How is Mary typical of the kind of person usually accused of witchcraft? - Mary is the typical kind of person usually accused of hanging because she is a woman who owns land, and lives by herself. Anyone taht is not the considered the norm, like a woman owning land or living on her own, will be accused of being a witch.
2 In "9pm" who are "the bonnets" who "come to stare" at Mary? - “The bonnets” are people who are afraid to share the same fate as Mary, and they are watching her being hanged.
3 What are the reasons "the bonnets" cannot or will not help Mary? - If “the bonnets” cannot help Mary or else they too will be accused of witches.
4 Name one simile in "10pm" A simile is a comparison using like or as.
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What effect does this produce? Try reading it aloud. - The lack of punctuation makes “3 am” sound as if she is delirious or losing consciousness. It creates a dramatic shift between the previous stanzas, who were carefully structured versus the jumbled mess of words.
7 In "3am" what is the meaning of "I was born I have borne I bear I will be born"? Consider the subtle differences in the meanings of "born" "borne" and "bear".
- A literal translation would be that Mary was born into this world, she has given birth, she will take care of her children, and be born again. However, this line could also mean that she was lived a good life, she carried and tolerated her troubles, like giving into death. The change of tense in the phrase “I was born” to “I will be born”, can mean that her life, and her perspective on the world, would be changed after the hanging, as if she was a different person or born again
8 What does Mary mean when she says "Before, I was not a witch. But now I am one"?
- Mary was hanged under the pretense of being a witch, and many people doubted that she is a witch because they saw the good in her. Although, now that she has survived a hanging, people now have a stronger reason for thinking she is a
2 In "9pm" who are "the bonnets" who "come to stare" at Mary? - “The bonnets” are people who are afraid to share the same fate as Mary, and they are watching her being hanged.
3 What are the reasons "the bonnets" cannot or will not help Mary? - If “the bonnets” cannot help Mary or else they too will be accused of witches.
4 Name one simile in "10pm" A simile is a comparison using like or as.
- One simile …show more content…
What effect does this produce? Try reading it aloud. - The lack of punctuation makes “3 am” sound as if she is delirious or losing consciousness. It creates a dramatic shift between the previous stanzas, who were carefully structured versus the jumbled mess of words.
7 In "3am" what is the meaning of "I was born I have borne I bear I will be born"? Consider the subtle differences in the meanings of "born" "borne" and "bear".
- A literal translation would be that Mary was born into this world, she has given birth, she will take care of her children, and be born again. However, this line could also mean that she was lived a good life, she carried and tolerated her troubles, like giving into death. The change of tense in the phrase “I was born” to “I will be born”, can mean that her life, and her perspective on the world, would be changed after the hanging, as if she was a different person or born again
8 What does Mary mean when she says "Before, I was not a witch. But now I am one"?
- Mary was hanged under the pretense of being a witch, and many people doubted that she is a witch because they saw the good in her. Although, now that she has survived a hanging, people now have a stronger reason for thinking she is a