Brit Lit Final (Authors and Themes)

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What was the name of the author who wrote My Last Duchess?

Robert Browning

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What was the name of the author who wrote The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point?

Elizabeth Browning

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What was the name of the author who wrote The Interesting Narrative?

Equiano

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What was the name of the author who wrote Wonderful Adventure?

Mary Seacole

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What was the name of the author who wrote Small Island?

Andrea Levy

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What are the themes of My Last Duchess?

  1. The Objectification of Women (Narrator prior behavior of being overly possessive over his ex-wife)

  2. Symbolism in Art (Painting of ex-wife)

  3. Control and Manipulation (The fact the narrator only wanted his wife to smile at him, and no one other man.)

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What are the themes of The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point?

  1. Adversity (narrator experienced dehumanization as a slave)

  2. The Objectification of Women (Being sexuality assaulted by her master)

  3. Failure (having to bury her child, since feels like she failed as a mother and this was an act of mercy.)

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What are the themes of The Interesting Narrative?

  1. Culture (Education, and “Civilizing”)

  2. Dehumanization (Freedom and Slavery)

  3. Religion (Providence and God’s Will)

  4. Commerce (Trade as a Slave)

  5. Journey (From West Africa to Barbados)

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What are the themes of Wonderful Adventure?

  1. Resilience (to not give up, even when times are hard)

  2. Journey (to distant lands as she helped many people as a nurse)

  3. Recovery (from tragedy of the fire of 1843 in Kingston)

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What are the themes of Small Island?

  1. Agency (Hortense’s personal wants to be an educator in literature)

  2. Journey (Gilbert and Hortense’s journey to London)

  3. Disappointment (Hortense’s being pushed away initially from her wants)

  4. Resilience (Gilbert’s desire to make a life out of a bad situation)

  5. Adversity (The discrimination that Gilbert and Hortense faced)