Literary Analysis: Poems, Novels, and Short Stories Key Themes and Characters
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What is the weather at the beginning of "Porphyria's Lover"?
A violent storm.
What does Porphyria do when she enters the cottage?
Shuts the cold out, removes wet clothes, and makes the fire burn.
How does Porphyria show affection to the speaker?
She puts his arm around her waist and draws his head to her shoulder.
What does Porphyria murmur to the speaker?
That she loves him.
What does the speaker use to kill Porphyria?
Her own hair.
What does the speaker claim about God at the end?
That God has not said a word.
Who painted the Duchess's portrait in "My Last Duchess"?
Fra Pandolf.
Who is the Duke speaking to?
A servant of a Count arranging a marriage.
Why was the Duke annoyed with the Duchess?
She smiled too easily at everyone.
What statue does the Duke point out at the end?
Neptune taming a seahorse.
What does Andrea del Sarto call himself?
The faultless painter.
What is Andrea's wife's name?
Lucrezia.
What does Andrea say his work lacks?
Soul and passion.
What city does Andrea say he should have worked in?
Florence.
What is Gradgrind's philosophy in Hard Times Book I?
Facts only.
Who is Sissy Jupe?
A circus girl taken in by Gradgrind.
Who is Bitzer?
A model student obsessed with facts.
What color is Coketown described as?
Red and black.
What is Stephen Blackpool's job?
Factory worker ("hand").
Who does Louisa marry in Hard Times Book II?
Bounderby.
Who robs Bounderby's bank?
Tom Gradgrind.
Why is Stephen suspected?
Tom frames him by asking him to wait by the bank.
Who spies on Louisa?
Mrs. Sparsit.
What does Tom pressure Stephen to do?
Take blame by being near the bank.
What is the Old Hell Shaft?
An abandoned mine shaft.
How does Stephen Blackpool die?
He falls into the Old Hell Shaft.
Who helps expose Tom's guilt?
Sissy Jupe.
Where does Tom flee?
South America.
What lie about Bounderby is exposed?
He lied about growing up in poverty.
When was the Pre
Raphaelite Brotherhood founded? - 1848.
Name one PRB founder.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
What earlier artist does "Pre
Raphaelite" refer to? - Art before Raphael.
Who are the sisters in "Goblin Market"?
Laura and Lizzie.
What do the goblins sell?
Magical fruit.
What happens to Laura after eating the fruit?
She becomes sick and addicted.
How does Lizzie save Laura?
She endures the goblins and brings juice for Laura to lick.
Who do they tell the story to at the end?
Their children.
What phrase describes the Victorian ideal woman?
The Angel in the House.
What law gave married women property rights?
Married Women's Property Act.
What professions were women largely excluded from?
Law, medicine, and most higher professions.
What is the narrator's profession in "A Castaway"?
Prostitute.
Why is she a "castaway"?
Society condemns her though men use her.
Who narrates "Circe"?
Circe herself.
What animals does Circe turn men into?
Pigs.
Where does "The Man Who Would Be King" take place?
Kafiristan.
Who are the two adventurers?
Dravot and Carnehan.
Why do locals think Dravot is a god?
He survives a battle unharmed.
How does Dravot die?
He falls to his death after being exposed as mortal.
What does Carnehan bring back?
Dravot's severed head.
Who founded Imagism?
Ezra Pound.
What is the Modernist slogan?
Make it new.
What event shaped early Modernism?
World War I.
How many lines is "In a Station of the Metro"?
Two.
What inspired "In a Station of the Metro"?
A Paris metro station.
What month opens "The Waste Land"?
April.
Who is Madame Sosostris?
A fortune teller.
What river appears in "The Waste Land"?
The Thames.
What phrase ends the poem?
Shantih shantih shantih.
What flowers does Clarissa buy in Mrs. Dalloway?
Roses.
What event traumatizes Septimus?
World War I.
What is the name of Septimus's doctor?
Dr. Holmes (and Sir William Bradshaw).
Who is Clarissa's husband?
Richard Dalloway.
Who returns from India unexpectedly?
Peter Walsh.
How does Septimus die?
He jumps out of a window.
Where does Clarissa hear about Septimus's death?
At her party.
What city is Mrs. Dalloway set in?
London.
Where does the speaker want to go in "The Lake Isle of Innisfree"?
A cabin on Innisfree.
What metaphor does Yeats use in "A Coat"?
His poetic style as a coat.
What event is referenced in "Easter, 1916"?
The Easter Rising.
What creature slouches toward Bethlehem in "The Second Coming"?
A rough beast.
What holiday party is in "The Dead"?
Christmas-season party.
What song affects Gretta?
The Lass of Aughrim.
Who was Michael Furey?
A boy who loved Gretta and died young.
What falls on "all the living and the dead"?
Snow.
Whose painting is referenced in "Musée des Beaux Arts"?
Bruegel's Fall of Icarus.
When did Yeats die according to Auden?
January 1939.
What island is Louise Bennett from?
Jamaica.
What does Brathwaite call Caribbean speech?
Nation language.
Where is Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o from?
Kenya.
Why did Rushdie go into hiding?
A fatwa after The Satanic Verses.