Unit 2 Post-- 2 Are Wrong. 1 From Vic. Era I And 1 From Vic. Era II

Hard Times by Charles Dickens (excerpt) The scene was a plain, bare, monotonous vault of a school-room, and the speaker's square forefinger emphasized his observations by underscoring every sentence with a line on the schoolmaster's sleeve. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's square wall of a forehead, which had his eyebrows for its base, while his eyes found commodious cellarage in two dark caves, overshadowed by the wall... The speaker's obstinate carriage, square coat, square legs, square shoulders, —nay, his very neckcloth, trained to take him by the throat with an unaccommodating grasp, like a stubborn fact, as it was, —all helped the emphasis. "In this life, we want nothing but Facts, sir; nothing but Facts!" The speaker, and the schoolmaster, and the third grown person present, all backed a little, and swept with their eyes the inclined plane of little vessels then and there arranged in order, ready to have imperial gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim. What does the passage imply about children and learning? Children are usually rowdy so teachers need to be strict disciplinarians. Children are overly passive in school and therefore do not learn well. Children who learn facts and conform will likely succeed in life. Children would be best served if allowed to develop as individuals.

Which lines in the poem suggest the preciousness of love? Sonnet 12 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Indeed this very love which is my boast, And which, when rising up from breast to brow, Doth crown me with a ruby large enow To draw men's eyes and prove the inner cost,— This love even, all my worth, to the uttermost, I should not love withal, unless that thou Hadst set me an example, shown me how, When first thine earnest eyes with mine were crossed, And love called love. And thus, I cannot speak Of love even, as a good thing of my own: Thy soul hath snatched up mine all faint and weak, And placed it by thee on a golden throne,— And that I love (O soul, we must be meek!) Is by thee only, whom I love alone.

In this excerpt from Hard Times by Charles Dickens, which lines include images of the horrors of industrialization? It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of a savage. It was a town of machinery and tall chimneys, out of which interminable serpents of smoke trailed themselves for ever and ever, and never got uncoiled. It had a black canal in it, and a river that ran purple with ill-smelling dye, and vast piles of building full of windows where there was a rattling and a trembling all day long, and where the piston of the steam-engine worked monotonously up and down, like the head of an elephant in a state of melancholy madness. ... You saw nothing in Coketown but what was severely workful. If the members of a religious persuasion built a chapel there - as the members of eighteen religious persuasions had done - they made it a pious warehouse of red brick, with sometimes (but this is only in highly ornamental examples) a bell in a birdcage on the top of it. The solitary exception was the New Church; a stuccoed edifice with a square steeple over the door, terminating in four short pinnacles like florid wooden legs.

What is the effect of enjambment in this excerpt from "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning? That moment she was mine, mine, fair, Perfectly pure and good: I found A thing to do, and all her hair In one long yellow string I wound Three times her little throat around, And strangled her. No pain felt she; It creates a sorrowful mood. It conveys pain. It enhances the shocking effect. It introduces a pause.

Which aspect of industrialized Britain does Charles Dickens criticize in this excerpt from Oliver Twist? Mr. Gamfield's countenance brightened, as, with a quick step, he returned to the table, and said, "What'll you give, gen'l'men? Come! Don't be too hard on a poor man. What'll you give?" "I should say, three pound ten was plenty," said Mr. Limbkins. "Ten shillings too much," said the gentleman in the white waistcoat. "Come!" said Gamfield; "say four pound, gen'l'men. Say four pound, and you've got rid of him for good and all. There!" "Three pound ten,'"repeated Mr. Limbkins, firmly. "Come! I'll split the diff'erence, gen'l'men," urged Gamfield. "Three pound fifteen." "Not a farthing more," was the firm reply of Mr. Limbkins. "You're desperate hard upon me, gen'l'men," said Gamfield, wavering. "Pooh! pooh! nonsense!" said the gentleman in the white waistcoat. "He'd be cheap with nothing at all, as a premium. Take him, you silly fellow! He's just the boy for you. He wants the stick, now and then: it'll do him good; and his board needn't come very expensive, for he hasn't been overfed since he was born. Ha! ha! ha!" the miserly nature of officials in parish and charitable institutions a lack of honesty in transactions between the rich and other classes complications in official or legal matters due to bureaucracy a lack of compassion of all classes toward the suffering of the poor the growing economic gap between the rich and the poor

Which of these factors contributed to the popularity of novels during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? Most novels illustrated travels to exotic or unexplored locations. Most novels described the negative aspects of a society or country. Most novels depicted the lives of the middle and working classes. Most novels denounced the upper class and noble families.

