Comp 2 Midterm w/ Minguez

William Faulkner

Emily Grierson, Homer Barron

Emily's dad died, then she met Homer and when her reputation is compromised- she buys poison, claiming it's for rats, and then, Homer is never seen again. Finally, Homer is found dead in Emily's home

House represents the "The Old South"

Sherman J. Alexie

Thomas Builds-the-Fire, and Victor

Victor and Thomas are recovering their experiences about their time w/ Victor's father as they go to Spokane to spread the ashes

Phoenix is a town in AZ and also a bird that rises from its ashes

Kate Chopin

Calixta, Alcee, Bobinot, Bibi

Bobinot and Bibi wait out a storm but worry about Calixta back at home. Calixta's ex Alcee gets trapped at the house. The storm passed and Cal's husband never knew her affair.

The storm represents the affair.

Ernest Hemingway

Jig and American Man

Jig and American man in 1920's Spain were contemplating abortion while waiting for a train

The hills represent an unwanted possession and the beaded curtain represents a kind of separation

Jamaica Kincaid

Girl and Mother

the girl is being told how to be a wife and good house keeper

the clothing is meant to represent how to be a good housewife someday

Kate Chopin

Louise Mallard, Josephine and Brently

Mallard has heart trouble and is informed about her husband's death. At the end, Brently walks in the door and Mallard has a heart attack

open window represents freedom

Stephen Dobyns

19 y/o boy and a farmer

dirty old gun represents how nonviolent the farmer is

Louisa Valenzuela

Ismael, Minister

Ismael shot a gun in the minister's office and you realize Ismael shot his traitor friend/minister

"suicide" is a sign of him killing himself figuraively

Annie Proulx

Rancher Croom

Croom finds people stranded on the side of the road and kills them and stores them in the attic

Susan Glaspell

George, Peters, Hale, John Wright, Mrs. Wright, Mrs.

Hale, and Mrs. Peters

The sheriff, the attorney, and a neighbor come to the house to investigate the death of Mr. John Wright, who was strangled in his sleep. The wives of the men accompany them to investigate the events for themselves.

-The rocking chair represents Mrs.

Wrights nervousness and impatience. -The rope is a symbol of her revenge and rebellion against her husband -The bird is a symbol of her feeling trapped in her own house

Henrik Ibsen

Nora, Torvald, Mrs. Linde, Krogstad, Dr. Rank, & Anne-Marie

Her husband, Torvald, thinks her careless and childlike, and often calls her his doll. When he is appointed bank director, his first act is to relieve a man who was once disgraced for having forged his signature on a document.

This man, Nils Krogstad, is the person from whom Nora has borrowed her money.

The image of the Christmas tree symbolizes life, and the images of stove, fire, candles also symbolize warmth and comfort.

character or forces working against the protagonist

people in the story who carry out the plot

the opposing forces create tension

live performance, acting out the plot

a character who changes/grows while responding to life's challenges

a life changing discovery, usually learned at the climax of the story

a character who acts as a contrast to the protagonist to highlight his/her qualities

author gives hints, clues to what's happening

series of related actions carry the story

where the characters are "situationally" as the story begins

conflict/problem that characters have to deal with

turning point of the story where we learn if the protagonist will or will not acheive his goal

everything is wrapped and settled

intense, compact use of language

perspective from which the story is told

protagonist tells the story; limited perspective

Objective Reporter

all knowing narrator- knows everyone's thoughts and feelings

short story, novella, plot carried

central-main character

time and place in which a story takes place

a character who does not change but can help others change

stock character

characters, objects, anything with two levels of meaning

the main idea

Poetry, Prose, and Drama