Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice is set primarily in the county of Hertfordshire, about 50 miles outside of London. The novel opens at with a conversation at Longbourn, the Bennet's estate, about the arrival of Mr. Bingley, "a single man of large fortune," to Netherfield Park, a nearby estate. Mrs. Bennet, whose obsession is to find husbands for her daughters, sees Mr. Bingley as a potential suitor. Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five children: Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia.
The Bennets' first acquaintance with Mr. Bingley and his companions is at the Meryton Ball. Mr. Bingley takes a liking to Jane and is judged by the townspeople to be perfectly amiable and agreeable. Mr. Bingley's friend Mr. Darcy, however, snubs Elizabeth and is considered to be proud and disagreeable because of his reserve and his refusal to dance. Bingley's sisters are judged to be amiable by Jane but Elizabeth finds them to be arrogant.
After further interactions, it becomes evident that Jane and Bingley have a preference for one another, although Bingley's partiality is more obvious than Jane's because she is universally cheerful and amiable. Charlotte Lucas, a close friend of Elizabeth with more pragmatic views on marriage, recommends that Jane make her regard for Bingley more obvious. At the same time, Mr. Darcy begins to admire Elizabeth, captivated by her fine eyes and lively wit.
When Jane is invited for dinner at Netherfield, Mrs. Bennet refuses to provide her with a carriage, hoping that because it is supposed to rain Jane will be forced to spend the night. However, because Jane gets caught in the rain, she falls ill and is forced to stay at Netherfield until she recovers. Upon hearing that Jane is ill, Elizabeth walks to Netherfield in order to go nurse her sister. Miss Bingley and Mrs. Hurst (Bingley's sisters) are scandalized that Elizabeth walked so far alone in the mud. Seeing that Jane would like Elizabeth to stay with her, Bingley's sisters invite Elizabeth to remain at Netherfield until Jane recovers.
During her stay at Netherfield, Elizabeth increasingly gains the admiration of Mr. Darcy. She is blind to his partiality, however, and continues to think him a most proud and haughty man because of the judgment she made of him when he snubbed her at the ball. Miss Bingley, who is obviously trying to gain the admiration of Mr. Darcy, is extremely jealous of Elizabeth and tries to prevent Mr. Darcy from admiring her by making rude references to the poor manners of Elizabeth's mother and younger sisters and to her lower class relatives. When Mrs. Bennet and her younger daughters come to visit Jane, Elizabeth is mortified by their foolishness and complete lack of manners. Bingley's admiration for Jane continues unabated and is evident in his genuine solicitude for her recovery. After Jane recovers, she returns home with Elizabeth.
A militia regiment is stationed at the nearby town of Meryton, where Mrs. Bennet's sister Mrs. Phillips lives. Mrs. Phillips is just as foolish as Mrs. Bennet. Lydia and Kitty love to go to Meryton to visit with their aunt and socialize with the militia's officers.
Mr. Collins, a cousin of Mr. Bennet who is in line to inherit Longbourn because the estate has been entailed away from the female line, writes a letter stating his intention to visit. When he arrives, he makes it clear that he hopes to find a suitable wife among the Miss Bennets. Mr. Collins is a clergyman, and his patroness, Lady Catherine de Bourgh (who is also Darcy's aunt), has suggested that he find a wife, and he hopes to lessen the hardship of the entailment by marrying one of Mr. Bennet's daughters. Mr. Collins is a silly man who speaks in long, pompous speeches and always has an air of solemn formality.
When the Miss Bennets and Mr. Collins go for a walk to Meryton, they are introduced to an officer in the regiment named Mr. Wickham. They also run into Mr. Darcy, and when Darcy and Wickham meet both seem to be extremely uncomfortable. Mr. Wickham immediately shows a partiality for Elizabeth and they speak at length. Wickham tells Elizabeth that the reason for the mutual embarrassment when he and Darcy met is that Darcy's father had promised that Wickham, his godson, should be given a good living after his death, but that Darcy had failed to fulfill his father's dying wishes and had left Wickham to support himself. Elizabeth, already predisposed to think badly of Darcy, does not question Wickham's account. When Elizabeth tells Jane Wickham's story Jane refuses think badly of either Wickham or Darcy and assumes there must be some misunderstanding.
As promised, Bingley hosts a ball at Netherfield. He and Jane stay together the whole evening, and their mutual attachment becomes increasingly obvious. Mrs. Bennet speaks of their marriage as imminent over dinner, within earshot of Mr. Bingley's friend Mr. Darcy. Darcy asks Elizabeth to dance with her and she inadvertently accepts. She does not enjoy it and cannot understand why he asked her. Mr. Collins pays particularly close attention to Elizabeth at the ball, and even reserves the first two dances with her.
The next day Mr. Collins proposes to Elizabeth. She refuses him, and after a while Mr. Collins comes to understand that her refusal is sincere, not just a trick of female coquetry. Mrs. Bennet is extremely angry at Elizabeth for not accepting, but Mr. Bennet is glad. Mr. Collins shifts his attentions to Elizabeth's friend Charlotte Lucas. He proposes to Charlotte and she accepts. Elizabeth is disappointed in her friend for agreeing to marry such a silly man simply to obtain financial security.
Bingley goes to London for business and shortly after he leaves his sisters and Darcy go to London as well. He had planned to return quickly to Netherfield, but Caroline Bingley writes to Jane and tells her that Bingley will almost definitely not return for about six months. Caroline also tells Jane that the family hopes Bingley will marry Darcy's younger sister Georgiana and unite the fortunes of the two families. Jane is heartbroken, thinking that Bingley must not really be attached to her. Elizabeth thinks that Darcy and Bingley's sisters somehow managed to convince Bingley to stay in London rather than returning to Netherfield to propose to Jane.
Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, Elizabeth's aunt and uncle, come to Longbourn to visit. They invite Jane to come and spend some time with them in London, hoping that the time away will help to cheer her up. Elizabeth also hopes that Jane will run into Bingley while in London. Mrs. Gardiner, after observing Elizabeth and Wickham together, warns Elizabeth against the imprudence of a marriage to Wickham because of his poor financial situation, and advises Elizabeth not to encourage his attentions so much.
While in London Jane is treated very rudely by Caroline Bingley and comes to realize that she is not a sincere friend. She assumes that Mr. Bingley knows she is in London, and decides that he must no longer be partial to her since she does not hear from him at all.
Wickham suddenly transfers his attentions from Elizabeth to Miss King, who has recently acquired 10,000 pounds from an inheritance.
Along with Sir William Lucas and Maria Lucas (Charlotte's father and younger sister) Elizabeth goes to visit Charlotte (now Mrs. Collins) at her new home in Kent. On their way they stop to see the Gardiners. Upon hearing of Wickham's change of affections, Mrs. Gardiner is critical, but Elizabeth defends him.
While staying with the Collinses, Elizabeth and the others are often invited to dine at Rosings, the large estate of Mr. Collins' patroness Lady Catherine. Lady Catherine is completely arrogant and domineering. After Elizabeth has been at the Parsonage for a fortnight, Mr. Darcy and his cousin Colonel Fitzwilliam visit Rosings. Elizabeth and Colonel Fitzwilliam get along very well. Darcy also seems to be paying a lot of attention to Elizabeth, and often visits her and Charlotte at the Parsonage along with Colonel Fitzwilliam. He also purposely meets her very frequently on her usual walking route through the park.
While walking one day with Elizabeth, Colonel Fitzwilliam tells Elizabeth how Darcy recently saved a close friend from an imprudent marriage. Elizabeth concludes from this comment that it must have been Darcy's advice which convinced Bingley not to propose to Jane. She becomes so angry and upset that she gets a terrible headache and decides not to go to Rosings for dinner. While she is alone at the Parsonage, Darcy pays a visit. He tells her that in spite of all his efforts to avoid it because of her low family connections, he has fallen in love with her and wants to marry her. Elizabeth is shocked. She rudely refuses and rebukes him for the ungentlemanlike manner in which he proposed, as well as for preventing the marriage of Bingley and Jane and for ill-treating Wickham. Darcy is shocked because he had assumed she would accept.
The next day Darcy finds Elizabeth and hands her a letter then quickly leaves. The letter contains an explanation of his reasons for advising Bingley not to marry Jane and for his actions toward Wickham. He had prevented Bingley from proposing to Jane because it did not seem to him that Jane was truly attached to Bingley. Wickham was Darcy's father's god-son. Before his death, Darcy's father had asked Darcy to provide Wickham with a living if Wickham were to decide to enter the clergy. Wickham, however, did not want to enter the clergy. He asked Darcy for 3,000 pounds, purportedly for law school, and agreed not to ask for any more. Darcy gave Wickham the money and he squandered it all on dissolute living, then came back and told Darcy he would like to enter the clergy if he could have the living promised to him. Darcy refused. Later, with the help of her governess Miss Younge, Wickham got Darcy's younger sister Georgiana to fall in love with him and agree to an elopement, in order to revenge himself on Mr. Darcy and get Miss Darcy's fortune. Fortunately, Darcy found out and intervened at the last minute.
After reading these explanations in the letter Elizabeth's first reaction is disbelief, but after reflecting upon and slowly rereading the letter, she begins to see that Darcy is telling the truth and that she was only inclined to believe Wickham's story because he had flattered her with his attentions, while she was inclined to think ill of Darcy because he had wounded her pride on their first meeting.
Soon afterwards, Elizabeth returns home from her stay with the Collinses and Jane returns home from her stay with the Gardiners. When they return their mother and sisters are upset because the regiment stationed in Meryton will soon be leaving, depriving them of most of their amusement. Lydia receives an offer from Mrs. Forster, Colonel Forster's wife, to accompany her to Brighton, where the regiment will be going. Elizabeth advises her father not to allow Lydia to go, thinking that such a trip could lead to serious misconduct on Lydia's part because of the flirtatiousness and frivolity of her character and her complete lack of a sense of propriety. However, Mr. Bennet does not heed Elizabeth's advice.
Elizabeth goes on vacation with the Gardiners. Their first stop is in the area of Pemberley, Mr. Darcy's estate. The Gardiners want to take a tour, and having found out that Mr. Darcy is away, Elizabeth agrees. During their tour of the estate the housekeeper tells them about how kind and good-natured Darcy is. Elizabeth is impressed by this praise, and also thinks of how amazing it would be to be the mistress of such an estate. During their tour of the gardens Elizabeth and the Gardiners run into Mr. Darcy, who has returned early from his trip. Darcy is extremely cordial to both Elizabeth and the Gardiners and tells Elizabeth that he wants her to meet his sister Georgiana as soon as she arrives.
Darcy and Georgiana pay a visit to Elizabeth and the Gardiners at their inn on the very morning of Georgiana's arrival. Bingley comes to visit as well. It is clear that he still has a regard for Jane. Mrs. Gardiner and Elizabeth return their civilities by calling at Pemberley to visit Georgiana. Miss Bingley and Mrs. Hurst are there as well, and they thinly conceal their displeasure at seeing Elizabeth.
One morning Elizabeth receives a letter from Jane announcing that Lydia has eloped with Wickham, and that they fear Wickham does not actually intend to marry her. Jane asks Elizabeth to return home immediately. Darcy comes to the door just after Elizabeth has received the news. She explains to him what has happened. He feels partially to blame for not having exposed Wickham's character publicly.
Elizabeth and the Gardiners depart for Longbourn immediately. Mrs. Bennet is in hysterics and the entire burden of keeping the household together in this moment of crisis has fallen on Jane's shoulders. They find out from Colonel Forster that Wickham has over 1,000 pounds of gambling debts and nearly that much owed to merchants. The next day Mr. Gardiner goes to join Mr. Bennet in London to help him search for Lydia. After many days of fruitless searches Mr. Bennet returns home and leaves the search in Mr. Gardiner's hands.
Soon a letter arrives from Mr. Gardiner explaining that Lydia and Wickham have been found and that Wickham will marry Lydia if Mr. Bennet provides her with her equal share of his wealth. Knowing that, with his debts, Wickham would never have agreed to marry Lydia for so little money, Mr. Bennet thinks that Mr. Gardiner must have paid off Wickham's debts for him.
After their marriage Lydia and Wickham come to visit Longbourn. Lydia is completely shameless and not the least bit remorseful for her conduct. Mrs. Bennet is very happy to have one of her daughters married.
Elizabeth hears from Lydia that Darcy was present at the wedding. She writes to her aunt to ask her why he was there. She responds explaining that it was Darcy who had found Lydia and Wickham and who had negotiated with Wickham to get him to marry her. Mrs. Gardiner thinks that Darcy did this out of love for Elizabeth.
