2310 American Literature Midterm Jortner

The Minister’s Black Veil Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Mr Hopper

Nice Guy ,kind of bland preacher ,he smiles often , engaged with congregation Pg 638. 637- laid back good but not energetic preacher wearing veil is out of character 644,641,638 he is always smiling

His community

congregation freaks out and says he has gone made ,they are all amazed at what he is doing , not lunch invitation 638- someone comments on Hoopers appearance , the community has gothic thoughts abut him

Elizabeth

His fiancée , she is so different she speaks the truth and ask about the veil., she stays with him until the end

why does Mr. Hooper wear the veil?

(641-644) there is an hour to come when all of us shall cast aside our veils, when we die and get to heaven , the veil is removed from our eyes and we can see more the veil represents human vision and it is clouded but when we heaven we can now see more clearly , we are all sinner and we all have something to hide

Is the veil effective

his first sermon with the veil on is different , his congregation is more in tuned and sermon is abut secret sin ,the feel really effected , he broke through their hearts and he becomes popular people come from all over to see him and get converted by him the veil is super effective , changes lots of lives , its brings out bad behavior in kids by pooping out of grave stones

A lesson to his community

this was meant to instruct and teach his congregation about the lesson of secret sin , also brought out bad behavior it was a good lesson

Young Goodman Brown Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne

What kind of guy is young Goodman Brown

he’s unsure of the journey he is about to take

He’s newly married

He asks his wife if she doubts him

His journey YGB

The Forest

The arrangement of the tempting devil

His fellow traveler the devil

He sees people he knows and is having second thoughts

the community in the forest

a scary environment

Hymns

Everyone’s there even “faith “

Was it all a dream

•Hardly had he spoken, when he found himself amid calm night and solitude, listening to a roar of the wind which died heavily away through the forest. He staggered against the rock, and felt it chill and damp; while a hanging twig, that had been all on fire, besprinkled his cheek with the coldest dew…

The End result

everyone is going about their day but in young Goodman eyes they are no longer good Christian’s but hipócritas , his relationship to everyone has change and he feels alienated no matter if it was a dream or not

The critique of Puritanism

If one is always Judging but outside appearances , society setup is pretending to be something they are not and that is no room for sin but they are the biggest sinners

The Raven

Edgar Allen Poe

The Ravens Setting

Gothic setting , old library with books dark hallways and fire burning dark gloomy night in December , old money setting

The ravens Gothic action

the narrator is hearing thing and begins with him afraid , the bird and image of death flying in and is talking to him goes from taking the bird to yelling at it nevermore - says Lenore

A gothic main character

rich man who just lost his wife, overcome with grief is the character haullention due to his lack of sleep because of his grief

A gothic theme

speaking in rhyme Skyme ,he ask all the wrong questions “ will I hug Lenore again”

A poem about the power of grief

Yes, the main character might have been driven insane that night. He might also have been close to “the edge” before this night.

But regardless of his mental state, this main character suffers from grief, that much is certain, and his grief colors how he sees everything. For him, death is everywhere.

The Beast in the Jungle author

Henry James

Where did John Marcher first meet May?

Naples, Ten years ago

Where does this story take place, for the most part?

London

What does John get May for her birthday?

This is a trick. We don't know exactly. He calls it a trinket and says he paid more than he thought he could afford.

What do they always talk about

The Beast

What kills MAry

A deep blood disorder

What mythological creature is Mary referred to as

A sphynx

Where does John go after Mary dies

Asia

What does John see, at the end, that makes him realize something?

A man grieving a loss

Where is John at the very end of the story?

Face down, on the tomb

How does Désirée come into the Valmondés’ lives?

They find her after she was abandoned.

What does NOT get burned in the fire?

Part of an old letter from Armand's mother.

How does Désirée figure out her baby is not 100% white?

By comparing it to a "little quadroon boy."

What supposedly killed Brently Mallard?

A railroad disaster

What kills Louise Mallard?

A heart attack.

Whose skin has the darkest skin in "*Désirée’s Baby"*?

Armand

What does Bibinôt purchase while he's out?

A can of Shrimp

What domestic activity was Calixta doing before the storm hit?

Sewing

Who is Clarisse?

Alcée's wife.

Where is Alcée's family, currently?

In Biloxi.

Story of An Hour

Desirees Baby

The Storm

Kate Chopin

Yellow Wallpaper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

What is the husband's name?

John

What room did the narrator originally want to stay in?

One downstaris that opened on the piazza

Which holiday is mentioned in the text?

The Fourth of July

What is odd about the bed in the room?

It is nailed down

Who is Jennie?

John's sister

Why do we hear about a plantain leaf?

The narrator throws the key under it

What is odd about the windows in the room?

