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3) Explanation and Interpretation:

(Identify what the writer uses in each (or each pair) of the following expressions)

(1) The other houses of the street, conscious of decent lives within them, gazed at one another with brown imperturbable faces. (personification)

…

… (symbol)

(3) a. I kept her brown figure always in my eye…

b. seeing nothing but the brown-clad figure cast by my imagination.. (symbol)

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(4) When we met in the street the houses had grown sombre. (personification)

(5) Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity. (epiphany)

4) Suggested Homework:

In the short conversation with Mangan’s sister, the boy promised to get something for her from the bazaar. The journey made him realize something, but a promise was still a promise though the girl might not take it seriously. Suppose you were the boy and wanted to explain and apologize for not being able to fulfill your promise. Now write a few lines on a piece of paper and try to slip the letter into her hand next time you meet her.

―I think I have to humbly apologize to you for being unable to do something that I have promised. I’m sure you remember that in our last short conversation I told you I would go to the Bazaar for you and buy you a gift. However, it was unfortunate that circumstances prevented me from doing this little service for you. Please don’t feel disappointed. I seriously promise I will get you something somehow, even just to prove that I am sincere. I’ll keep that promise, and you, in the heart of mine.

Truly yours‖

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Unit Eight

Frank Stockton: The Lady or the Tiger?

1) Questions for Discussion:

(Suggested answers for reference)

(1) Why didn’t the king approve of the love between his daughter and the young man of his court?

(Because of the difference in social positions, one is the princess, the other is a lowly courtier. The king would not care whether there was true love between them.)

(2) Why did the princess love the courtier so much? Can you briefly describe what sort of person she was?

(The princess was a ―fervent and imperious‖ person, like her father. She also inherited from her father the semi-barbaric nature and had hot blood that made her care little about the consequences. What is more, the courtier was ―handsome and brave to a degree unsurpassed in all this kingdom‖ and the princess was well-satisfied with the young man in spite of his station.)

(3) Why did the King believe the trial of the arena was a good way of solving some of the problems in his kingdom?

(In two respects. 1. Generally, because of the suspense, the masses would be entertained and pleased. 2. ―The thinking part of the community could bring no charge of unfairness against this plan.‖ (lines 86-87) In this particular case with the courtier, ―No matter how the affair turned out, the youth would be disposed of, and the king would take an aesthetic pleasure in watching the course of events.‖(line 116-117)

(4) In a sense, it was not the young man but the princess who was actually under the trial -- in the court of conscience. Did she save her love by pointing to the door leading to the lady-in-waiting, or did she prefer to see her lover die rather than see him marry someone she hated?

(This is a question that has not ―right‖ or ―wrong‖ answers. Possibly we should say, it is not even the princess who was actually put under the trial, it is the reader who is making a decision according to his / her inclination.)

2) Explanation and Interpretation:

(Explain the implied meaning of the following sentences, and point out their significance in the context of the story.)

(1) He was greatly given to self-communing, and, when he and himself agreed upon anything, the thing was done. (line 7)

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(That means the king was a despot. He discussed only with himself, and there was not law to prevent him from anything that he decided to do.)

(2) the accused person was instantly punished if he found himself guilty…(line 78)

(By the king’s logic, it was the accused who opened the door by his own hand and led to the consequences. So the accused himself ―decided‖ whether he is guilty or not.)

(3) …she loved him (the young courtier) with an ardor that had enough of barbarism in it to make it exceedingly warm and strong. (line 97)

(The love relation was made warm and strong by the very nature that the princess had inherited from her semi-barbaric father.)

(4) Often had she seen, or imagined that she had seen, this fair creature throwing glances of admiration upon the person of her lover, and sometimes she thought these glances were perceived, and even returned. (line 151)

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