Bingley and Mr. Darcy return to Netherfield Park. They call at Longbourn frequently. After several days Bingley proposes to Jane. She accepts and all are very happy.
In the meantime Darcy has gone on a short business trip to London. While he is gone Lady Catherine comes to Longbourn and asks to speak with Elizabeth. Lady Catherine tells Elizabeth that she has heard Darcy is going to propose to her and attempts to forbid Elizabeth to accept the proposal. Elizabeth refuses to make any promises. Lady Catherine leaves in a huff.
Darcy returns from his business trip. While he and Elizabeth are walking he tells her that his affection for her is the same as when he last proposed, and asks her if her disposition toward him has changed. She says that it has, and that she would be happy to accept his proposal. They speak about how they have been changed since the last proposal. Darcy realized he had been wrong to act so proudly and place so much emphasis on class differences. Elizabeth realized that she had been wrong to judge Darcy prematurely and to allow her judgment to be affected by her vanity.
Both couples marry. Elizabeth and Darcy go to live in Pemberley. Jane and Bingley, after living in Netherfield for a year, decide to move to an estate near Pemberley. Kitty begins to spend most of her time with her two sisters, and her education and character begin to improve. Mary remains at home keeping her mother company. Mr. Bennet is very happy that his two oldest daughters have married so happily. Mrs. Bennet is glad that her daughters have married so prosperously.
TEXT/MOVIE CHECK
1. The Bennet family talked about the visit of _____________, an extremely wealthy aristocrat who is proud, haughty and extremely conscious of class differences.
A. Mr Darcy B. Charles Bingley
2. Mr. Darcy was still single and considered by Mrs. Bennet to be a potential suitor of her five daughters.
A. True B. False
3. At Meryton Ball, the Bennet sisters were introduced to Mr. Darcy and___________________.
A. Darcy danced Jane B. Darcy snubbed Elizabeth
4. ____________was invited for a dinner at Netherfield.
A. Elizabeth B. Jane
5. Complete the line of Elizabeth : The fever and the headache, there is ___________________.
A. nothing much wrong with me B. nothing I can say about these.
6. Ms. Bingley and Mrs. Hurst were surprised to see_____________and asked her if she walked so far alone.
A. Jane B. Elizabeth
7. Mr. Collins, a cousin of Mr. Bennet who was in line to inherit Longbourn because the estate has been entailed away from the female line, writo a letter stating his intention to visit. When he arrived, he said_______________.
A. Good morning, ladies of Hertfordshire. B. Mr Collins, at your service.
8. Mr. Collins made it clear that he hope to find a suitable wife among the Miss Bennets.
A. True B. False
9. When the Miss Bennets and Mr. Collins go for a walk to Meryton, they are introduced to an officer in the regiment named ____________.
A. Mr. Wickman B. Sir William Lucas
10. At the ball in Netherfield, Elizabeth did not enjoy the dance with Mr. Collins, she simply liked dancing with Mr.Darcy, in fact she conversed with him with much ease and curiosity.
A. True B. False
11. Mr. Collins proposed to Elizabeth but Elizabeth refused the proposal. ____________was glad for not accepting it.
A. Mr. Bennet B.Mrs. Bennet
12. During the ball at Netherfield, Jane and Mr. Bingley showed their mutual attachement but when he went to London for business, Caroline Bingley wrote to Jane that Mr.Bingley would not return and Bingley would marry__________
A. Elizabeth B.Georgiana
13. Lady Catherine is arrogant an dominerring. She asked Elizabeth to play __________even if she explained that she played it poorly.
A. violin B. piano
14. Elizabeth concluded from this comment that it must have been Darcy's advice which convinced Bingley not to propose to Jane.
A. True B. False
15. When Elizabeth ran through the rain, Mr. Darcy followed her and explained to her the reason why he advised Bingley to marry her sister’s friend. He______________repeatedly.
A. asked for forgiveness B. explained his reasons
16. The next day, Darcy found Elizabeth and handed a letter. The letter contained ________________.
A. an explanation of his reasons for advising Bingley not to marry Jane
B. his apology to Jane for his betrayal
17. Who found Lydia and Wickham in London?
A. rs. Gradiner B. Mr. Darcy
18. Why does Charlotte married Mr. Collins?
A. she wanted to gain fincancial situation B. she was flattered by his affection
19. The third oldest of the Bennet sisters, ___________ wass strangely solemn and pedantic. She disliked going out into society, and to prefered to spend her time studying.
A. Kitty B.Mary
20. Whose pairing of couples got married in the end?
A. Darcy and Elizabeth, Bingley and Jane
B. Darcy and Jane, Bingley and Elizabeth
Friday, December 21, 2007
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
The Dashwood family is introduced; Mr. and Mrs. Dashwood and their three daughters live at Norland Park, an estate in Sussex. Unfortunately, Mr. Dashwood's wife and daughters are left with very little when he dies and the estate goes to his son, John Dashwood. John and his wife Fanny (nee Ferrars) have a great deal of money, yet refuse to help his half-sisters and their mother.
Elinor, one of the Dashwood girls, is entirely sensible and prudent; her sister, Marianne, is very emotional and never moderate. Margaret, the youngest sister, is young and good-natured. Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters stay at Norland for a few months, mostly because of the promising friendship developing between Elinor and Edward Ferrars, Fanny's shy, but very kind, brother. Elinor likes Edward, but is not convinced her feelings are mutual; Fanny is especially displeased by their apparent regard, as Edward's mother wants him to marry very well.
A relative of Mrs. Dashwood's, Sir John Middleton, offers them a cottage at Barton Park in Devonshire; the family must accept, and are sad at leaving their home and having to separate Edward and Elinor. They find Barton Cottage and the countryside around it charming, and Sir John Middleton a very kind and obliging host. His wife, Lady Middleton, is cold and passionless; still, they accept frequent invitations to dinners and parties at Barton Park.
The Dashwoods meet Mrs. Jennings, Sir John's mother-in-law, a merry, somewhat vulgar older woman, and Colonel Brandon, a gentleman and a bachelor. The Colonel is soon taken with Marianne, but Marianne objects to Mrs. Jennings attempts to get them together, and to the "advanced" age (35) and serious demeanor of the Colonel.
Marianne falls and twists her ankle while walking; she is lucky enough to be found and carried home by a dashing man named Willoughby. Marianne and Willoughby have a similar romantic temperament, and Marianne is much pleased to find that Willoughby has a passion for art, poetry, and music. Willoughby and Marianne's attachment develops steadily, though Elinor believes that they should be more restrained in showing their regard publicly.
One pleasant day, the Middletons, the Dashwoods, and Willoughby are supposed to go on a picnic with the Colonel, but their plans are ditched when Colonel Brandon is forced to leave because of distressing news. Willoughby becomes an even more attentive guest at the cottage, spending a great deal more time there than Allenham with his aunt. Willoughby openly confesses his affections for Marianne and for all of them, and hopes they will always think of him as fondly as he does of them; this leaves Mrs. Dashwood and Elinor convinced that if Marianne and Willoughby are not engaged, they soon will be.
One morning, Mrs. Dashwood, Elinor, and Margaret leave the couple, hoping for a proposal; when they return, they find Marianne crying, and Willoughby saying that he must immediately go to London. Mrs. Dashwood and Elinor are completely unsettled by this hasty departure, and Elinor fears that they might have had a falling-out. Marianne is torn up by Willoughby's departure, and Elinor begins to question whether Willoughby's intentions were honorable. But, whether Willoughby and Marianne are engaged remains a mystery, as Marianne will not speak of it.
Edward comes to visit them at Barton, and is welcomed very warmly as their guest. It is soon apparent that Edward is unhappy, and doesn't show as much affection for Elinor; when they spot a ring he is wearing, with a lock of hair suspiciously similar to Elinor's, even Elinor is baffled. Edward finally forces himself to leave, still seeming distressed.
Sir John and Mrs. Jennings soon introduce Mrs. Jennings' other daughter, Mrs. Palmer, and her husband to the family. Mrs. Palmer says that people in town believe that Willoughby and Marianne will soon be married, which puzzles Elinor, as she knows of no such arrangements herself. Elinor and Marianne meet the Middletons' new guests, the Miss Steeles, apparently cousins; they find Miss Steele to be nothing remarkable, while Lucy is very pretty but not much better company. However, the Miss Steeles instantly gain Lady Middleton's admiration by paying endless attention to her obnoxious children.
Elinor, unfortunately, becomes the preferred companion of Lucy. Lucy inquires of Mrs. Ferrars, which prompts Elinor to ask about her acquaintance with the Ferrars family; Lucy then reveals that she is secretly engaged to Edward. It turns out that Edward and Lucy knew each other while Edward studied with Lucy's uncle, Mr. Pratt, and have been engaged for some years. Although Elinor is first angry about Edward's secrecy, she soon sees that marrying Lucy will be punishment enough, as she is unpolished, manipulative, and jealous of Edward's high regard for Elinor.
The Miss Steeles end up staying at Barton Park for two months. Mrs. Jennings invites Marianne and Elinor to spend the winter with her in London. Marianne is determined to go to see Willoughby, and Elinor decides she must go too, because Marianne needs Elinor's polite guidance. They accept the invitation, and leave in January. Once in town, they find Mrs. Jennings' house comfortable, and their company less than ideal; still, they try their best to enjoy it all.
Marianne anxiously awaits Willoughby's arrival, while Elinor finds her greatest enjoyment in Colonel Brandon's daily visits. Elinor is much disturbed when Colonel Brandon tells her that the engagement between Marianne and Willoughby is widely known throughout town. At a party, Elinor and Marianne see Willoughby; Marianne approaches him, although he avoids Marianne, and his behavior is insulting.
Marianne angrily writes Willoughby, and receives a reply in which he denies having loved Marianne, and says he hopes he didn't lead her on. Marianne is deeply grieved at being deceived and dumped so coldly; Elinor feels only anger at Willoughby's unpardonable behavior. Marianne then reveals that she and Willoughby were never engaged, and Elinor observes that Marianne should have been more prudent in her affections. Apparently, Willoughby is to marry the wealthy Lady Grey due to his constant need for money.
Colonel Brandon calls after hearing the news, and offers up his knowledge of Willoughby's character to Elinor. Colonel Brandon was once in love with a ward to his family, Eliza, who became a fallen woman and had an illegitimate daughter. Colonel Brandon placed the daughter, Miss Williams, in care after her mother's death. The Colonel learned on the day of the Delaford picnic that she had become pregnant, and was abandoned by Willoughby. Elinor is shocked, though the Colonel sincerely hopes that this will help Marianne feel better about losing Willoughby, since he was not of solid character.
The story convinces Marianne of Willoughby's guilt, though it does not ease her mind. Out of sympathy, Marianne also stops avoiding the Colonel's company and becomes more civil to him. Willoughby is soon married, which Marianne is grieved to hear; then, again unfortunately, the Miss Steeles come to stay with the Middletons.
John and Fanny Dashwood arrive, and are introduced to Mrs. Jennings, and to Sir John and Lady Middleton, deeming them worthy company. John reveals to Elinor that Edward is soon to be married to Miss Morton, an orphan with a great deal of money left to her, as per the plans of his mother. At a dinner party given by John and Fanny for their new acquaintance, Mrs. Ferrars is present, along with the entire Barton party. Mrs. Ferrars turns out to be sallow, unpleasant, and uncivil; she slights Elinor, which hurts Marianne deeply, as she is Edward's mother.
The Miss Steeles are invited to stay with John and Fanny. But, Mrs. Jennings soon informs them that Miss Steele told Fanny of Lucy and Edward's engagement, and that the Ferrars family threw the Steele girls out in a rage. Marianne is much grieved to hear of the engagement, and cannot believe that Elinor has also kept her knowledge of it a secret for so long. Edward is to be disinherited if he chooses to marry Lucy; unfortunately, Edward is too honorable to reject Lucy, even if he no longer loves her. Financial obstacles to their marriage remain; he must find a position in the church that pays enough to allow them to marry. Much to Elinor's chagrin, the Colonel, although he barely knows Edward, generously offers the small parish at Delaford to him. Elinor is to convey the offer to Edward, though she regrets that it might help the marriage.
Edward is surprised at the generous offer, since he hardly knows the Colonel. Edward decides to accept the position; they say goodbye, as Elinor is to leave town soon. Much to Elinor's surprise, Robert Ferrars, Edward's selfish, vain, and rather dim brother, is now to marry Miss Morton; he has also received Edward's inheritance and money, and doesn't care about Edward's grim situation.
