short stories review Flashcards
(12 cards)
who wrote the black cat? and what type of story is it?
- Edgar Allen Poe
- Gothic story
what is the symbolism of the house in the black cat?
- the house burning down symbolizes the main character as they both crash and decline
- big house, smaller house, cellar, wall, prison cell
what is the symbolism of the eyes of the black cat?
- the second cat is constantly watching the narrator which reminds him of what he did to pluto
- “solitary eye of fire”- the feeling of being judged by the second cat
what is the tone of the black cat?
- judgemental and realistic
- the attitude of the story is realistic in that everybody has these emotions but most are able to surpress them. the main character couldn’t b/c he was under the influence
who wrote the story of an hour?
-kate chopin
what is the story of an hour about?
mrs. mallard receives a telegram stating that her husband has died in a train accident. she is hysterical and goes up to her room and sits by the open window. she realizes she is now free from her husband and her marriage now that she is gone and is super excited (even though her marriage was not a bad one). the open window signifies her new found freedom. as she is going down the stairs she is described as “a goddess of victory” stating that she feels she has won her freedom. As she walks down the stairs her husband walks through the door and when she see’s him she has a heart attack and dies. this is an example of dramatic irony b/c because she is thinking she is finally free and then she is back to wear she started when she see’s her husband
who wrote the story atrophy?
Edith Wharton
what are the themes in the story atrophy?
- man vs society
- social norms
- social etiquette
what is atrophy about?
Nora gets on train to go see the man she is having an affair with b/c he is sick and in the mean time her husband and kids don’t know. She gets to his house and talks with his older sister who is his caregiver. They talk for some time and the sister passive aggressively tells nora she needs to go home before sh misses her train. Nora insists that she wants to see christopher but the sister threatens to call nora’s husband and tell him thank you for sending nora
Who wrote the story Araby?
James Joyce
what is the story araby about?
the narrator is a teenage boy who falls in love with his best friends sister after having 1 conversation and he therefore idolizes her. She asks him one day if he is going to araby and he says yes and asks her the same question. She says no and he said he will get her something from the market. H goes to the market and realizes its nothing he expected and he didn’t buy the girl anything. Later, he gets home and realizes that he doesn’t know why he even liked the girl b/c she never put effort into him so he doesn’t want to waste his time
what is the theme is araby?
loss of innocence
