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Stephen Beutel Mrs. More – Per. 2 Eng 10H Literature Midterm Review Sheet “The Chaser” by John Collier    Short Story (Short Work) Third Person Limited Setting o Dark & creaky stairs – scary and gloomy o Pell St. – urban area o Gloomy - horror o Non-descript room, small- simplistic o Dozens of bottles & jars – potion/poison? Characters o Alan Austin – ordinary person o Old Man – sells love potion and poison, manipulative o Diana – Alan’s love Conflict/Resolution o The persuasion of Alan by the Old Man o Cheap price of love potion but expensive poison o Alan buys love potion o Old Man expects Alan to return for poison o Alan loves a girl named Diana, and buys the love potion for $1 so that she will love him, but the Old man knows that he will get tired of her always being with him, and we expect that Alan comes back later to buy the expensive “life saver” poison to end his misery. Themes o Love o Death o Love and Death o Irony o Male domination in society Literary Devices o Foreshadowing o Symbolism     “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson    Short Story (Short Work) Third Person Omniscient Setting o Morning, clear, sunny o Full-summer day Beautiful summer day in a o Richly green grass peaceful, small town o 300 people in village o blossoming flowers Characters o Mr. Summers – lottery conductor, has time and energy to do many activities in their society o Mrs. Hutchinson – came late to lottery, gets stoned o Mr. Hutchinson – the head of the Hutchinson family Conflict/Resolution o Mrs. Hutchinson picked as winner of lottery because she picked the paper with the black dot. She is stoned because the people only know tradition and fear what happens if they don’t follow it. They’ve heard of other towns that stopped the lottery. Themes o Societal traditions and rituals o Mothers and children o Women vs. men o Women vs. society o Society’s control of individual o Love and death Literary Devices o Foreshadowing o Irony o Symbolism     “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin    Short Story (Short Work) Third Person Limited Setting o Indoors facing an open window o Comfortable, roomy armchair o Spring, “delicious breath of rain” o Twittering sparrows o Cloudy with patches of blue skies o Only one hour long Characters o Mrs. Mallard – wife (later known as Louise), has heart trouble o Josephine – Louise’s sister, broke the news to Louise o Richards – Brently Mallard’s friend, first heard of Brently’s death o Brently Mallard – husband of Louise, supposedly killed, comes back home alive Conflict/Resolution o Louise hears that Brently was killed in train crash. Becomes relieved about future and freedom. She gets her own identity from the news. Brently arrives back home never even hearing of the crash. Louise dies from heart trouble, which is brought upon her because her surprise of seeing Brently. o “joy that kills” Themes o Love & Death o Male domination in society o Freedom through death o Society’s control of individual o Irony o Love Literary Devices o Irony (Dramatic, Verbal, & Situational) o Foreshadowing o Symbolism     “Haircut” by Ring Lardner    Short Story (Short Work) 2nd person with an obtuse narrator Setting o MIchigan o Barber shop, the barber is the narrator o “we ain’t no New York City or Chicago…” Characters o Whitey – the narrator, barber, uses colloquialisms, tells stories of cruel events in town o Doc Stair – serious, fair, concerned about people, good at job, extra-organized, ideal gentleman, cared about Paul o Julie – sweet, unassuming, cared about Paul o Jim Kendall – laughs at himself about bad relationship with wife and getting fired from job (Whitey), the prankster of the town o Paul – fell out of tree at 10 yrs old, not very smart, fell in love with Julie o Hod Meyers – also a jokester, but not as cruel as Jim Conflict/Resolution o The evil jokes that Jim Kendall plays on the whole town  1) leaves wife and kids at circus  2) sends letters to random people just to fight  3) tricks Julie into visiting Doc  4) tells narrator that someone is dead, and when at house, “dead” man answers door  5) sends Paul to find a “left-handed” monkey wrench o Doc told Paul that someone like Jim who plays these evil jokes should not live, so when Jim invites Paul to go hunting with him, Paul shoots and kills him. Themes o Irony o Male domination in society o Love Literary Devices o Indirect/Direct Characterization o Foreshadowing o Flashback o Dialogue     “Patriotism” by Yukio Mishima   Short Story (Short Work) Setting o Old three-room rented house backing onto a small garden o Somewhere in Japan o 1936 – time of militarism in Japan Characters o Lieutenant Shinji Takeyama – samurai and main character o Reiko – Shinji’s wife, loyal to Shinji, white and pure body Conflict/Resolution o Shinji feels like he