It is April, and the Dashwood girls, the Palmers, and Mrs. Jennings, and Colonel Brandon set out for Cleveland, the Palmer's estate. Marianne is still feeling grief over Willoughby; she soon becomes ill after her walks in the rain, and gets a serious fever. The Palmers leave with her child; Mrs. Jennings, though, helps Elinor nurse Marianne, and insists that Colonel Brandon stay, since he is anxious about Marianne's health. Colonel Brandon soon sets off to get Mrs. Dashwood from Barton when Marianne's illness worsens. At last, Marianne's state improves, right in time for her mother and the Colonel's arrival; but Willoughby makes an unexpected visit.
Elinor is horrified at seeing him; he has come to inquire after Marianne's health and to explain his past actions. Willoughby says he led Marianne on at first out of vanity; he finally began to love her as well, and would have proposed to her, if not for the money.
By saying that he also has no regard for his wife, and still loves Marianne, he attempts to gain Elinor's compassion; Elinor's opinion of him is somewhat improved in being assured of his regard for Marianne. Elinor cannot think him a total blackguard since he has been punished for his mistakes, and tells him so; Willoughby leaves with this assurance, lamenting that Marianne is lost to him forever.
Mrs. Dashwood finally arrives, and Elinor assures her that Marianne is out of danger; both Mrs. Dashwood and the Colonel are relieved. Mrs. Dashwood tells Elinor that the Colonel had confessed his love for Marianne during the journey from Barton; Mrs. Dashwood wishes the Colonel and Marianne to be married. Elinor wishes the Colonel well in securing Marianne's affections, but is more pessimistic regarding Marianne's ability to accept the Colonel after disliking him for so long.
Marianne makes a quick recovery, thanking Colonel Brandon for his help and acting friendly toward him. Marianne finally seems calm and happy as they leave for Barton, which Elinor believes to signal Marianne's recovery from Willoughby. She is also far more mature, keeping herself busy and refusing to let herself languish in her grief.
When Marianne decides to talk about Willoughby, Elinor takes the opportunity to tell her what Willoughby had said at Cleveland, and Marianne takes this very well. Marianne also laments her selfishness toward Elinor, and her lack of civility toward most of their acquaintance. Marianne finally says that she could not have been happy with Willoughby, after hearing of his cruelty toward Miss Williams, and no longer regrets him.
The family is stunned when one of their servants returns with news that Edward is married to Lucy, as he just saw them in the village. Elinor knows now that Edward is lost to her forever. Mrs. Dashwood sees how upset Elinor is, and realizes that Elinor felt more for Edward than she ever revealed. One afternoon, Elinor is convinced that the Colonel has arrived at the cottage, but is surprised to find that it is Edward instead. Their meeting is awkward at best; he soon informs them that it is his brother who has been married to Lucy, and not him. Elinor immediately runs from the room, crying out of joy; Edward then senses Elinor's regard for him, and proposes to her that afternoon. Elinor accepts and he gains Mrs. Dashwood's consent to the match.
Edward admits that any regard he had for Lucy was formed out of idleness and lack of knowledge; he came to regret the engagement soon after it was formed. After leaving London, Edward received a letter from Lucy saying that she had married his brother Robert, and has not seen her since; thus, he was honorably relieved of the engagement. After receiving the letter, he set out for Barton immediately to see Elinor. Edward will still accept the position at Delaford, although he and Elinor again will not have enough money to live on comfortably. The Colonel visits Barton, and he and Edward become good friends.
Edward then becomes reconciled with his family, although he does not regain his inheritance from Robert. His mother even gives her consent for his marriage to Elinor, however much she is displeased by it; she gives them ten thousand pounds, the interest of which will allow them to live comfortably. Edward and Elinor are married at Barton that fall.
Mrs. Dashwood and her two remaining daughters spend most of their time at Delaford, both to be near Elinor, and out of the hope that Marianne might accept the Colonel. In the two years that have passed, Marianne has become more mature and more grounded; and she does finally change her mind about the Colonel, and accepts his offer of marriage. The Colonel becomes far more cheerful, and soon Marianne grows to love him as much as she ever loved Willoughby. Mrs. Dashwood remains at Barton with Margaret, now fifteen, much to the delight of Sir John, who retains their company. And Elinor and Marianne both live together at Delaford, and remain good friends with each other and each other's husbands.
TEXT/MOVIE CHECK: Sense and Sensibility (Based from the novel by Jane Austen)
1. When Henry Daswood was dying, he told John that in ___________, his state must pass by the law to his son from the first marriage.
A. his testimony B. his will
2. Complete the line of John: “Dearest, I mean to give them _____________. The interest will provide them with a little extra income. Such a gift will certainly discharge my promise to my father.
A. two thousand pounds B. three thousand pounds.
3. When Elinor arrived to see Marriane, she was playing _____________.
A. guitar B. piano
4. Fanny introduced to the Dashwoods’s her shy, charming brother______________.
A. Edward B. Willoughby
5. When Margaret asked why John and Fanny are coming to live in Northland when they have a house at London, Elinor replied, “ It is the law that houses go _____________ .
A. from father to daughter B. from father to son
6. When Fanny and Edward entered the library, __________ hid herself under the table.
A. Elinor B. Margaret
7. Edward told Marriane, “I hate __________. No peace. A country living is my ideal a small parish where I might do some good, keep chickens and give very short sermons.”
A. Paris B. London
8. Edward told Elinor that their circumstances are precisely the same, but Elinor added “_____________”
A. Except that you will inherit your fortune. B. except my faith of leaving Northland.
9. Reading lines from the book, ________asked Edward furiously “ Can you not feel his despair?” and she recited the lines by herself with passionate brio.
A. Elinor B. Marriane
10. Complete the lines of Marriane: Pathetic! _____________? How can you say so? What could be more glorious?
A. To be foolish of love B. To die for love
11. Complete the line of Marriane: Is love _________? No It is immortal as immaculate
truth 'Tis not a blossom shed as soon as Youth Drops from the stem of life for it will grow In
barren regions, where no waters flow Nor ray of promise cheats the pensive gloom –“
A. a fancy or a feeling B. felt or created
12. Who said this line: “I have always felt that, contrary to common wisdom, true affection is by far
the most valuable dowry.
A. Mrs. Dashwood B. Fanny
13. Edward told Elinor that he spent four years of his education at Plymouth owned by _____________.
A. Mr. Watson B. Mr. Pratts
14. Complete the lines of Mrs. Jennings: “Colonel Brandon is the most eligible bachelor in the county
– he is bound to do for one of you. Mind, he is a better age for Miss Dashwood - but I dare
say she left her heart behind in _________, eh?”
A. Sussex B. London
15. Complete the line of John: “Mrs Dashwood, may I present my dear friend Colonel Bran- don?
We served together in the __________ and I assure you there is no better fellow on earth –“
A. East Indies B. West Indies
16. When Mrs. Jennings whispered this: “Besotted! Excellent match, for he is rich and she is handsome.”, she refers to________.
A. John B. Colonel Brandon
17. Mrs. Dashwood fears Mrs. Jeannings is a bad influence.
A. True B. False
18. The stranger who rescued Marriane after she twisted her ankle running down the hills was ______.
A. John Willoughby B. Colonel Brandon
19. Mrs. Dashwood asked the stranger “ Please tell us to whom we are so much obliged”. “John Willoghby of ______________”, he replied
A. Allenham B. Burninghum
20. Elinor told Marriane “You must change, Marianne - you will catch a cold.”, she replied_______.
A. What care I for colds when there is such a man!
B. Oh, it’s nothing. I’ll just think of that man!
21. Willoughby gave his pocket sonnets which according to him ________________.
A. a lover’s guide to love B. a talisman against injury
22. Willoughby, after asking who reads books, recited _____________ of William Shakespeare.
A. Sonnet 116(Let me not to the marriage of True Minds)
B. Sonnet 18 (Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day)
23. Colonel Brandon gave the Dashwood sisters an ivitation for a _______ at his estate at Delaford.
A. picnic B. party
24. Who said, “May I beg a seat beside you, Miss Dashwood? I have so longed to make your better acquaintance! I have heard nothing but the highest praise for you. “
A. Charlotte B. Lucy
25. The reason of Elinor why she can’t go with Charlotte and Mrs. Jenning’s plan to was_____
A. her mother B. her sisters
26. Marriane and Elinor travel with Mrs. Jennings in London
A. True B. False
27. Willoughby squandred his fortune and engaged himself to ______________.
A. Miss Grey B. Lucy
28. At Cleveland, Marriane developed _________
A. severe cold B. hatred to Willoughby.
29. Lucy Steele and Mr. Ferrars were engaged.
A. True B. False
30. Marriane and Colonel Brandon became engaged yet not married.
A. True B. False.
The Dashwood family is introduced; Mr. and Mrs. Dashwood and their three daughters live at Norland Park, an estate in Sussex. Unfortunately, Mr. Dashwood's wife and daughters are left with very little when he dies and the estate goes to his son, John Dashwood. John and his wife Fanny (nee Ferrars) have a great deal of money, yet refuse to help his half-sisters and their mother.
Elinor, one of the Dashwood girls, is entirely sensible and prudent; her sister, Marianne, is very emotional and never moderate. Margaret, the youngest sister, is young and good-natured. Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters stay at Norland for a few months, mostly because of the promising friendship developing between Elinor and Edward Ferrars, Fanny's shy, but very kind, brother. Elinor likes Edward, but is not convinced her feelings are mutual; Fanny is especially displeased by their apparent regard, as Edward's mother wants him to marry very well.
A relative of Mrs. Dashwood's, Sir John Middleton, offers them a cottage at Barton Park in Devonshire; the family must accept, and are sad at leaving their home and having to separate Edward and Elinor. They find Barton Cottage and the countryside around it charming, and Sir John Middleton a very kind and obliging host. His wife, Lady Middleton, is cold and passionless; still, they accept frequent invitations to dinners and parties at Barton Park.
The Dashwoods meet Mrs. Jennings, Sir John's mother-in-law, a merry, somewhat vulgar older woman, and Colonel Brandon, a gentleman and a bachelor. The Colonel is soon taken with Marianne, but Marianne objects to Mrs. Jennings attempts to get them together, and to the "advanced" age (35) and serious demeanor of the Colonel.
Marianne falls and twists her ankle while walking; she is lucky enough to be found and carried home by a dashing man named Willoughby. Marianne and Willoughby have a similar romantic temperament, and Marianne is much pleased to find that Willoughby has a passion for art, poetry, and music. Willoughby and Marianne's attachment develops steadily, though Elinor believes that they should be more restrained in showing their regard publicly.
One pleasant day, the Middletons, the Dashwoods, and Willoughby are supposed to go on a picnic with the Colonel, but their plans are ditched when Colonel Brandon is forced to leave because of distressing news. Willoughby becomes an even more attentive guest at the cottage, spending a great deal more time there than Allenham with his aunt. Willoughby openly confesses his affections for Marianne and for all of them, and hopes they will always think of him as fondly as he does of them; this leaves Mrs. Dashwood and Elinor convinced that if Marianne and Willoughby are not engaged, they soon will be.
One morning, Mrs. Dashwood, Elinor, and Margaret leave the couple, hoping for a proposal; when they return, they find Marianne crying, and Willoughby saying that he must immediately go to London. Mrs. Dashwood and Elinor are completely unsettled by this hasty departure, and Elinor fears that they might have had a falling-out. Marianne is torn up by Willoughby's departure, and Elinor begins to question whether Willoughby's intentions were honorable. But, whether Willoughby and Marianne are engaged remains a mystery, as Marianne will not speak of it.
Edward comes to visit them at Barton, and is welcomed very warmly as their guest. It is soon apparent that Edward is unhappy, and doesn't show as much affection for Elinor; when they spot a ring he is wearing, with a lock of hair suspiciously similar to Elinor's, even Elinor is baffled. Edward finally forces himself to leave, still seeming distressed.
Sir John and Mrs. Jennings soon introduce Mrs. Jennings' other daughter, Mrs. Palmer, and her husband to the family. Mrs. Palmer says that people in town believe that Willoughby and Marianne will soon be married, which puzzles Elinor, as she knows of no such arrangements herself. Elinor and Marianne meet the Middletons' new guests, the Miss Steeles, apparently cousins; they find Miss Steele to be nothing remarkable, while Lucy is very pretty but not much better company. However, the Miss Steeles instantly gain Lady Middleton's admiration by paying endless attention to her obnoxious children.
Elinor, unfortunately, becomes the preferred companion of Lucy. Lucy inquires of Mrs. Ferrars, which prompts Elinor to ask about her acquaintance with the Ferrars family; Lucy then reveals that she is secretly engaged to Edward. It turns out that Edward and Lucy knew each other while Edward studied with Lucy's uncle, Mr. Pratt, and have been engaged for some years. Although Elinor is first angry about Edward's secrecy, she soon sees that marrying Lucy will be punishment enough, as she is unpolished, manipulative, and jealous of Edward's high regard for Elinor.
