Edith Wharton: "April Showers" - Realism, Theme

Question 1

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Answer 1

• third-person limited portrayal of a middle-class family in the daily struggles of living to achieve her goals as a Realist writer reaching for social reform
• fame changes the way people treat each other
• nature goes on the same, regardless of humans’ joys or sorrows

Question 2

the sentiment that women were not recognized as legitimate writers in Wharton’s time is echoed in the story “April Showers” by what character?

Answer 2

Uncle James

Question 3

the following passage from paragraph 33 of Edith Wharton’s “April Showers” addresses the theme of
Girls with more pin-money that Theodora had ever dreamed of copied her hats and imitated her way of speaking

Answer 3

how the perception of fame changes the way people treat each other

Question 4

edith wharton’s story, “april showers” is written from what point of view

Answer 4

third person limited

Question 5

in edith wharton’s “april showers,” the dace household is characterized as

Answer 5

a real, ordinary, middle-class home

Question 6

in paragraph 40 of “april showers” theodora describes the editor of the “home circle” as

Answer 6

an enormous presence