should kill himself the traditional way because he did not fight for his country against his friends when he should have. o Shinji and Reiko kill themselves together honorably and for their country. Themes o Societal traditions & rituals o Freedom through death o Irony o Male domination in society o Love o Love & death o Patriotism Literary Devices o Imagery o Irony o Similes o Foreshadowing o Metaphor o Symbolism     “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway   Short Story (Short Work) Setting o Brown, dry countryside o Train station somewhere between Barcelona and Madrid (Spain) Characters o The Man – very literal, doesn’t understand symbolism of the setting, wants to push woman to do what he wants o The Woman – partner of man, stubborn, frightened, sees symbolism of setting Conflict/Resolution o Not directly stated, but realized through speech of characters  Abortion vs. Child (Life vs. Death) o Unknown decision o Known that The Man has dominant opinion Themes o Society’s control of individual o Mothers and children o Women vs. men o Women and society o Irony o Male domination in society o Love o Love and Death Literary Devices o Symbolism o Imagery o Irony     “I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen   Short Story (Short Work) Setting o Possibly during Great Depression o A woman at home speaking to herself while ironing Characters o Emily – daughter of narrator, troubled child o Mother – narrator, worried, doesn’t know solution to Emily’s problem Conflict/Resolution o Mother (narrator) regrets her ways of raising Emily o Father left family and Emily handed to caretakers o Emily was sent to many places to become normal again, but didn’t work o Emily becomes a comedian just to become Somebody Themes o Society’s control of individual o Mothers and children o Women vs. society Literary Devices o Flashback o Symbolism o Imagery     Antigone by Sophocles   Play (Long Work) Setting o Begins at dawn after a war between two sons of Oedipus o Thebes Characters (see character descriptions by scene in notebook) o Antigone – daughter of Oedipus, tragic heroine, stubborn, independent, arrogant, self, confident, strong-willed o Creon – king of Thebes, uncle of Antigone, stubborn, arrogant, sexist, short-tempered, his decisions lead him to trouble because his son and wife kill themselves o Ismene – Antigone’s sister, weak, selfish, guilty, cautious Conflict/Resolution o Two sons of Oedipus fought over Thebes and killed each other. Creon buried Eteocles for defending Thebes, but ordered that no one shall bury the traitor, Polynices. Antigone goes out to bury Polynices against orders but to obey family. She is caught and confined in a small cave with no food. Creon eventually goes back to cave for Antigone, but she hanged herself. Haemon, Creon’s son and Antigone’s fiancée, kills himself. Creon’s wife, Eurydice, kills herself because Haemon’s death. Creon left alone due to his mistakes. Themes o Love and death o Love o Women vs. men o Arrogance Literary Devices o Foreshadowing o Symbolism     Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare   Play (Long Work) Setting o Ancient Rome o ~100 B.C. Characters o Julius Caesar – the main character, gets murdered before becoming king of Rome, noble, believed in fate, 3rd person speech, self-centered, weak, easily persuaded o Brutus – main conspirator, has the power for action, weak, noble, good-hearted o Cassius – 2nd main conspirator, has the intelligence, sly, wicked o Mark Antony – right-hand-man of JC Become the o Lepidus ruling triumvirate o Octavius of Rome Conflict/Resolution o Caesar defeated Pompey in battle for Rome. Cassius begins a conspiracy to end Caesar’s power. Cassius finds Brutus to be the leader of action for the conspiracy. Conspirators murder Caesar in front of a large crowd. Brutus gives speech to say his reasoning, and he says Caesar was ambitious, but with no evidence. Brutus allows Antony to speak alone, who persuades public against conspirators. Brutus and Cassius flee from Rome. Start war against Octavius and Antony. Brutus and Cassius commit suicide. Antony, Lepidus, and Octavius left to rule Rome as the ruling triumvirate. Themes o Misinterpretations o Compromise and Inflexibility o Greed corrupts the minds of many Literary Devices o Symbolism o Soliloquy o Aside o Apostrophe o Anachronism o Foreshadowing o Imagery o Dialogue     

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Posted By:

Stephen Beutel

Date:

Monday, January 21, 2008

School:

Clarkstown High School South

Class:

English 10H

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• plays
• short stories
• english
• Review Sheet

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This is my review sheet from for my English 10H midterm that contains information from all the pieces of literature that we have read so far.