The Miss Steeles end up staying at Barton Park for two months. Mrs. Jennings invites Marianne and Elinor to spend the winter with her in London. Marianne is determined to go to see Willoughby, and Elinor decides she must go too, because Marianne needs Elinor's polite guidance. They accept the invitation, and leave in January. Once in town, they find Mrs. Jennings' house comfortable, and their company less than ideal; still, they try their best to enjoy it all.
Marianne anxiously awaits Willoughby's arrival, while Elinor finds her greatest enjoyment in Colonel Brandon's daily visits. Elinor is much disturbed when Colonel Brandon tells her that the engagement between Marianne and Willoughby is widely known throughout town. At a party, Elinor and Marianne see Willoughby; Marianne approaches him, although he avoids Marianne, and his behavior is insulting.
Marianne angrily writes Willoughby, and receives a reply in which he denies having loved Marianne, and says he hopes he didn't lead her on. Marianne is deeply grieved at being deceived and dumped so coldly; Elinor feels only anger at Willoughby's unpardonable behavior. Marianne then reveals that she and Willoughby were never engaged, and Elinor observes that Marianne should have been more prudent in her affections. Apparently, Willoughby is to marry the wealthy Lady Grey due to his constant need for money.
Colonel Brandon calls after hearing the news, and offers up his knowledge of Willoughby's character to Elinor. Colonel Brandon was once in love with a ward to his family, Eliza, who became a fallen woman and had an illegitimate daughter. Colonel Brandon placed the daughter, Miss Williams, in care after her mother's death. The Colonel learned on the day of the Delaford picnic that she had become pregnant, and was abandoned by Willoughby. Elinor is shocked, though the Colonel sincerely hopes that this will help Marianne feel better about losing Willoughby, since he was not of solid character.
The story convinces Marianne of Willoughby's guilt, though it does not ease her mind. Out of sympathy, Marianne also stops avoiding the Colonel's company and becomes more civil to him. Willoughby is soon married, which Marianne is grieved to hear; then, again unfortunately, the Miss Steeles come to stay with the Middletons.
John and Fanny Dashwood arrive, and are introduced to Mrs. Jennings, and to Sir John and Lady Middleton, deeming them worthy company. John reveals to Elinor that Edward is soon to be married to Miss Morton, an orphan with a great deal of money left to her, as per the plans of his mother. At a dinner party given by John and Fanny for their new acquaintance, Mrs. Ferrars is present, along with the entire Barton party. Mrs. Ferrars turns out to be sallow, unpleasant, and uncivil; she slights Elinor, which hurts Marianne deeply, as she is Edward's mother.
The Miss Steeles are invited to stay with John and Fanny. But, Mrs. Jennings soon informs them that Miss Steele told Fanny of Lucy and Edward's engagement, and that the Ferrars family threw the Steele girls out in a rage. Marianne is much grieved to hear of the engagement, and cannot believe that Elinor has also kept her knowledge of it a secret for so long. Edward is to be disinherited if he chooses to marry Lucy; unfortunately, Edward is too honorable to reject Lucy, even if he no longer loves her. Financial obstacles to their marriage remain; he must find a position in the church that pays enough to allow them to marry. Much to Elinor's chagrin, the Colonel, although he barely knows Edward, generously offers the small parish at Delaford to him. Elinor is to convey the offer to Edward, though she regrets that it might help the marriage.
Edward is surprised at the generous offer, since he hardly knows the Colonel. Edward decides to accept the position; they say goodbye, as Elinor is to leave town soon. Much to Elinor's surprise, Robert Ferrars, Edward's selfish, vain, and rather dim brother, is now to marry Miss Morton; he has also received Edward's inheritance and money, and doesn't care about Edward's grim situation.
It is April, and the Dashwood girls, the Palmers, and Mrs. Jennings, and Colonel Brandon set out for Cleveland, the Palmer's estate. Marianne is still feeling grief over Willoughby; she soon becomes ill after her walks in the rain, and gets a serious fever. The Palmers leave with her child; Mrs. Jennings, though, helps Elinor nurse Marianne, and insists that Colonel Brandon stay, since he is anxious about Marianne's health. Colonel Brandon soon sets off to get Mrs. Dashwood from Barton when Marianne's illness worsens. At last, Marianne's state improves, right in time for her mother and the Colonel's arrival; but Willoughby makes an unexpected visit.
Elinor is horrified at seeing him; he has come to inquire after Marianne's health and to explain his past actions. Willoughby says he led Marianne on at first out of vanity; he finally began to love her as well, and would have proposed to her, if not for the money.
By saying that he also has no regard for his wife, and still loves Marianne, he attempts to gain Elinor's compassion; Elinor's opinion of him is somewhat improved in being assured of his regard for Marianne. Elinor cannot think him a total blackguard since he has been punished for his mistakes, and tells him so; Willoughby leaves with this assurance, lamenting that Marianne is lost to him forever.
Mrs. Dashwood finally arrives, and Elinor assures her that Marianne is out of danger; both Mrs. Dashwood and the Colonel are relieved. Mrs. Dashwood tells Elinor that the Colonel had confessed his love for Marianne during the journey from Barton; Mrs. Dashwood wishes the Colonel and Marianne to be married. Elinor wishes the Colonel well in securing Marianne's affections, but is more pessimistic regarding Marianne's ability to accept the Colonel after disliking him for so long.
Marianne makes a quick recovery, thanking Colonel Brandon for his help and acting friendly toward him. Marianne finally seems calm and happy as they leave for Barton, which Elinor believes to signal Marianne's recovery from Willoughby. She is also far more mature, keeping herself busy and refusing to let herself languish in her grief.
When Marianne decides to talk about Willoughby, Elinor takes the opportunity to tell her what Willoughby had said at Cleveland, and Marianne takes this very well. Marianne also laments her selfishness toward Elinor, and her lack of civility toward most of their acquaintance. Marianne finally says that she could not have been happy with Willoughby, after hearing of his cruelty toward Miss Williams, and no longer regrets him.
The family is stunned when one of their servants returns with news that Edward is married to Lucy, as he just saw them in the village. Elinor knows now that Edward is lost to her forever. Mrs. Dashwood sees how upset Elinor is, and realizes that Elinor felt more for Edward than she ever revealed. One afternoon, Elinor is convinced that the Colonel has arrived at the cottage, but is surprised to find that it is Edward instead. Their meeting is awkward at best; he soon informs them that it is his brother who has been married to Lucy, and not him. Elinor immediately runs from the room, crying out of joy; Edward then senses Elinor's regard for him, and proposes to her that afternoon. Elinor accepts and he gains Mrs. Dashwood's consent to the match.
Edward admits that any regard he had for Lucy was formed out of idleness and lack of knowledge; he came to regret the engagement soon after it was formed. After leaving London, Edward received a letter from Lucy saying that she had married his brother Robert, and has not seen her since; thus, he was honorably relieved of the engagement. After receiving the letter, he set out for Barton immediately to see Elinor. Edward will still accept the position at Delaford, although he and Elinor again will not have enough money to live on comfortably. The Colonel visits Barton, and he and Edward become good friends.
Edward then becomes reconciled with his family, although he does not regain his inheritance from Robert. His mother even gives her consent for his marriage to Elinor, however much she is displeased by it; she gives them ten thousand pounds, the interest of which will allow them to live comfortably. Edward and Elinor are married at Barton that fall.
Mrs. Dashwood and her two remaining daughters spend most of their time at Delaford, both to be near Elinor, and out of the hope that Marianne might accept the Colonel. In the two years that have passed, Marianne has become more mature and more grounded; and she does finally change her mind about the Colonel, and accepts his offer of marriage. The Colonel becomes far more cheerful, and soon Marianne grows to love him as much as she ever loved Willoughby. Mrs. Dashwood remains at Barton with Margaret, now fifteen, much to the delight of Sir John, who retains their company. And Elinor and Marianne both live together at Delaford, and remain good friends with each other and each other's husbands.
TEXT/MOVIE CHECK: Sense and Sensibility (Based from the novel by Jane Austen)
1. When Henry Daswood was dying, he told John that in ___________, his state must pass by the law to his son from the first marriage.
A. his testimony B. his will
2. Complete the line of John: “Dearest, I mean to give them _____________. The interest will provide them with a little extra income. Such a gift will certainly discharge my promise to my father.
A. two thousand pounds B. three thousand pounds.
3. When Elinor arrived to see Marriane, she was playing _____________.
A. guitar B. piano
4. Fanny introduced to the Dashwoods’s her shy, charming brother______________.
A. Edward B. Willoughby
5. When Margaret asked why John and Fanny are coming to live in Northland when they have a house at London, Elinor replied, “ It is the law that houses go _____________ .
A. from father to daughter B. from father to son
6. When Fanny and Edward entered the library, __________ hid herself under the table.
A. Elinor B. Margaret
7. Edward told Marriane, “I hate __________. No peace. A country living is my ideal a small parish where I might do some good, keep chickens and give very short sermons.”
A. Paris B. London
8. Edward told Elinor that their circumstances are precisely the same, but Elinor added “_____________”
A. Except that you will inherit your fortune. B. except my faith of leaving Northland.
9. Reading lines from the book, ________asked Edward furiously “ Can you not feel his despair?” and she recited the lines by herself with passionate brio.
A. Elinor B. Marriane
10. Complete the lines of Marriane: Pathetic! _____________? How can you say so? What could be more glorious?
A. To be foolish of love B. To die for love
11. Complete the line of Marriane: Is love _________? No It is immortal as immaculate
truth 'Tis not a blossom shed as soon as Youth Drops from the stem of life for it will grow In
barren regions, where no waters flow Nor ray of promise cheats the pensive gloom –“
A. a fancy or a feeling B. felt or created
12. Who said this line: “I have always felt that, contrary to common wisdom, true affection is by far
the most valuable dowry.
A. Mrs. Dashwood B. Fanny
13. Edward told Elinor that he spent four years of his education at Plymouth owned by _____________.
A. Mr. Watson B. Mr. Pratts
14. Complete the lines of Mrs. Jennings: “Colonel Brandon is the most eligible bachelor in the county
– he is bound to do for one of you. Mind, he is a better age for Miss Dashwood - but I dare
say she left her heart behind in _________, eh?”
A. Sussex B. London
15. Complete the line of John: “Mrs Dashwood, may I present my dear friend Colonel Bran- don?
We served together in the __________ and I assure you there is no better fellow on earth –“
A. East Indies B. West Indies
16. When Mrs. Jennings whispered this: “Besotted! Excellent match, for he is rich and she is handsome.”, she refers to________.
A. John B. Colonel Brandon
17. Mrs. Dashwood fears Mrs. Jeannings is a bad influence.
A. True B. False
18. The stranger who rescued Marriane after she twisted her ankle running down the hills was ______.
A. John Willoughby B. Colonel Brandon
19. Mrs. Dashwood asked the stranger “ Please tell us to whom we are so much obliged”. “John Willoghby of ______________”, he replied
A. Allenham B. Burninghum
20. Elinor told Marriane “You must change, Marianne - you will catch a cold.”, she replied_______.
A. What care I for colds when there is such a man!
B. Oh, it’s nothing. I’ll just think of that man!
21. Willoughby gave his pocket sonnets which according to him ________________.
A. a lover’s guide to love B. a talisman against injury
22. Willoughby, after asking who reads books, recited _____________ of William Shakespeare.
A. Sonnet 116(Let me not to the marriage of True Minds)
B. Sonnet 18 (Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day)
23. Colonel Brandon gave the Dashwood sisters an ivitation for a _______ at his estate at Delaford.
A. picnic B. party
24. Who said, “May I beg a seat beside you, Miss Dashwood? I have so longed to make your better acquaintance! I have heard nothing but the highest praise for you. “
A. Charlotte B. Lucy
25. The reason of Elinor why she can’t go with Charlotte and Mrs. Jenning’s plan to was_____
A. her mother B. her sisters
26. Marriane and Elinor travel with Mrs. Jennings in London
A. True B. False
27. Willoughby squandred his fortune and engaged himself to ______________.
A. Miss Grey B. Lucy
28. At Cleveland, Marriane developed _________
A. severe cold B. hatred to Willoughby.
29. Lucy Steele and Mr. Ferrars were engaged.
A. True B. False
30. Marriane and Colonel Brandon became engaged yet not married.
A. True B. False.
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
IN A SERIES OF LETTERS, Robert Walton, the captain of a ship bound for the North Pole, recounts to his sister back in England the progress of his dangerous mission. Successful early on, the mission is soon interrupted by seas full of impassable ice. Trapped, Walton encounters Victor Frankenstein, who has been traveling by dog-drawn sledge across the ice and is weakened by the cold. Walton takes him aboard ship, helps nurse him back to health, and hears the fantastic tale of the monster that Frankenstein created.
