NARRATOR

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 394.

1.What kind of narrator is used in this passage: a) first person b) limited third person c) omniscient third person ? Does he comment on and guide the reader's interpretation of events?

2.Which of the following devices are used to convey the narrator's attitude to the characters and their actions:

· Imagery

· Epithets

· Repetition of key words

· Words with positive or negative connotations

· Irony

Identify them in the text.

CHARACTERS

I. Focus on the character of Frances

1. Are there any details about the girl's physical appearance? What in particular catches the narrator's attention?

2. Find references to Frances's ways and gestures in the text. What sort of character or psychological state do they reveal?

3. Which of the following adjectives would you choose to describe her?

(immature, childish, stubborn, responsible, self-confident, playful, refined, wilful, petulant, arrogant, snobbish, naive, romantic, materialistic, spoiled, spiritual, manipulative, self-centred, other__________________) Justify your choices by referring to the text.

4. What aspects of her personality is underlined through the use of repetition?

5. Which details suggest that she is unhappy with the life she leads? What makes her unhappy?

II. Focus on the character of Anne

1. Pick out all details about the girl's physical appearance.

2. What epithets does the author use to characterize Ann?

3. How would you define Anne's attitude towards Frances? How do the sisters's relations characterize both?

III. Fill the table.

What is the point of the contrast?

IV. Focus on the characters of Jimmy and Tom Smedley

1.Which expressions are used to show the social difference between Jimmy and Frances?

2.What means are used to show Tom's social rank?

3.Name the aspects in which the two young men are contrasted. Which aspects of Tom Smedley are emphasized through the contrast?