Which part of this excerpt from Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist suggests a trace of humane feeling in Mr. Bumble's character? For some time, Mr. Bumble drew Oliver along, without notice or remark; for the beadle carried his head very erect, as a beadle always should: and, it being a windy day, little Oliver was completely enshrouded by the skirts of Mr. Bumble's coat as they blew open, and disclosed to great advantage his flapped waistcoat and drab plush knee-breeches. As they drew near to their destination, however, Mr. Bumble thought it expedient to look down, and see that the boy was in good order for inspection by his new master: which he accordingly did, with a fit and becoming air of gracious patronage. "Oliver!" said Mr. Bumble. "Yes, sir," replied Oliver, in a low, tremulous voice. "Pull that cap off your eyes, and hold up your head, sir." Although Oliver did as he was desired, at once; and passed the back of his unoccupied hand briskly across his eyes, he left a tear in them when he looked up at his conductor. As Mr. Bumble gazed sternly upon him, it rolled down his cheek. It was followed by another, and another. The child made a strong effort, but it was an unsuccessful one. Withdrawing his other hand from Mr. Bumble's he covered his face with both; and wept until the tears sprung out from between his chin and bony fingers. "Well!" exclaimed Mr. Bumble, stopping short, and darting at his little charge a look of intense malignity. "Well! Of all the ungratefullest, and worst-disposed boys as ever I see, Oliver, you are the—" "No, no, sir," sobbed Oliver, clinging to the hand which held the well-known cane; "no, no, sir; I will be good indeed; indeed, indeed I will, sir! I am a very little boy, sir; and it is so—so—" "So what?" inquired Mr. Bumble in amazement. "So lonely, sir! So very lonely!" cried the child. "Everybody hates me. Oh! sir, don't, don't pray be cross to me!" The child beat his hand upon his heart; and looked in his companion's face, with tears of real agony. Mr. Bumble regarded Oliver's piteous and helpless look, with some astonishment, for a few seconds; hemmed three or four times in a husky manner; and after muttering something about 'that troublesome cough,' bade Oliver dry his eyes and be a good boy. Then once more taking his hand, he walked on with him in silence.

Read these excerpts from Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist and identify the meaning of the words in bold based on their context. Now, Mr. Bumble was a fat man, and a choleric; so, instead of responding to this open-hearted salutation in a kindred spirit, he gave the little wicket a tremendous shake, and then bestowed upon it a kick which could have emanated from no leg but a beadle's. ..... Oliver, having had by this time as much of the outer coat of dirt which encrusted his face and hands, removed, as could be scrubbed off in one washing, was led into the room by his benevolent protectress. ..... The boys polished them with their spoons till they shone again; and when they had performed this operation (which never took very long, the spoons being nearly as large as the bowls), they would sit staring at the copper, with such eager eyes, as if they could have devoured the very bricks of which it was composed; employing themselves, meanwhile, in sucking their fingers most assiduously, with the view of catching up any stray splashes of gruel that might have been cast thereon.

Match the characters to their famous quotes.

Read this excerpt from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. Then complete the sentence that follows. LADY BRACKNELL (Glares at JACK for a few moments. Then bends, with a practised smile, to CECILY.): Kindly turn round, sweet child. (She turns completely round.) No, the side view is what I want. (Cecily presents her profile.) Yes, quite as I expected. There are distinct social possibilities in your profile. The two weak points in our age are its want of principle and its want of profile. The chin a little higher, dear. Style largely depends on the way the chin is worn. They are worn very high, just at present. Algernon! Lady Bracknell represents typical Victorian views on marriage. According to her, ------- and ------are the essential qualities for a perfect match for her nephew, Algernon.