Victor first describes his early life in Geneva. At the end of a blissful childhood spent in the company of Elizabeth Lavenza (his cousin in the 1818 edition, his adopted sister in the 1831 edition) and friend Henry Clerval, Victor enters the university of Ingolstadt to study natural philosophy and chemistry. There, he is consumed by the desire to discover the secret of life and, after several years of research, becomes convinced that he has found it.
Armed with the knowledge he has long been seeking, Victor spends months feverishly fashioning a creature out of old body parts. One climactic night, in the secrecy of his apartment, he brings his creation to life. When he looks at the monstrosity that he has created, however, the sight horrifies him. After a fitful night of sleep, interrupted by the specter of the monster looming over him, he runs into the streets, eventually wandering in remorse. Victor runs into Henry, who has come to study at the university, and he takes his friend back to his apartment. Though the monster is gone, Victor falls into a feverish illness.
Sickened by his horrific deed, Victor prepares to return to Geneva, to his family, and to health. Just before departing Ingolstadt, however, he receives a letter from his father informing him that his youngest brother, William, has been murdered. Grief-stricken, Victor hurries home. While passing through the woods where William was strangled, he catches sight of the monster and becomes convinced that the monster is his brother’s murderer. Arriving in Geneva, Victor finds that Justine Moritz, a kind, gentle girl who had been adopted by the Frankenstein household, has been accused. She is tried, condemned, and executed, despite her assertions of innocence. Victor grows despondent, guilty with the knowledge that the monster he has created bears responsibility for the death of two innocent loved ones.
Hoping to ease his grief, Victor takes a vacation to the mountains. While he is alone one day, crossing an enormous glacier, the monster approaches him. The monster admits the murder of William but begs for understanding. Lonely, shunned, and forlorn, he says that he struck out at William in a desperate attempt to injure Victor, his cruel creator. The monster begs Victor to create a mate for him, a monster equally grotesque to serve as his sole companion.
Victor refuses at first, horrified by the prospect of creating a second monster. The monster is eloquent and persuasive, however, and he eventually convinces Victor. After returning to Geneva, Victor heads for England, accompanied by Henry, to gather information for the creation of a female monster. Leaving Henry in Scotland, he secludes himself on a desolate island in the Orkneys and works reluctantly at repeating his first success. One night, struck by doubts about the morality of his actions, Victor glances out the window to see the monster glaring in at him with a frightening grin. Horrified by the possible consequences of his work, Victor destroys his new creation. The monster, enraged, vows revenge, swearing that he will be with Victor on Victor’s wedding night.
Later that night, Victor takes a boat out onto a lake and dumps the remains of the second creature in the water. The wind picks up and prevents him from returning to the island. In the morning, he finds himself ashore near an unknown town. Upon landing, he is arrested and informed that he will be tried for a murder discovered the previous night. Victor denies any knowledge of the murder, but when shown the body, he is shocked to behold his friend Henry Clerval, with the mark of the monster’s fingers on his neck. Victor falls ill, raving and feverish, and is kept in prison until his recovery, after which he is acquitted of the crime.
Shortly after returning to Geneva with his father, Victor marries Elizabeth. He fears the monster’s warning and suspects that he will be murdered on his wedding night. To be cautious, he sends Elizabeth away to wait for him. While he awaits the monster, he hears Elizabeth scream and realizes that the monster had been hinting at killing his new bride, not himself. Victor returns home to his father, who dies of grief a short time later. Victor vows to devote the rest of his life to finding the monster and exacting his revenge, and he soon departs to begin his quest.
Victor tracks the monster ever northward into the ice. In a dogsled chase, Victor almost catches up with the monster, but the sea beneath them swells and the ice breaks, leaving an unbridgeable gap between them. At this point, Walton encounters Victor, and the narrative catches up to the time of Walton’s fourth letter to his sister.
Walton tells the remainder of the story in another series of letters to his sister. Victor, already ill when the two men meet, worsens and dies shortly thereafter. When Walton returns, several days later, to the room in which the body lies, he is startled to see the monster weeping over Victor. The monster tells Walton of his immense solitude, suffering, hatred, and remorse. He asserts that now that his creator has died, he too can end his suffering. The monster then departs for the northernmost ice to die.
Character List
Victor Frankenstein - The doomed protagonist and narrator of the main portion of the story. Studying in Ingolstadt, Victor discovers the secret of life and creates an intelligent but grotesque monster, from whom he recoils in horror. Victor keeps his creation of the monster a secret, feeling increasingly guilty and ashamed as he realizes how helpless he is to prevent the monster from ruining his life and the lives of others.
The monster - The eight-foot-tall, hideously ugly creation of Victor Frankenstein. Intelligent and sensitive, the monster attempts to integrate himself into human social patterns, but all who see him shun him. His feeling of abandonment compels him to seek revenge against his creator.
Robert Walton - The Arctic seafarer whose letters open and close Frankenstein. Walton picks the bedraggled Victor Frankenstein up off the ice, helps nurse him back to health, and hears Victor’s story. He records the incredible tale in a series of letters addressed to his sister, Margaret Saville, in England.
Alphonse Frankenstein - Victor’s father, very sympathetic toward his son. Alphonse consoles Victor in moments of pain and encourages him to remember the importance of family.
Elizabeth Lavenza - An orphan, four to five years younger than Victor, whom the Frankensteins adopt. In the 1818 edition of the novel, Elizabeth is Victor’s cousin, the child of Alphonse Frankenstein’s sister. In the 1831 edition, Victor’s mother rescues Elizabeth from a destitute peasant cottage in Italy. Elizabeth embodies the novel’s motif of passive women, as she waits patiently for Victor’s attention.
Henry Clerval - Victor’s boyhood friend, who nurses Victor back to health in Ingolstadt. After working unhappily for his father, Henry begins to follow in Victor’s footsteps as a scientist. His cheerfulness counters Victor’s moroseness.
William Frankenstein - Victor’s youngest brother and the darling of the Frankenstein family. The monster strangles William in the woods outside Geneva in order to hurt Victor for abandoning him. William’s death deeply saddens Victor and burdens him with tremendous guilt about having created the monster.
Justine Moritz - A young girl adopted into the Frankenstein household while Victor is growing up. Justine is blamed and executed for William’s murder, which is actually committed by the monster.
Caroline Beaufort - The daughter of Beaufort. After her father’s death, Caroline is taken in by, and later marries, Alphonse Frankenstein. She dies of scarlet fever, which she contracts from Elizabeth, just before Victor leaves for Ingolstadt at age seventeen.
Beaufort - A merchant and friend of Victor’s father; the father of -Caroline Beaufort.
Peasants - A family of peasants, including a blind old man, De Lacey; his son and daughter, Felix and Agatha; and a foreign woman named Safie. The monster learns how to speak and interact by observing them. When he reveals himself to them, hoping for friendship, they beat him and chase him away.
M. Waldman - The professor of chemistry who sparks Victor’s interest in science. He dismisses the alchemists’ conclusions as unfounded but sympathizes with Victor’s interest in a science that can explain the “big questions,” such as the origin of life.
M. Krempe - A professor of natural philosophy at Ingolstadt. He dismisses Victor’s study of the alchemists as wasted time and encourages him to begin his studies anew.
Mr. Kirwin - The magistrate who accuses Victor of Henry’s murder.
TEXT/MOVIE CHECK
1. When Walton rises and retrieves a pot from the stove, he actually prepares a _________ for Victor Frankenstein.
A. soup B. broth
2. Victor draws a hand from under the blanket and holds it before his face. He said” Frosbite. Gangrene. A simple _____________”.
A. diagnosis B. illness
3. Who said this line: “ We are kindred, you and I. Men of ambition. Let me tell you all that I have lost in such pursuits.”?
A. Victor B. Walton
4. Elizabeth is an orphan. She has lost her parents to scarlet fever.
A. True B. False
5. Victor telling Elizabeth why with all the knowledge of his father he still failed to save the dead, Elizabeth said_____________.
A. It’s not ours to decide. All that live must die.
B. We will soon master everything.
6. According to Victor’s father, he read all his medical books at the age of _________.
A. seventeen B. thirteen
7. In the lecture of Profesor Krempe, he said that “ In Science, the letter of fact is the _______ of law.”
A. letter B. guide
8. Prof. Krempe insulted Vicotr by saying: “At Ingolstadt, we concern ourselves with immutable reality...not the ravings of ________ and alchemists hundreds of years in their graves.
A. lunatics B. demented
9. Who said this line: “Science is not a realm for the reckless; it needs a conscience.”
A. Victor B. Waldman
10. According to Walden, vaccine comes from the Latin ___________, or vaccinia , meaning cowpox.
A. vacciana B. vacca
10. When Henry told Victor that death is God’s will, he said he resents God’s ________.
A. will B. monopoly
11. At the town square, Victor’s creation walked unnoticed. He sniffed ______, picked it up and bit off a chunk.
A. an apple B. loaf of bread
12. The first word the creature learned from the reading of Thomas is ______________.
A. market B. church
13. When the creatures saw from Victor’s notebook a rough sketch of a patchwork man, the figure____________.
A. is actually his own self B. is actually Victor’s father
14. The grandfather of Felix could see the creature by__________.
A. silhouette B. hands
15. Complete the line of the Grandfather: “People _____________than you think.”
A. are actually understanding B. can be kinder
16. Victor, according to his letter, is going home to ______________
A. bring Elizabeth at Ingolstadt B. marry Elizabeth.
17. Frankenstein was speechless with horror when he saw his creation. The only words he said was _________.
A. Damn, that evil! B. Oh, God! No!
18. The creature allude an English writer in his confrontation with Victor. The writer was__________.
A. William Shakespeare B. John Milton
19. The creature told Victor that he was given by him an emotion but_________.
A. Victor did not nurture it B. Victor did not tell him how to do it.
20. The monster tells Walton of his immense solitude, suffering, hatred, and remorse. He asserts that now that his creator has died, he too can end his suffering.
A. True B. False
IN A SERIES OF LETTERS, Robert Walton, the captain of a ship bound for the North Pole, recounts to his sister back in England the progress of his dangerous mission. Successful early on, the mission is soon interrupted by seas full of impassable ice. Trapped, Walton encounters Victor Frankenstein, who has been traveling by dog-drawn sledge across the ice and is weakened by the cold. Walton takes him aboard ship, helps nurse him back to health, and hears the fantastic tale of the monster that Frankenstein created.
Victor first describes his early life in Geneva. At the end of a blissful childhood spent in the company of Elizabeth Lavenza (his cousin in the 1818 edition, his adopted sister in the 1831 edition) and friend Henry Clerval, Victor enters the university of Ingolstadt to study natural philosophy and chemistry. There, he is consumed by the desire to discover the secret of life and, after several years of research, becomes convinced that he has found it.
Armed with the knowledge he has long been seeking, Victor spends months feverishly fashioning a creature out of old body parts. One climactic night, in the secrecy of his apartment, he brings his creation to life. When he looks at the monstrosity that he has created, however, the sight horrifies him. After a fitful night of sleep, interrupted by the specter of the monster looming over him, he runs into the streets, eventually wandering in remorse. Victor runs into Henry, who has come to study at the university, and he takes his friend back to his apartment. Though the monster is gone, Victor falls into a feverish illness.
Sickened by his horrific deed, Victor prepares to return to Geneva, to his family, and to health. Just before departing Ingolstadt, however, he receives a letter from his father informing him that his youngest brother, William, has been murdered. Grief-stricken, Victor hurries home. While passing through the woods where William was strangled, he catches sight of the monster and becomes convinced that the monster is his brother’s murderer. Arriving in Geneva, Victor finds that Justine Moritz, a kind, gentle girl who had been adopted by the Frankenstein household, has been accused. She is tried, condemned, and executed, despite her assertions of innocence. Victor grows despondent, guilty with the knowledge that the monster he has created bears responsibility for the death of two innocent loved ones.
Hoping to ease his grief, Victor takes a vacation to the mountains. While he is alone one day, crossing an enormous glacier, the monster approaches him. The monster admits the murder of William but begs for understanding. Lonely, shunned, and forlorn, he says that he struck out at William in a desperate attempt to injure Victor, his cruel creator. The monster begs Victor to create a mate for him, a monster equally grotesque to serve as his sole companion.
