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english_121_20140916033037 Flashcards

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The Story of an Hour

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Author: Kate ChopinMain Characters:Louise Mallard, Brentley Mallard, Josephine, Richards. Theme: Discovery of true freedom, freedom in death. Irony.

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Art as Individual Idea

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Author: Pablo PicassoMain Characters: Pablo Picasso (first person). Theme: “Art is a lie that makes us realize truth”, what is art?

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Words

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Author: Carol ShieldsMain Characters: Ian, Isobel. Theme: Importance of words, loss.

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What are the 4 levels of meaning?

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  1. Mythic. 2. Personal/physical. 3. Ironic/metaphoric. 4. Political.
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Hills Like White Elephants

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Author: Ernest HemingwayMain Characters: Jig, unnamed man. Theme: Crossroads, decisions, trust. Elephant in the room.

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Cathedral

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Author: Raymond CarverMain Characters: Bub, his wife, and Robert. Theme: Ignorance, epiphany, irony that the blind sees more clearly than Bub or us.

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A & P

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Author: John UpdikeMain Characters: Sammy, Queenie and her two friends, Stokesie, Lengel. Theme: Heroicism (or lack thereof), escape from social class.

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Araby

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Author: James JoyceMain Characters: Unnamed narrator, Mangan’s sister. Theme: Epiphany of reality, loss of innocence and the ability to dream and obsess.

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A Good Man is Hard to Find

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Author: Flannery O’ConnorMain Characters: Grandma, Misfit, Bailey, Red Sam, children. Theme: Self preservation, selfishness, irony, redemption?

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The Crummy First Draft

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Author: Anne LamontMain Characters: Anne Lamont (first person). Theme: Practical tips on writing an essay.

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Buckeye

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Author: Scott Russell SandersMain Characters: Scott Russell Sanders (first person) and father. Theme: Companionship and identity.

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The Marginal World

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Author: Rachel CarsonMain Characters: Rachel Carson (first person). Theme: Beauty of “liminal space”, nature.

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The Rewards of a Solitary Life

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Author: May SartonMain Characters: May Sarton (first person). Theme: Understanding self, self exploration, and solitude in relation to knowledge.

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Dumpster Diving

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Author: Lars EighnerMain Characters: Lars Eighner (first person). Theme: Othering, understanding, non-material wealth.

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I Have a Dream

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Author: Martin Luther King, Jr. Main Characters: None (speech). Theme: Equality, respect, widespread message of hope and a call to peaceful action.

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Still Stands the House

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Playwright: Gwen Pharys RingwoodMain Characters: Hester, Ruth, Martin, Bruce, baby. Theme: Loss of sanity, identity, and humanity.

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Trifles

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Playwright: Susan GlaspellMain Characters: Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Hale, Minnie, George Henderson, Henry Peters, Lewis Hale. Theme: Inability for androcentristic justice system to understand feminine struggles, the creation of a new justice system based on sisterhood.

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Krapp’s Last Tape

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Playwright: Samuel BeckettMain Characters: Krapp. Theme: Degradation of who we are, regret.

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Theatre of the absurd.

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Instead of a series of connected incidents to tell a story, theatre of the aburd presents a pattern of images showing people as bewildered beings in an incomprehensible universe.

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Sure Thing

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Playwright: David IvesMain characters: Bill, Betty. Theme: Bell as a symbol for correction/fixing “please try again”. Persisting until we get what we want.

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In a Station of the Metro

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Poet: Ezra PoundMain Characters: None. Theme: Conflict, hope and despair.

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A Supermarket in California

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Poet: Allan GinsbergMain Characters: Allan Ginsberg (first person), Walt Whitman, Garcia Lorca. Theme: Mass consumerism, remembering a different kind of America.

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Singapore

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Poet: Mary OliverMain Characters: Mary Oliver (first person), cleaning woman. Theme: Admiration for those content in their own life. Respect. Reflection on self.

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Objective correlative.

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A series of actions, events, or objects that evoke and emotional response in the reader without stating that subjective emotion (example, “In a Station of the Metro”).

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Inversnaid

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Poet: Gerald Manley HopkinsMain Characters: None. Theme: Reverence for nature, beauty.

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Neologism.

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A made up word.

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There is no Word for Goodbye

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Poet: Mary Tallmountain. Main Characters: Mary Tallmountain (first person), Aunt. Theme: Goodbye is temporary, healing.

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Behind Grandma’s House

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Poet: Gary SotoMain Characters: Gary Soto (first person), Grandma. Theme: Humerous account of growing up. Inevitability of “snapping out of it”.

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The Fish

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Poet: Elizabeth BishopMain Characters: Elizabeth Bishop (first person), fish. Theme: Uncovering beauty, admiring and appreciating the fish. Humanizing and personifying our surroundings.

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Code-switching.

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Change in language to create a barrier or remove one.

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Ecphrasis

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A verbal decription of a physical object, a place, or a work of art.

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