What makes The Importance of Being Earnest a comedy of manners? It mocks the Victorians' lack of concern for the poor. It mocks the views the Victorians had about religion. It makes fun of the political system of the Victorian era. It questions the views of the Victorians about the afterlife. It satirizes the behavior of the Victorian aristocracy.

Which literary device is used in the title of Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest? hyperbole oxymoron pun simile metaphor

Read this excerpt from "The Lady of Shalott" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Which group of lines points to the Lady of Shalott's impending death? His broad clear brow in sunlight glow'd; On burnish'd hooves his war-horse trode; From underneath his helmet flow'd His coal-black curls as on he rode, As he rode down from Camelot. From the bank and from the river He flash'd into the crystal mirror, 'Tirra lirra, tirra lirra:' Sang Sir Lancelot. She left the web, she left the loom She made three paces thro' the room She saw the water-flower bloom, She saw the helmet and the plume, She look'd down to Camelot. Out flew the web and floated wide; The mirror crack'd from side to side; 'The curse is come upon me,' cried The Lady of Shalott.

Read this excerpt from "The Lady of Shalott" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. How is the isolation of the Lady emphasized through the poem's settings? On either side the river lie Long fields of barley and of rye, That clothe the wold and meet the sky; And thro' the field the road runs by To many-tower'd Camelot; And up and down the people go, Gazing where the lilies blow Round an island there below, The island of Shalott. She lives in a building that is not known to anyone. While she lives in Camelot, she cannot leave her tower. The town has fields and roads, but she lives in a secluded tower. She lives in a place that is far away from the road to Camelot. She is surrounded by gray stone walls in the tower.

Read this excerpt from "Ulysses" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson: In offices of tenderness, and pay Meet adoration to my household gods, When I am gone. He works his work, I mine. There lies the port; the vessel puffs her sail: There gloom the dark broad seas. My mariners, Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me-- That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed Free hearts, free foreheads-- you and I are old; What image does this line create of the ships, which is enhanced by the caesura? There lies the port; the vessel puffs her sail: It states in a matter-of-fact way that going out to sea is what ships do. It points out how powerless the ships are as they meet the dangers of the ocean. It enhances the mystery surrounding traveling on the ocean. It calls attention to the impending disaster awaiting ships leaving port. It emphasizes the urgency that is typical of sailors and their travels.

Read this excerpt from "The Lady of Shalott" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Which line describes how the world of the Lady of Shalott differs from that of Camelot? Willow whiten, aspens quiver; Little breezes dusk and shiver Through the wave that runs forever By the island in the river Flowing down to Camelot. Four gray walls, and four gray towers, Overlook a space of flowers, And silent isle imbowers The Lady of Shalott.By the margin, willow veil'd, Slide the heavy barges trail'd By slow horses; and unhail'd The shallop flitteth silken-sail'd Skimming down to Camelot: But who hath seen her wave her hand? Or at the casement seen her stand? Or is she known in all the land, The Lady of Shalott?

Complete these sentences about the setting of Wuthering Heights. Thrushcross Grange was quite different from Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff and Catherine went there on a Sunday to see how the children spent their time. The journey that was spurred by curiosity brought another dimension to the story. It exposed Catherine to the luxuries and refined manners of the residents of Thrushcross Grange. She became torn between her love for Heathcliff and her to become part of genteel society.

In chapter 6 of Wuthering Heights, whose description of Thrushcross Grange does Nelly report? Catherine's Heathcliff's Hindley's Isabella's Edgar's

Match the traits to the respective manors.

Emily Brontë uses the technique of frame narrative in the novel Wuthering Heights. Which statement is true about Nelly as a narrator? Nelly is a reliable narrator because she is witness to all that happened at Wuthering Heights. Nelly is an unreliable narrator because her narration is colored with her feelings for the other characters. Nelly is an interviewer, a narrator who pieces together information from the characters after the story has taken place. Nelly is an omniscient narrator who refers to herself in the third person when telling the story. Nelly is a detached narrator who doesn't insert her opinion into the telling of the story.