Victor refuses at first, horrified by the prospect of creating a second monster. The monster is eloquent and persuasive, however, and he eventually convinces Victor. After returning to Geneva, Victor heads for England, accompanied by Henry, to gather information for the creation of a female monster. Leaving Henry in Scotland, he secludes himself on a desolate island in the Orkneys and works reluctantly at repeating his first success. One night, struck by doubts about the morality of his actions, Victor glances out the window to see the monster glaring in at him with a frightening grin. Horrified by the possible consequences of his work, Victor destroys his new creation. The monster, enraged, vows revenge, swearing that he will be with Victor on Victor’s wedding night.
Later that night, Victor takes a boat out onto a lake and dumps the remains of the second creature in the water. The wind picks up and prevents him from returning to the island. In the morning, he finds himself ashore near an unknown town. Upon landing, he is arrested and informed that he will be tried for a murder discovered the previous night. Victor denies any knowledge of the murder, but when shown the body, he is shocked to behold his friend Henry Clerval, with the mark of the monster’s fingers on his neck. Victor falls ill, raving and feverish, and is kept in prison until his recovery, after which he is acquitted of the crime.
Shortly after returning to Geneva with his father, Victor marries Elizabeth. He fears the monster’s warning and suspects that he will be murdered on his wedding night. To be cautious, he sends Elizabeth away to wait for him. While he awaits the monster, he hears Elizabeth scream and realizes that the monster had been hinting at killing his new bride, not himself. Victor returns home to his father, who dies of grief a short time later. Victor vows to devote the rest of his life to finding the monster and exacting his revenge, and he soon departs to begin his quest.
Victor tracks the monster ever northward into the ice. In a dogsled chase, Victor almost catches up with the monster, but the sea beneath them swells and the ice breaks, leaving an unbridgeable gap between them. At this point, Walton encounters Victor, and the narrative catches up to the time of Walton’s fourth letter to his sister.
Walton tells the remainder of the story in another series of letters to his sister. Victor, already ill when the two men meet, worsens and dies shortly thereafter. When Walton returns, several days later, to the room in which the body lies, he is startled to see the monster weeping over Victor. The monster tells Walton of his immense solitude, suffering, hatred, and remorse. He asserts that now that his creator has died, he too can end his suffering. The monster then departs for the northernmost ice to die.
Character List
Victor Frankenstein - The doomed protagonist and narrator of the main portion of the story. Studying in Ingolstadt, Victor discovers the secret of life and creates an intelligent but grotesque monster, from whom he recoils in horror. Victor keeps his creation of the monster a secret, feeling increasingly guilty and ashamed as he realizes how helpless he is to prevent the monster from ruining his life and the lives of others.
The monster - The eight-foot-tall, hideously ugly creation of Victor Frankenstein. Intelligent and sensitive, the monster attempts to integrate himself into human social patterns, but all who see him shun him. His feeling of abandonment compels him to seek revenge against his creator.
Robert Walton - The Arctic seafarer whose letters open and close Frankenstein. Walton picks the bedraggled Victor Frankenstein up off the ice, helps nurse him back to health, and hears Victor’s story. He records the incredible tale in a series of letters addressed to his sister, Margaret Saville, in England.
Alphonse Frankenstein - Victor’s father, very sympathetic toward his son. Alphonse consoles Victor in moments of pain and encourages him to remember the importance of family.
Elizabeth Lavenza - An orphan, four to five years younger than Victor, whom the Frankensteins adopt. In the 1818 edition of the novel, Elizabeth is Victor’s cousin, the child of Alphonse Frankenstein’s sister. In the 1831 edition, Victor’s mother rescues Elizabeth from a destitute peasant cottage in Italy. Elizabeth embodies the novel’s motif of passive women, as she waits patiently for Victor’s attention.
Henry Clerval - Victor’s boyhood friend, who nurses Victor back to health in Ingolstadt. After working unhappily for his father, Henry begins to follow in Victor’s footsteps as a scientist. His cheerfulness counters Victor’s moroseness.
William Frankenstein - Victor’s youngest brother and the darling of the Frankenstein family. The monster strangles William in the woods outside Geneva in order to hurt Victor for abandoning him. William’s death deeply saddens Victor and burdens him with tremendous guilt about having created the monster.
Justine Moritz - A young girl adopted into the Frankenstein household while Victor is growing up. Justine is blamed and executed for William’s murder, which is actually committed by the monster.
Caroline Beaufort - The daughter of Beaufort. After her father’s death, Caroline is taken in by, and later marries, Alphonse Frankenstein. She dies of scarlet fever, which she contracts from Elizabeth, just before Victor leaves for Ingolstadt at age seventeen.
Beaufort - A merchant and friend of Victor’s father; the father of -Caroline Beaufort.
Peasants - A family of peasants, including a blind old man, De Lacey; his son and daughter, Felix and Agatha; and a foreign woman named Safie. The monster learns how to speak and interact by observing them. When he reveals himself to them, hoping for friendship, they beat him and chase him away.
M. Waldman - The professor of chemistry who sparks Victor’s interest in science. He dismisses the alchemists’ conclusions as unfounded but sympathizes with Victor’s interest in a science that can explain the “big questions,” such as the origin of life.
M. Krempe - A professor of natural philosophy at Ingolstadt. He dismisses Victor’s study of the alchemists as wasted time and encourages him to begin his studies anew.
Mr. Kirwin - The magistrate who accuses Victor of Henry’s murder.
TEXT/MOVIE CHECK
1. When Walton rises and retrieves a pot from the stove, he actually prepares a _________ for Victor Frankenstein.
A. soup B. broth
2. Victor draws a hand from under the blanket and holds it before his face. He said” Frosbite. Gangrene. A simple _____________”.
A. diagnosis B. illness
3. Who said this line: “ We are kindred, you and I. Men of ambition. Let me tell you all that I have lost in such pursuits.”?
A. Victor B. Walton
4. Elizabeth is an orphan. She has lost her parents to scarlet fever.
A. True B. False
5. Victor telling Elizabeth why with all the knowledge of his father he still failed to save the dead, Elizabeth said_____________.
A. It’s not ours to decide. All that live must die.
B. We will soon master everything.
6. According to Victor’s father, he read all his medical books at the age of _________.
A. seventeen B. thirteen
7. In the lecture of Profesor Krempe, he said that “ In Science, the letter of fact is the _______ of law.”
A. letter B. guide
8. Prof. Krempe insulted Vicotr by saying: “At Ingolstadt, we concern ourselves with immutable reality...not the ravings of ________ and alchemists hundreds of years in their graves.
A. lunatics B. demented
9. Who said this line: “Science is not a realm for the reckless; it needs a conscience.”
A. Victor B. Waldman
10. According to Walden, vaccine comes from the Latin ___________, or vaccinia , meaning cowpox.
A. vacciana B. vacca
10. When Henry told Victor that death is God’s will, he said he resents God’s ________.
A. will B. monopoly
11. At the town square, Victor’s creation walked unnoticed. He sniffed ______, picked it up and bit off a chunk.
A. an apple B. loaf of bread
12. The first word the creature learned from the reading of Thomas is ______________.
A. market B. church
13. When the creatures saw from Victor’s notebook a rough sketch of a patchwork man, the figure____________.
A. is actually his own self B. is actually Victor’s father
14. The grandfather of Felix could see the creature by__________.
A. silhouette B. hands
15. Complete the line of the Grandfather: “People _____________than you think.”
A. are actually understanding B. can be kinder
16. Victor, according to his letter, is going home to ______________
A. bring Elizabeth at Ingolstadt B. marry Elizabeth.
17. Frankenstein was speechless with horror when he saw his creation. The only words he said was _________.
A. Damn, that evil! B. Oh, God! No!
18. The creature allude an English writer in his confrontation with Victor. The writer was__________.
A. William Shakespeare B. John Milton
19. The creature told Victor that he was given by him an emotion but_________.
A. Victor did not nurture it B. Victor did not tell him how to do it.
20. The monster tells Walton of his immense solitude, suffering, hatred, and remorse. He asserts that now that his creator has died, he too can end his suffering.
A. True B. False
Gulliver’s Travels
Jonathan Swift
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS recounts the story of Lemuel Gulliver, a practical-minded Englishman trained as a surgeon who takes to the seas when his business fails. In a deadpan first-person narrative that rarely shows any signs of self-reflection or deep emotional response, Gulliver narrates the adventures that befall him on these travels.
Gulliver’s adventure in Lilliput begins when he wakes after his shipwreck to find himself bound by innumerable tiny threads and addressed by tiny captors who are in awe of him but fiercely protective of their kingdom. They are not afraid to use violence against Gulliver, though their arrows are little more than pinpricks. But overall, they are hospitable, risking famine in their land by feeding Gulliver, who consumes more food than a thousand Lilliputians combined could. Gulliver is taken into the capital city by a vast wagon the Lilliputians have specially built. He is presented to the emperor, who is entertained by Gulliver, just as Gulliver is flattered by the attention of royalty. Eventually Gulliver becomes a national resource, used by the army in its war against the people of Blefuscu, whom the Lilliputians hate for doctrinal differences concerning the proper way to crack eggs. But things change when Gulliver is convicted of treason for putting out a fire in the royal palace with his urine and is condemned to be shot in the eyes with poisoned arrows. The emperor eventually pardons him and he goes to Blefuscu, where he is able to repair a boat he finds and set sail for England.
After staying in England with his wife and family for two months, Gulliver undertakes his next sea voyage, which takes him to a land of giants called Brobdingnag. Here, a farmer discovers him and initially treats him as little more than an animal, keeping him for amusement. The farmer eventually sells Gulliver to the queen, who makes him a courtly diversion and is entertained by his musical talents. Social life is easy for Gulliver after his discovery by the court, but not particularly enjoyable. Gulliver is often repulsed by the physicality of the Brobdingnagians, whose ordinary flaws are many times magnified by their huge size. Thus, when a couple of courtly ladies let him play on their naked bodies, he is not attracted to them but rather disgusted by their enormous skin pores and the sound of their torrential urination. He is generally startled by the ignorance of the people here—even the king knows nothing about politics. More unsettling findings in Brobdingnag come in the form of various animals of the realm that endanger his life. Even Brobdingnagian insects leave slimy trails on his food that make eating difficult. On a trip to the frontier, accompanying the royal couple, Gulliver leaves Brobdingnag when his cage is plucked up by an eagle and dropped into the sea.
Next, Gulliver sets sail again and, after an attack by pirates, ends up in Laputa, where a floating island inhabited by theoreticians and academics oppresses the land below, called Balnibarbi. The scientific research undertaken in Laputa and in Balnibarbi seems totally inane and impractical, and its residents too appear wholly out of touch with reality. Taking a short side trip to Glubbdubdrib, Gulliver is able to witness the conjuring up of figures from history, such as Julius Caesar and other military leaders, whom he finds much less impressive than in books. After visiting the Luggnaggians and the Struldbrugs, the latter of which are senile immortals who prove that age does not bring wisdom, he is able to sail to Japan and from there back to England.
Finally, on his fourth journey, Gulliver sets out as captain of a ship, but after the mutiny of his crew and a long confinement in his cabin, he arrives in an unknown land. This land is populated by Houyhnhnms, rational-thinking horses who rule, and by Yahoos, brutish humanlike creatures who serve the Houyhnhnms. Gulliver sets about learning their language, and when he can speak he narrates his voyages to them and explains the constitution of England. He is treated with great courtesy and kindness by the horses and is enlightened by his many conversations with them and by his exposure to their noble culture. He wants to stay with the Houyhnhnms, but his bared body reveals to the horses that he is very much like a Yahoo, and he is banished. Gulliver is grief-stricken but agrees to leave. He fashions a canoe and makes his way to a nearby island, where he is picked up by a Portuguese ship captain who treats him well, though Gulliver cannot help now seeing the captain—and all humans—as shamefully Yahoolike. Gulliver then concludes his narrative with a claim that the lands he has visited belong by rights to England, as her colonies, even though he questions the whole idea of colonialism.
TEXT/MOVIE CHECK
1. Along the seashore two Liliputians (before finding Gulliver) found a giant_____________.
A. magnifying glass B. eyeglass
2. When Mary approached Gulliver, she was asked about their son and asked her further about his ________ of absence due to travels.
A. nine years B. seven years
3. Gulliver’s adventure in Lilliput begins when he wakes after his shipwreck to find himself bound by innumerable tiny threads and addressed by tiny captors who are in awe of him but fiercely protective of their kingdom.
