DE English 112 Edwards Final Exam Study Guide

Who/ What was Bryant influenced by?

- Influenced by romantic British poets and nature.
- DeismS

Bryant's poetry offers what to the readers of his day?

- Spiritual Counsel

Bryant's "Thanatopsis" uses what kind of poetic devices to get his message about death across?

Metaphor, allusion, rhyme, etc. (note that when we reviewed this question in class the answer was all of the above...)

Who is Rip Van Winkle? What does he do for a living?

- Rip Van Winkle is an amiable farmer who wanders into the Catskill Mountains, where he comes upon a group of dwarfs playing ninepins.

Describe Mrs. Van Winkle:

- A woman with a bad temper who nags her husband and treats people poorly

What does Rip do while in the mountains?

- Squirrel hunting

What is missing when he wakes up? How long does he sleep?

- He wakes up from his 20 year sleep and notices his dog, wolf,sleeps for 20 years,

Who is the first person to recognize Rip when he returns to the village?

- Peter Vanderdonk, the oldest villager in town

What happens to the country while he sleeps?

- The American Revolution

How is Rip the perfect Romantic hero?

- Rip Van Winkle has the quality of having child like innocence
- Instead of doing his work he is often found playing with the town children
- He runs off into the woods

What are romantic hero qualities?

- Wanderlust
- Isolation

In the very beginning of the story, Washington Irving tells that someone was the source of the story. Whom did he name?

- Diedrich Knickerbocker

What is the mood in the opening paragraphs of Rip Van Winkle?

Informal and humorous.

At the end of the story, do the villagers believe Rip's story?

- At first the villagers do not believe Rip's story until Peter Vanderdonk verified Rip's story leading to the villagers to accept Rip

The Raven's gothic qualities include: Imagination

- Main character talking to the bird

The Raven's gothic qualities include: Nature

- The Raven
- Fire in the room
- The wind entering the room from the open window

The Raven's gothic qualities include: Supernatural

- The Raven being compared to a demon
- Strange knocking on the door and window
- The Raven talking to the narrator

The Raven's gothic qualities include: Distrust of Civilization

- Narrator in his room alone at night

The Raven's Rhythm is:

- The story mimics a heartbeat giving the story an anxious feeling, which is how the narrator feels throughout the story.

The Ravens Scansion/meter:

- Trochaic Octameter.

The Ravens story details include:

- The EBONY RAVEN sits upon the statue above the chamber door
- The flies through the window door
- The curtains are purple
- The room has a purple/violet hue

How does the Narrator of The Raven feel about the death of Lenore?

- The Narrator is deeply saddened about her death

How does the Narrator of The Raven try to forget about Lenore?

- The Narrator tries to forget her by reading

When the Narrator of The Raven first hears a knock at the door, who does he think it is?

- A visitor

What is the word that the bird in The Raven speaks?

- Nevermore

How does the arrival of the bird in The Raven change the Narrator?

- The arrival of the bird makes the narrator uneasy which gradually transforms into uncertainty and rage

What two colors are used as imagery throughout the poem?

- Ebony (black)
- Purple/violet

Which of your five senses does the poem appeal to?

- sound, with the voice of the bird
- sight, with he description of the birds appearance
- touch, the dense air
-smell, the aroma of perfume

Does Poe use internal or external rhyme for the poem?

- Poe uses internal rhyme

What is internal rhyme?

- when rhymes take place within the lines

What is external rhyme?

- when rhymes take place at the end of the lines

What is Lenore compared to in the Raven?

- Lenore is a representation of Poes own deceased wife.

When does the story Of Mice and Men take place?

- The 1930's

Where does the story Of Mice and Men take place?

- Salinas, California
- Near Soledad

What is George and Lennies dream?

- To own a farm where lennie would tend to the rabbits

Why does Curly want revenge?

- Lennie breaking his right hand
- Lennie snapping his wifes neck

What happenes to lennie?

He is shot and killed by George.

Who is Crooks? What does he do?

- Crooks is an african-american male with a crooked back who helps around the ranch.

What happens to the Puppy? What does it foreshadow?

- The puppy is killed by lennie, he hit the dog and killed it on accident after he thought it was going to bite him
- The puppy dying foreshadows Curleys wifes murder.

Candys dogs death foreshadows...

the death of lennie because they are both shot in the back of the head.

Why are Lennie and George on the run?

