person telling the story |
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| Third person limited point of view- |
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| only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. |
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| Third person omniscient point of view |
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| where the narrator knows all the thoughts, actions, and feelings of all characters. |
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| a form of figurative language in which something that is not human is given human characteristics |
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| the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices |
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| the writer's way to give background information to the audience about the setting and the characters of the story. |
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| the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something |
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| an occurrence in which a character remembers an earlier event that happened before the current point of the story |
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