They have bars over them

What object does the narrator sneak into her room at the end?

A rope

What happens to John in the end?

He faints

Author of Trifles

Susan Glaspell

Why did Mr. Hale stop by the Wright residence on the day before?

 

He wanted to see if Mr. Wright would go in on a party line with him.

What activity was Mrs. Wright doing as she spoke to Mr. Hall yesterday?

Rocking and pleating her apron

On which side of the bed does Mrs. Wright claim to lie?

Th inside

What happened to most of the fruit Mrs. Wright had canned?

The jars broke because of the cold

Mr wright was known to be what

cheap and stingy with money and not drink a good man

What activity did Minnie Foster engage in?

She sang in the choir.

True or false: There was a gun in the Wright's house.

True

What happened to Mrs. Peters' kitten?

A boy killed it with a hatchet.

Who is "married to the law?"

Mrs Peters

Author of Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

Who is called Alphabet?

Janie

What kind of tree does Janie find inspiration from?

A pear tree

Who does Nanny want Janie to marry?

Logan Killicks

Who supposedly looks like "an ole skullhead in de grave yard?"

Logan Killicks

Where does Nanny hide after the slave owner's wife threatens to have her whipped?

In the swamp by the river

Where were Janie and Logan Killicks married?

In Nanny's parlor

Who becomes Janie's second husband?

Joe (Jody) Starks

What position does Joe Starks take when he and Janie reach Eatonville?

Mayor

What does Janie say when the townspeople ask her to make a speech.

 

She doesn't get to answer. Joe cuts her off, saying his wife doesn't make speeches.

Why does the town celebrate?

Because Joe got them a streetlight.

Who owns the mule?

Matt

How much does Joe pay for the mule?

Five Dollars

What was being dragged out at the dragging-out?

The mule

What part of Joe's body is failing, according to the doctor?

Kidneys

Why does Joe stop eating the food Janie makes?

He believes she's trying to poison him.

What game does Tea Cake offer to teach Janie?

checkers

What instrument does Tea Cake play?

Guitar

Who did Mrs. Annie Tyler run off with?

Who Flung

What kind of gambling does Tea Cake like?

Plays dice

What kind of liquor does Tea Cake drink?

Hooch

Which woman does Tea Cake flirt with?

Nunkie

Why does Tea Cake hit Janie?

Because Mrs. Turner brought her brother around to be introduced, and he felt jealous.

What does Tea Cake see moving east that makes him think he and Janie should flee from the approaching storm?

This is a trick question. Tea Cake doesn't think they need to go.

Where do Janie and Tea Cake leave Motor Boat?

In the tall house.

On what part of her body does Janie get bitten by that dog?

Tea Cake gets bitten

When Tea Cake goes out of the little house, what do the white men make him do?

Find and bury the dead.

Which doctor cares for Tea Cake?

Dr. Simmons

As he's getting sicker and sicker, what does Tea Cake put under his pillow?

A gun

Why is Janie arrested?

Because she killed Tea Cake.

Where does Janie have Tea Cake buried?

Palm Beach, so no water would wash over his grave

Robert Frost Poems

Home Burial

Mending Wall

Road Not Taken

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Stopping By the Woods

Three foggy mornings and one rainy day \n Will rot the best birch fence a man can build.

Home Burial Quote shows both parents man and women not agreeing and expressing their hurt to one another

Narrator of Mending Wall

playful

Friendly

Optimistic

Critical Thinking

The Neighboor

Doesn’t Say much

Stuck in his Traditional ways

Not a critical thinker

The gaps in the poem

A literary Gap

Gap made by the hunters and earth in the wall

The gap between the characters

Why is it called the mending wall

1\. The \n characters are \n physically \n mending a \n wall. That is \n the action \n within the \n poem. They \n are mending.

.2.The wall is \n mending these \n characters as well. \n The wall is bringing \n them together and \n helping them to \n understand each \n other. So the wall is \n also doing \n mending.

The Road Not Taken Summary

is a poem that describes the dilemma of a person standing at a road with diversion. This diversion symbolizes real-life situations. Sometimes, in life too there come times when we have to take tough decisions. We could not decide what is right or wrong for us.

Nothing Gold Can Stay summary

\n using the metaphor of spring's ending to examine the transience of youth, beauty, and ultimately life itself. In early spring, the fresh buds on the trees are gold. This color is the quickest to disappear from the natural world, however. The fresh blossoms on the trees are flowers, but these flowers disappear quickly too. They turn into leaves that fall to the ground, just as humankind fell from the paradise of the Garden of Eden, and just as the promising early light of morning gives way to daytime.Nothing beautiful, fresh, or pure can last forever.