- At the last place they worked, Lennie was falsely accused of raping a woman after he pet her soft dress and wouldn't let her go.

What do we know about Curley?

- Very Selfish
- Recently Married, loveless marriage
- Not loyal to his wife
- Insecure
- Talks poorly about his wife due to his insecurity of being short.

What is George told about why Curley wore a glove in their first interaction?

- Keeps his right hand "soft" for his wife

Who wears heels?

- Curley
- He wears heels, symbolizing he is fancy and wants to appear taller

What is Curley's dream?

- To be a prize fighter.

The conflict is?

- Lennie murdering curleys wife.

What do we know about Curley's wife?

- She is very lonely
- Longs for becoming a successful actress

How does the story Of Mice and Men compare to King Arthur?

...

Who is Slim?

- Jerkline Skinner/head mule driver

How long is Goodman married for in young Goodman brown?

3 months

When does Young Goodman Brown begin?

At dusk.

Where does Young Goodman Brown take place?

Salem Village, Massachusetts

Whos is young goodman brown?

pious young puritan man

How does Goodman Brown fele when he returns from his "dream"?

He suspects everyone to not be good, including his wife, neighbors, the church officials etc.

What does Goodman Brown discover in the forest?

-"indians" hiding behind every tree
- the devil

How was Goodman Brown able to resist the devil?

- By looking up to heaven.

Where was Faiths pink ribbon seen in Goodmans dream?

snagged on a tree.

What is carved in the walking stick of the man in the woods of Goodman brown’s dream?

a serpent

Who is Joy in Good Country People?

Joy Hopewell had her name changed to hulga.
The irony of her name is that she is without joy and chose an ugly name because of this.
She has a degree in philosophy.
She is athiest
She tries to seduce a bible salesman
She lost her leg in a hunting accident.
She has a heart condition.

Who is Manley Pointer?

A con artist who claims to be a bibles salesmen
He tries to seduce Hulga/joy
He is not religous
he steals hulgas leg

What was in Manley Pointers bible?

- a box of condoms
- Pornographic cards
- and alcohol

What is the irony of the names in good country people?

Mrs. Hopewell - has no hope
Mrs. Freedmen - is not free
Joy/Hulga - not joyful
etc.

Irony of the names in Cask of Amontillado?

Fortunato - is unfortunate
Montresor - my treasure

Is paul gay?

yuh

How did paul kill himself?

Originally he was gonna kill himself with a revolver but he died by jumping in front of a train

foreshadowing in a rose for Emily?

emily cant accept death as final
homer barons death
emily hoarding homers body

A rose for emily side notes

daddy issues
necrophiliac
killed homer
drawing out of crayon is important

stopping by woods on a snowy evening tells what

about the struggle between responsibilities and pleasures.

stopping by woods on a snowy evening meter

iambic pentameter, horse hooves

Because I could not stop for Death

iambic pentameter
reflects on past events while on a date before death due to not being prepared

The tyger asks what?

is god good or evil

what is the meter of the tyger?

trochaic tetrameter, driving rhythm for prowl of tyger

The lamb is an allusion to

jesus

London is a companion piece to

jerusalem

Jerusalem is a companion piece to

London

jerusalem references

the positive aspects of the city

london references

the realistic side of the story

what happens in the mirror

the mirror ages with the woman

what is the comparison in the mirror

the owlmen looking like a fish

dleioght in disorder meter

iambic and anapestic rhythms to convey playfullness

delight in disorder points out that

men find women who are not perfect much more enticing

ode on a grecian urn

Guy and girl on urn can’t reach each other; love can sometimes be unattainable.

OZmandias is about a

great king who lasts that nothing lasts forever

Dulce et decorem est is about

how it is not sweet and fitting to die for ones country

my last duchess is about

a duke who accidentally confesses to the murder of his deceased wife before he remarries and he then drowns the guy he confessed to

The road not taken is a

metaphor for the choices of life and what could’ve been different with one little thing changed

Meeting at night is about a young lover who goes to extremes to meet his wife and there

is a doubke meanign of them having sex

parting at morning goes with

meeting at night

Porphyrias lover is about

a guy who strangles his girl with her hair after realizing she truly loves hum cause bro is crazy

In Just has what 2 interpretations?

- the beauty of children in the wonder that is spring
- a child molester who uses his balloons to lure children to him