J. Roth Name:___________________

World Masterpieces 272

Experience #3 (20 points each--100 points possible)

Directions: You may use your books and your notes.

1. Please turn to Joyce’s The Dead, pp. 1893-1921. How is the story of Michael Furey symbolic? What is it meant to be a contrast to?

What does Gabriel come to understand about his feelings for, and his relationship with, his wife?

2. Please turn to p. 1920 of Joyce’s The Dead and locate the paragraph toward the bottom of the page that begins “Gabriel, leaning on his elbow, looked for a few moments . . . .” After carefully reading the paragraph, please answer the following:

What does Gabriel come to understand about his feelings for, and his relationship with, his wife?

3. Please consider Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, pp. 1966-1999. The most obvious metamorphosis is Gregor’s, as he changes from a human into an insect. Clearly name four other metamorphoses that occur in the story. Please clearly identify and number each.

4. Please consider Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, pp. 1966-1999. According to Wikipedia, a “ ‘codependent’ is loosely defined as someone who exhibits too much, and often inappropriate, caring for persons who depend on him or her.” A "codependent" is one side of a relationship between mutually needy people. Briefly defend the following: Gregor exhibits an excess of co-dependent behavior and through this he has created a prison both for himself and his family.

5. Please consider Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, pp. 1966-1999. Please read the final paragraph, pp. 1998-1999. First describe the difference in mood between this paragraph and the rest of the story (in what ways does the descriptive wording change?). Next, please explain what this difference means.

6. Please consider Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, pp. 2003-2006. In terms of what the narrator is contemplating, how might his last name, Prufrock be symbolic?

7. Please consider Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, pp. 2003-2006. Line 111 states “No! I am not Prince Hamlet nor was meant to be.” What does the narrator mean by this?

8. Please consider Faulkner’s Barn Burning, pp. 2071-2083. As Sarty (the narrator) first sees de Spain’s mansion, he is overcome by “a surge of peace and joy” (p. 2075). He thinks to himself that de Spain’s mansion is as “big as a courthouse.” He follows this by thinking to himself that “They [the de Spains] are safe from him [Abner]. People whose lives are part of this peace and dignity are beyond his touch . . . .” Please explain what he means by this?

9. What is the central irony of Camus’s The Guest (pp. 2253-2262)?

10. Please turn to Alice Munro’s Walker Brothers Cowboy (pp. 2510-2520). Next, please read carefully the final 20 lines of the story (p. 2520). Considering the events of the story, please explain the father’s silence. What is he feeling? Why?

2. Explain the title of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (pp. 2003-2006). Why is the poem entitled a “love song”?

5. Please consider all of the authors and characters we have encountered this quarter. Which one would you most like to take to dinner? Why? (You may use the back of this page if necessary.)

World Masterpieces 272

J. Roth

Spring 2006

Course and Instructor Evaluation

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