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How does Washington Irving use vocabulary terms to dramatize the legend of Tom Walker?
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5. " The Devil and Tom Walker " is the story of Tom Walker, who is tempted by the Devil, who goes by the name of Old Scratch. The story has been compared to the Faust tales by various famous authors. Take a look at these questions for study and discussion. What is important about the title? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What are the conflicts in " The Devil and Tom Walker "? What types of conflict (physical, moral, intellectual, or emotional) do you see?
How does Irving reveal character in " The Devil and Tom Walker "? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Who was Faust (in literary history)? How could Tom Walker be said to have made a Faustian bargain? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What are some themes in the story? How do they relate to the plot and characters?
Is Tom Walker consistent in his actions? Is he a fully developed character? How? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Do you find the characters likable? Are the characters persons you would want to meet? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Discuss some of the symbols in " The Devil and Tom Walker ":
Does the story end the way you expected? How? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
What is the central/primary purpose of the story? Is the purpose important or meaningful? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ How essential is the setting to the story? Could the story have taken place anywhere else? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What supernatural or surprising events are employed by Washington Irving? Are these happenings believable? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. Summarize W. Irving’s merits as a writer: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
James Fennimore Cooper 1. Fill in the table concerning the periods of literary career of J.F. Cooper:
2. The Last of the Mohicans is one of the most famous American novels by James Fenimore Cooper. The book has been controversial (and widely criticized) for a Romanticized view of the Native-American experience. This work of historical fiction is often recognized as representative of Colonial Realism. Read J.F. Cooper’s “ The Last of the Mohicans ” and fulfill the suggested tasks.
General understanding
What is important about the title? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What are the conflicts in The Last of the Mohicans? What types of conflict (physical, moral, intellectual, or emotional)?
How does James Fenimore Cooper reveal character in The Last of the Mohicans? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What are some themes in the story? How do they relate to the plot and characters? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Is Hawkeye consistent in his actions? Is he a fully developed character? How? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Do you find the characters likable? Are the characters persons you would want to meet? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Discuss some of the symbols in The Last of the Mohicans. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Does the novel end the way you expected? How? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What is the central / primary purpose of the story? Is the purpose important or meaningful? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How essential is the setting to the novel? Could the story have taken place anywhere else? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What is the role of women in the novel? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Why has the novel been so controversial? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
MODULE 6 ROMANTICISM Nathaniel Hawthorne
Read the following story, which encapsulates one of the themes of The Scarlet Letter by N. Hawthorne, and complete it in no more than three lines.
Nathaniel Hawthorne was descended directly from America's first Puritan settlers. In his work he examines the strict moral code that formed the cornerstone of Puritan life. In The Scarlet Letter, one of the first great American novels, the characters have lo come to terms with this code.
The Scarlet Letter The story. The novel is set in the Puritan world of 17th-century Boston. Hester Prynne's husband disappears for two years and, in the meantime, she has an affair with a young and highly respected minister, Arthur Dimmesdale. She has a daughter by him called Pearl. For her sin of giving birth outside marriage she has to wear a scarlet letter 'A' on her breast. The letter identifies her as an adulteress and leaves her open to insult and derision as she walks around the town. Her husband returns incognito and settles in the town under the name of Richard Chillingworth, a physician. He only reveals his true identity to Hester as he tries to find out who her lover is. When he does, he hounds Dimmesdale day and night and subjects him to psychological torture. Dimmesdale cracks under the pressure and tries to make amends for his sin. Arthur and Hester plan to escape to Europe but Arlhui backs out at the last minute. He makes a public confession on the scaffold in the centre of the town, where he dies in Hester's arms.
The characters: · Hester Prynne; · Arthur Dimmesdale, a young minister and Hester’s lover; · Pearl, Hester and Arthur’s daughter; · Richard Chillingworth, Hester’s husband.
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