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9 Cards in this Set
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The Birth-Mark: Author
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
-Deep allegory concerning moral topics. |
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The Birth-Mark: Main Characters
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Alymer: man of science, saw birth-mark as a flaw.
Georgiana: Beautiful (perfect?), self-esteem is damaged by Alymer. Aminadab: Ugly, dirty, but can appreciate Georgiana's beauty. |
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The Birth-Mark: Themes
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-Science enables man to play God.
-Man's love for women vs all other pursuits. |
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Chrysanthemums: Author
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John Steinbeck
-Wrote about common people in an effort to expose the pitfalls of society. |
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Chrysanthemums: Main Characters
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Elisa Allen: Wife, trapped within her marriage and her life. Tends her flowers inside her fence.
The Tinkerer: Traveling salesman. Elisa wishes for his freedom. Henry Allen: Good man, but doesn't understand or fully appreciate his wife Elisa. |
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Chrysanthemums: Themes
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Gender inequality and Elisa's trapped state represented by Salina's Valley and the fence around her house.
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At the 'Cadian Ball, and The Storm: Author
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Kate Chopin: known for her use of 'local color' and her openness concerning the sexual lives of her characters.
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At the 'Cadian Ball, and The Storm: Main Characters
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Calixta: Marries Babinot, but flirts with Alcee at the Cadian Ball and has an affair with him in The Storm.
Alcee: planter, seduces Calixta at the Cadian ball, but Clarisse pulls him away and he eventually marries her. Babinot: Good man, marries Calixta. |
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The Story of an Hour: Characters
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Louise Mallard: Is secretly happy about her new freedom when she is told that her husband was killed on the job. She has a heart attack when he shows up alive and well.
Brently Mallard: Supposedly a good husband, but their marriage is naturally an oppressive force on his wife Louise. (Also by Kate Chopin) |