A. True B. False
4. The mass of wooden frame, according to Oliver, was used to________________.
A. dragged him away from the cliff B. brought him back to the seashore
5. The emperor of Liliput called addressed Gulliver as________________.
A. young man B. man mountain
6. When Gulliver looked at the queen, he actually wanted to _____________________.
A. bite the queen B. kiss the hand of the queen
7. When Gulliver was talking to his son about the fair play in Liliput, the Liliputian who appeared ontop of the table was__________
A. real B. Gulliver’s imagination
8. Gulliver is convicted of treason for putting out a fire in the royal palace with ____________.
A. wine B. urine
9. When Gulliver was sailing using a small raft, he landed on land of _______________.
A. giants B. small people
10. Gulliver was found by a farmer and initially was treated as little more than an animal. The famer kept him for amusement.
A. True B. False
11. In his performaces, Gulliver sang a famous nursery rhyme entitled______________.
A. Mary Had A Little Lamb B. London Bridge is Falling Down
12. The farmer eventually sells Gulliver to the queen, who makes him a courtly diversion and is entertained by his musical talents.
A. True B. False
13. In Brobdingnag, Gulliver was brought by the queen in the market. The lady’s attendant carries Gulliver on___________.
A. a tray with cushion B. a box
14. The old court jester go jealous of Gulliver. Because of this _____________on Gulliver.
A. threw tomatoes B. spun a blade
15. The old jester caught Gulliver and wanted to kill him by releasing ________________
A. bees which might sting him to death
B. ferocious cat which might bite him off to death
16. At Bethlehem hospital, Gulliver’s sketches of his travels were burned.
A. True B. false
17. Gulliver leaves Brobdingnag when his cage is plucked up by an ________ and dropped into the sea.
A. vulture B. eagle
18. The next adventure of Gulliver was in Laputa where he saw________________>
A. floating islands B. floating planets
19. The scientific research undertaken in Laputa and in Balnibarbi seems totally inane and impractical, and its residents too appear wholly out of touch with reality.
A. True B. False
20. Gulliver was portrayed by _______________.
A. James fox B. Ted Danson
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS recounts the story of Lemuel Gulliver, a practical-minded Englishman trained as a surgeon who takes to the seas when his business fails. In a deadpan first-person narrative that rarely shows any signs of self-reflection or deep emotional response, Gulliver narrates the adventures that befall him on these travels.
Gulliver’s adventure in Lilliput begins when he wakes after his shipwreck to find himself bound by innumerable tiny threads and addressed by tiny captors who are in awe of him but fiercely protective of their kingdom. They are not afraid to use violence against Gulliver, though their arrows are little more than pinpricks. But overall, they are hospitable, risking famine in their land by feeding Gulliver, who consumes more food than a thousand Lilliputians combined could. Gulliver is taken into the capital city by a vast wagon the Lilliputians have specially built. He is presented to the emperor, who is entertained by Gulliver, just as Gulliver is flattered by the attention of royalty. Eventually Gulliver becomes a national resource, used by the army in its war against the people of Blefuscu, whom the Lilliputians hate for doctrinal differences concerning the proper way to crack eggs. But things change when Gulliver is convicted of treason for putting out a fire in the royal palace with his urine and is condemned to be shot in the eyes with poisoned arrows. The emperor eventually pardons him and he goes to Blefuscu, where he is able to repair a boat he finds and set sail for England.
After staying in England with his wife and family for two months, Gulliver undertakes his next sea voyage, which takes him to a land of giants called Brobdingnag. Here, a farmer discovers him and initially treats him as little more than an animal, keeping him for amusement. The farmer eventually sells Gulliver to the queen, who makes him a courtly diversion and is entertained by his musical talents. Social life is easy for Gulliver after his discovery by the court, but not particularly enjoyable. Gulliver is often repulsed by the physicality of the Brobdingnagians, whose ordinary flaws are many times magnified by their huge size. Thus, when a couple of courtly ladies let him play on their naked bodies, he is not attracted to them but rather disgusted by their enormous skin pores and the sound of their torrential urination. He is generally startled by the ignorance of the people here—even the king knows nothing about politics. More unsettling findings in Brobdingnag come in the form of various animals of the realm that endanger his life. Even Brobdingnagian insects leave slimy trails on his food that make eating difficult. On a trip to the frontier, accompanying the royal couple, Gulliver leaves Brobdingnag when his cage is plucked up by an eagle and dropped into the sea.
Next, Gulliver sets sail again and, after an attack by pirates, ends up in Laputa, where a floating island inhabited by theoreticians and academics oppresses the land below, called Balnibarbi. The scientific research undertaken in Laputa and in Balnibarbi seems totally inane and impractical, and its residents too appear wholly out of touch with reality. Taking a short side trip to Glubbdubdrib, Gulliver is able to witness the conjuring up of figures from history, such as Julius Caesar and other military leaders, whom he finds much less impressive than in books. After visiting the Luggnaggians and the Struldbrugs, the latter of which are senile immortals who prove that age does not bring wisdom, he is able to sail to Japan and from there back to England.
Finally, on his fourth journey, Gulliver sets out as captain of a ship, but after the mutiny of his crew and a long confinement in his cabin, he arrives in an unknown land. This land is populated by Houyhnhnms, rational-thinking horses who rule, and by Yahoos, brutish humanlike creatures who serve the Houyhnhnms. Gulliver sets about learning their language, and when he can speak he narrates his voyages to them and explains the constitution of England. He is treated with great courtesy and kindness by the horses and is enlightened by his many conversations with them and by his exposure to their noble culture. He wants to stay with the Houyhnhnms, but his bared body reveals to the horses that he is very much like a Yahoo, and he is banished. Gulliver is grief-stricken but agrees to leave. He fashions a canoe and makes his way to a nearby island, where he is picked up by a Portuguese ship captain who treats him well, though Gulliver cannot help now seeing the captain—and all humans—as shamefully Yahoolike. Gulliver then concludes his narrative with a claim that the lands he has visited belong by rights to England, as her colonies, even though he questions the whole idea of colonialism.
TEXT/MOVIE CHECK
1. Along the seashore two Liliputians (before finding Gulliver) found a giant_____________.
A. magnifying glass B. eyeglass
2. When Mary approached Gulliver, she was asked about their son and asked her further about his ________ of absence due to travels.
A. nine years B. seven years
3. Gulliver’s adventure in Lilliput begins when he wakes after his shipwreck to find himself bound by innumerable tiny threads and addressed by tiny captors who are in awe of him but fiercely protective of their kingdom.
A. True B. False
4. The mass of wooden frame, according to Oliver, was used to________________.
A. dragged him away from the cliff B. brought him back to the seashore
5. The emperor of Liliput called addressed Gulliver as________________.
A. young man B. man mountain
6. When Gulliver looked at the queen, he actually wanted to _____________________.
A. bite the queen B. kiss the hand of the queen
7. When Gulliver was talking to his son about the fair play in Liliput, the Liliputian who appeared ontop of the table was__________
A. real B. Gulliver’s imagination
8. Gulliver is convicted of treason for putting out a fire in the royal palace with ____________.
A. wine B. urine
9. When Gulliver was sailing using a small raft, he landed on land of _______________.
A. giants B. small people
10. Gulliver was found by a farmer and initially was treated as little more than an animal. The famer kept him for amusement.
A. True B. False
11. In his performaces, Gulliver sang a famous nursery rhyme entitled______________.
A. Mary Had A Little Lamb B. London Bridge is Falling Down
12. The farmer eventually sells Gulliver to the queen, who makes him a courtly diversion and is entertained by his musical talents.
A. True B. False
13. In Brobdingnag, Gulliver was brought by the queen in the market. The lady’s attendant carries Gulliver on___________.
A. a tray with cushion B. a box
14. The old court jester go jealous of Gulliver. Because of this _____________on Gulliver.
A. threw tomatoes B. spun a blade
15. The old jester caught Gulliver and wanted to kill him by releasing ________________
A. bees which might sting him to death
B. ferocious cat which might bite him off to death
16. At Bethlehem hospital, Gulliver’s sketches of his travels were burned.
A. True B. false
17. Gulliver leaves Brobdingnag when his cage is plucked up by an ________ and dropped into the sea.
A. vulture B. eagle
18. The next adventure of Gulliver was in Laputa where he saw________________>
A. floating islands B. floating planets
19. The scientific research undertaken in Laputa and in Balnibarbi seems totally inane and impractical, and its residents too appear wholly out of touch with reality.
A. True B. False
20. Gulliver was portrayed by _______________.
A. James fox B. Ted Danson
MACBETH
TEXT/MOVIE CHECK
1. The three witches said in chorus: “Fair is foul, and foul is fair. Hover through_______________.
A. the rain and filthy air B. the fog and filthy air
2. One of the witches said” When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning or _______________.
A. storm B. rain
3. Macbeth found the day so foul and fair. The three witches told him “All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt__________ hereafter.
A. die B. be King
4. When Angus came and expressed the court’s thanks to Macbeth and Banquo, Baquo said_____________.
A. What can the devil speak true. B. Who was the thane lives yet.
5. In private astonishment of Macbeth, Duncan announced that his successor would be____________.
A. his son Malcolm B. his son Donalbain
6. Macbeth saw a ghostly dagger indicating the way to Banquo.
A. True B. False
7. Complete the lines :” Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand? Come, ________.”
A. let me clutch thee! B. lead me to thine bed!
8. The success of Macbeths’ plot was in jeopardy because__________________.
A. Macbeth has brought the dagger with him.
B. Banquo’s son Fleance saw him
9. Complete the lines of Lady Macbeth:” Give me the daggers, the sleeping and the dead are but as __________”
A. pictures B. fools
10. Lady Macbeth returned to the scene of the murder in order to place the daggers and _______________ the king’s sleeping servants.
A. to smear blood to B. wake up
11. Who said “ My hands are of your color, but I shame to wear a heart so white.”
A. Macbeth B. Lady Macbeth
12. When Banquo was being muredered, he shouted to Fleance “O, treachery,… fly, Fleance! Fly! Fly! Fly!
A. True B. False
13. Macbeth was informed that Fleance escaped. Macbeth said “ Then comes my fit again… whole as a marble, founded as a rock, as broad and general as the casing air,But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in to saucy ________________.
A, doubts and fears B. worries and uncertainties
14. When Duncan was murdered,the Kingship has passed to _______________.
A. Macduff B. Lennox
15. When Macbeth saw the ghost of Duncan. __________ said, “Gentlemen, rise. The Highness is not well.”
A. Ross B. Angus
16. Lady Macbeth has gone mad.
A. True B. False
17. Lady Macbeth walked asleep and often accustomed action with her to seem _____________.
A. washing her hands B. cutting her hands
18. ________________killed the bloody and tyrannical usurper of the throne of Scotland, Macbeth.
A. Macduff B. Malcolm
19. After the death of Macbeth, ____________was crowned as the new King of Scotland.
A. Macduff B. Malcolm
20. Macbeth is portrayed by_____________.
A. Martin Shaw B. John Finch
1. The three witches said in chorus: “Fair is foul, and foul is fair. Hover through_______________.
A. the rain and filthy air B. the fog and filthy air
2. One of the witches said” When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning or _______________.
A. storm B. rain
3. Macbeth found the day so foul and fair. The three witches told him “All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt__________ hereafter.
A. die B. be King
4. When Angus came and expressed the court’s thanks to Macbeth and Banquo, Baquo said_____________.
A. What can the devil speak true. B. Who was the thane lives yet.
5. In private astonishment of Macbeth, Duncan announced that his successor would be____________.
A. his son Malcolm B. his son Donalbain
6. Macbeth saw a ghostly dagger indicating the way to Banquo.
A. True B. False
7. Complete the lines :” Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand? Come, ________.”
A. let me clutch thee! B. lead me to thine bed!
8. The success of Macbeths’ plot was in jeopardy because__________________.
A. Macbeth has brought the dagger with him.
B. Banquo’s son Fleance saw him
9. Complete the lines of Lady Macbeth:” Give me the daggers, the sleeping and the dead are but as __________”
A. pictures B. fools
10. Lady Macbeth returned to the scene of the murder in order to place the daggers and _______________ the king’s sleeping servants.
A. to smear blood to B. wake up
11. Who said “ My hands are of your color, but I shame to wear a heart so white.”
A. Macbeth B. Lady Macbeth
12. When Banquo was being muredered, he shouted to Fleance “O, treachery,… fly, Fleance! Fly! Fly! Fly!
A. True B. False
13. Macbeth was informed that Fleance escaped. Macbeth said “ Then comes my fit again… whole as a marble, founded as a rock, as broad and general as the casing air,But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in to saucy ________________.
A, doubts and fears B. worries and uncertainties
14. When Duncan was murdered,the Kingship has passed to _______________.
A. Macduff B. Lennox
15. When Macbeth saw the ghost of Duncan. __________ said, “Gentlemen, rise. The Highness is not well.”
A. Ross B. Angus
16. Lady Macbeth has gone mad.
A. True B. False
17. Lady Macbeth walked asleep and often accustomed action with her to seem _____________.
A. washing her hands B. cutting her hands
18. ________________killed the bloody and tyrannical usurper of the throne of Scotland, Macbeth.
