Unit 7 - Final Assessment
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Unit 7: Final Assessment Questions
Directions: Respond to the literature analysis questions below. Each response should be in complete sentences and respond fully to the question. Remember this is your final assessment and should demonstrate understanding of the concepts of the course.
1. What is your initial impression of this work?
My initial impression
to this work is that it tells the story of a woman who, upon learning of her husband's death, goes through a variety of emotions until eventually discovering a feeling of liberation in being free of her marriage.
2. What is the genre of this selection?
The genre of this selection is short story.
3. What is the exposition of the story? What is the rising action or actions in this story? What is the climax of this selection? What is the falling action in the story? What is the denouement in the story?
The people, place, and conflict are all introduced throughout
the story's exposition. The rising action comes when Mrs. Mallard finds out about her husband's passing and the subsequent anguish and joy she experiences. The realization
by Mrs. Mallard that she is happy to be free from her marriage and her husband's tyranny is the selection's turning point. She immediately falls and passes away after seeing her spouse alive and well, which is represented by the falling movement. Her sister and her husband's friend's arrival and discovery of her dead corpse serve as the finale.
4. Who is the protagonist? Antagonist?
The antagonist is her husband, who is symbolically symbolized by his passing away, which grants Mrs. Mallard independence. The protagonist is Mrs. Mallard.
5. What are the most important traits of the main character? Your response must be at least 3-5 sentences
in length.
Mrs. Mallard's emotional depth and her moral rectitude are her two most noteworthy qualities. When she learns of her husband's passing throughout the novel, Mrs. Mallard goes
through a variety of feelings, including joy and sadness, but she finally feels liberated by being free of her marriage. She manages to retain the proper level of calm in front of her family and friends despite her shock and perplexity. Strong and tenacious Mrs. Mallard is able to face her feelings and experience a sense of liberation in her newfound independence.
6. What is the setting of the work? Is there more than one? Describe the setting in detail. Your response should be a minimum of 5-7 sentences.
The house of Mrs. Mallard serves as the work's location. The author creates a sense of comfort, security, and protection using setting-specific information. In order to convey Mrs. Mallard's sense of safety and calm in her house, the author highlights setting elements like the "comfortable, roomy armchair" and the "delicate array of furniture in the room"
7. Referring to #6, how does the author's use of details affect the setting? You must have a minimum of 5-7 sentences to receive full credit.
Mrs. Mallard feels safe and at ease in her house, and the author uses setting elements to convey that to the reader, helping them to comprehend Mrs. Mallard's emotional condition. Mrs. Mallard's emotional journey as she passes from shock and sadness to joy and liberation is also reflected in the setting's specifics.
8. Why do you think the author chose to emphasize certain details of the setting? Your response should be a minimum of 5-7 sentences.
To provide Mrs. Mallard a sense of comfort and calm and to depict her emotional journey, the author opted to highlight specific elements of the surroundings. The setting's specifics
provide light on Mrs. Mallard's personality and emotional condition as well.
9. From what point of view is the story narrated? Does the narrator speak in first person (using "I") or in third person?
The story is narrated in third person.
10.
If there is a first-person narrator, is that person (or dog) a major character or a minor character observing the main action?
There is no first-person narrator.
11.
If the narration is in third person, is the narrator omniscient (able to see anything and tell us what is in the characters' minds), or is there limited omniscience so that we see into the mind of only one character?
The narrator is omniscient as we are able to see into the minds of the characters.
12.
Is the point of view objective, so that we see characters only from the outside but do not see into their minds?
The point of view is objective as we are only able to see the characters from the outside and do not see into their minds.
13.
Does the point of view change in this work? If so, when? Give an example from the text to support your response.
The point of view does not change in this work.
14.
Give 3 examples of figurative language from the selection. List them and give textual evidence to support
your response.
The following lines from the selection provide examples of figurative language: "Her pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body"(line 8) "She said it over and over under her breath: 'free, free, free!" (Line 19) "The vacant stare and the look of terror that had followed it went from her eyes" (line 24).
15.
Pick out at least five phrases which you think are especially important to the story. Briefly describe why you chose each. Your responses should be 3-5 sentences
each.
“To live for herself” (line 20), "She would live for herself" (line 22), "The comers and goers arrested by her attitude of death" (line 27), "The joy that kills," (line 12), and “There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a
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right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature," (line 17).These words express Mrs. Mallard's emotional journey as
she passes from loss, joy, and finally finds liberty in being divorced. They also highlight how strong of a person she is because she can face her feelings and get to a place of liberation.