A. Macduff B. Malcolm
19. After the death of Macbeth, ____________was crowned as the new King of Scotland.
A. Macduff B. Malcolm
20. Macbeth is portrayed by_____________.
A. Martin Shaw B. John Finch
Love’s Labour’s Lost
William Shakespeare
The King of Navarre and his three lords, Berowne, Longaville, and Dumaine, swear an oath to scholarship, which includes fasting and avoiding contact with women for three years. They receive a letter from Don Armado, a Spaniard visiting the King's court, telling them that he has caught Costard, a fool, and Jaquenetta, a country wench, consorting in the park. The King announces Costard's sentence, and he and the lords go off to begin their oath.
Don Armado confesses to Moth, his page, that he has fallen in love with Jaquenetta. He writes her a letter that he asks Costard to deliver.
Meanwhile, the Princess of France has arrived to visit the King. Because of his oath, however, the King cannot receive the Princess and her party at his court; he and his lords must visit them at their camp outside the castle. The three lords fall in love with the three ladies, as does the King with the Princess. Berowne gives Costard a letter to deliver to Rosaline, but Costard accidentally switches it with the letter from Don Armado to Jaquenetta. When he gives Berowne's letter to Jaquenetta, she brings it to the learned Holofernes and Sir Nathaniel to read for her. They tell her that the letter was meant for someone else and to deliver it to the King.
Berowne watches the King from a hiding spot as he reads about his love for the Princess. Longaville enters, and the King hides as well; he and Berowne observe Longaville reading of his love for Maria. Dumaine enters, Longaville hides, and all three see Dumaine reading an ode he has written to Katherine. Longaville advances and tells Dumaine that he is not alone in love. The King then advances and scolds the two men for breaking their oath. Berowne advances and reveals that the King is in love as well. Jaquenetta arrives and gives Berowne the letter, which he rips up. However, Dumaine picks up a piece of the letter with Berowne's name on it, and Berowne confesses that he is in love as well. The four men decide to court their women.
The King and his lords arrive at the Princess's pavilion dressed as Muscovites. The women heed Boyet's prior warnings and decide to switch favors, so that the men will mistake them for each other. After the men leave and reappear as themselves, the women reveal their prank. They all watch a show of the Nine Worthies, performed by Don Armado, Sir Nathaniel, and Holofernes. A messenger arrives to tell the Princess that her father has died, and she prepares to return to France. The women tell their suitors to seek them again in a year, and the play ends with their departure.
TEXT/MOVIE CHECK
1. Give the correct order in which the King calls each fellow scholar to sign their oath.
A. Berowne, Longaville, and Dumaine B. Berowne, Dumaine, and Longaville
2. Being asked to subscribe to their deep oath, he strongly replied “I am resolved.”
A. Longaville B. Dumaine
3. The King told Berowne “sit you out. Go home, Berowne. Adieu.” Berowne simply __________.
A. left the the king and fellow scholars B. stayed as sworn
4. ____________is the elderly lord attending to the princess of France.
A. Boyet B. Amado
5. She told the princess she know Longaville, met her during the marriage feast of Lord Perigort and heir of Falconbridge.
A. Maria B. Rosaline
6. He welcomed the visitors by saying “ Fair Princess, welcome to the court of Navarre.”
A. King Ferdinand B. Berowne
7. She was asked by Berowne “ Did I not dance with you in Brabant once?”
A. Katharine B. Rosaline
8. The “fantastical Spaniard." He caught Costard and Jaquenetta in the forest and fell in love with Jaquenetta.
A. Boyet B. Don Amado
9. Dull, a constable, informed Amado that “ the duke’s pleasure is that he keep Costard safe and must suffer him to take no delight nor no_____________.”
A. penance B. food
10. Berowne gives Costard a letter to deliver to Rosaline, but Costard accidentally switches it with the letter from Don Armado to Jaquenetta.
A. True B. False
11. Berowne said” By the Lord, this love is as mad as Ajax. It kills sheep, it kills_____.”
A. me B. him
12. He sang “I’ve got a Crush on You”, with the “you” referring to Katharine.
A. Dumaine B. Longaville
13. He said “ you three fools lacked me fool to mess.. and you, my liege, and I are pick-purses of love, and we deserve to die.
A. Berowne B. King Ferdinand
14. As Jaquenetta and Costard gave the letter to the King, Berowne grabbed it, ___________.
A. crampled it, and threw it. B. tore it, and ate it.
15. Complete the lines “ Have at you then, affection’s men-at-arms. Consider what you first did swear unto. To fast, to study and_________________.”
A. To see no woman B. to entertain no woman.
16. Asked by the princess what was given to Katharine by Dumaine, she answered “Madam, this ____”.
A. pearls B. glove
17. The messeger, Marcade, broke in to the merriment to inform the Princess that her father, the King, is terribly illed.
A. True B. False
18. When Longaville said “What says Maria?”, Maria replied “ At the twelve months end, I’ll _________ for a faithful friend.
A. change my black gown B. give my heart
19. When war began, the newpaper’s headline was “Fall of France.”
A. True B. False
20. Berowne was portrayed by _________________________.
A. Kenneth Branagh B. Allesandro Nivola
The King of Navarre and his three lords, Berowne, Longaville, and Dumaine, swear an oath to scholarship, which includes fasting and avoiding contact with women for three years. They receive a letter from Don Armado, a Spaniard visiting the King's court, telling them that he has caught Costard, a fool, and Jaquenetta, a country wench, consorting in the park. The King announces Costard's sentence, and he and the lords go off to begin their oath.
Don Armado confesses to Moth, his page, that he has fallen in love with Jaquenetta. He writes her a letter that he asks Costard to deliver.
Meanwhile, the Princess of France has arrived to visit the King. Because of his oath, however, the King cannot receive the Princess and her party at his court; he and his lords must visit them at their camp outside the castle. The three lords fall in love with the three ladies, as does the King with the Princess. Berowne gives Costard a letter to deliver to Rosaline, but Costard accidentally switches it with the letter from Don Armado to Jaquenetta. When he gives Berowne's letter to Jaquenetta, she brings it to the learned Holofernes and Sir Nathaniel to read for her. They tell her that the letter was meant for someone else and to deliver it to the King.
Berowne watches the King from a hiding spot as he reads about his love for the Princess. Longaville enters, and the King hides as well; he and Berowne observe Longaville reading of his love for Maria. Dumaine enters, Longaville hides, and all three see Dumaine reading an ode he has written to Katherine. Longaville advances and tells Dumaine that he is not alone in love. The King then advances and scolds the two men for breaking their oath. Berowne advances and reveals that the King is in love as well. Jaquenetta arrives and gives Berowne the letter, which he rips up. However, Dumaine picks up a piece of the letter with Berowne's name on it, and Berowne confesses that he is in love as well. The four men decide to court their women.
The King and his lords arrive at the Princess's pavilion dressed as Muscovites. The women heed Boyet's prior warnings and decide to switch favors, so that the men will mistake them for each other. After the men leave and reappear as themselves, the women reveal their prank. They all watch a show of the Nine Worthies, performed by Don Armado, Sir Nathaniel, and Holofernes. A messenger arrives to tell the Princess that her father has died, and she prepares to return to France. The women tell their suitors to seek them again in a year, and the play ends with their departure.
TEXT/MOVIE CHECK
1. Give the correct order in which the King calls each fellow scholar to sign their oath.
A. Berowne, Longaville, and Dumaine B. Berowne, Dumaine, and Longaville
2. Being asked to subscribe to their deep oath, he strongly replied “I am resolved.”
A. Longaville B. Dumaine
3. The King told Berowne “sit you out. Go home, Berowne. Adieu.” Berowne simply __________.
A. left the the king and fellow scholars B. stayed as sworn
4. ____________is the elderly lord attending to the princess of France.
A. Boyet B. Amado
5. She told the princess she know Longaville, met her during the marriage feast of Lord Perigort and heir of Falconbridge.
A. Maria B. Rosaline
6. He welcomed the visitors by saying “ Fair Princess, welcome to the court of Navarre.”
A. King Ferdinand B. Berowne
7. She was asked by Berowne “ Did I not dance with you in Brabant once?”
A. Katharine B. Rosaline
8. The “fantastical Spaniard." He caught Costard and Jaquenetta in the forest and fell in love with Jaquenetta.
A. Boyet B. Don Amado
9. Dull, a constable, informed Amado that “ the duke’s pleasure is that he keep Costard safe and must suffer him to take no delight nor no_____________.”
A. penance B. food
10. Berowne gives Costard a letter to deliver to Rosaline, but Costard accidentally switches it with the letter from Don Armado to Jaquenetta.
A. True B. False
11. Berowne said” By the Lord, this love is as mad as Ajax. It kills sheep, it kills_____.”
A. me B. him
12. He sang “I’ve got a Crush on You”, with the “you” referring to Katharine.
A. Dumaine B. Longaville
13. He said “ you three fools lacked me fool to mess.. and you, my liege, and I are pick-purses of love, and we deserve to die.
A. Berowne B. King Ferdinand
14. As Jaquenetta and Costard gave the letter to the King, Berowne grabbed it, ___________.
A. crampled it, and threw it. B. tore it, and ate it.
15. Complete the lines “ Have at you then, affection’s men-at-arms. Consider what you first did swear unto. To fast, to study and_________________.”
A. To see no woman B. to entertain no woman.
16. Asked by the princess what was given to Katharine by Dumaine, she answered “Madam, this ____”.
A. pearls B. glove
17. The messeger, Marcade, broke in to the merriment to inform the Princess that her father, the King, is terribly illed.
A. True B. False
18. When Longaville said “What says Maria?”, Maria replied “ At the twelve months end, I’ll _________ for a faithful friend.
A. change my black gown B. give my heart
19. When war began, the newpaper’s headline was “Fall of France.”
A. True B. False
20. Berowne was portrayed by _________________________.
A. Kenneth Branagh B. Allesandro Nivola
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream takes place in Athens. Theseus, the Duke of Athens, is planning his marriage with Hippolyta, and as a result he is a planning a large festival. Egeus enters, followed by his daughter Hermia, her beloved Lysander, and her suitor Demetrius. Egeus tells Theseus that Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius, wanting instead to marry Lysander. He asks for the right to punish Hermia with death if she refuses to obey.
Theseus agrees that Hermia's duty is to obey her father, and threatens her with either entering a nunnery or marrying the man her father chooses. Lysander protests, but is overruled by the law. He and Hermia than decide to flee by night into the woods surrounding Athens, where they can escape the law and get married. They tell their plan to Helena, a girl who is madly in love with Demetrius. Hoping to gain favor with Demetrius, Helena decides to tell him about the plan.
Some local artisans and workmen have decided to perform a play for Theseus as a way to celebrate his wedding. They choose Pyramus and Thisbe for their play, and meet to assign the roles. Nick Bottom gets the role of Pyramus, and Flute takes the part of Thisbe. They agree to meet the next night in the woods to rehearse the play.
Robin Goodfellow, a puck, meets a fairy who serves Queen Titania. He tells the fairy that his King Oberon is in the woods, and that Titania should avoid Oberon because they will quarrel again. However, Titania and Oberon soon arrive and begin arguing about a young boy Titania has stolen and is caring for. Oberon demands that she give him the boy, but she refuses.
Oberon decides to play a trick on Titania and put some pansy juice on her eyes. The magical juice will make her fall in love with first person she sees upon waking up. Soon after Puck is sent away to fetch the juice, Oberon overhears Demetrius and Helena in the woods.
Demetrius deserts Helena in the forest, leaving her alone. Oberon decides that he will change this situation, and commands Robin to put the juice onto Demetrius's eyes when he is sleeping. He then finds Titania and drops the juice onto her eyelids. Robin goes to find Demetrius, but instead comes across Lysander and accidentally uses the juice on him.
By accident Helena comes across Lysander and wakes him up. He immediately falls in love with her and starts to chase her through the woods. Together they arrive where Oberon is watching, and he realizes the mistake. Oberon then puts the pansy juice onto Demetrius's eyelids, who upon waking up also falls in love with Helena. She thinks that the two men are trying to torment her for being in love with Demetrius, and becomes furious at their protestations of love.
The workmen arrive in the woods and start to practice their play. They constantly ruin the lines of the play and mispronounce the words. Out of fear of censorship, they decide to make the play less realistic. Therefore the lion is supposed to announce that he is not a lion, but only a common man. Bottom also feels obliged to tell the audience that he is not really going to die, but will only pretend to do so. Puck, watching this silly scene, catches Bottom alone and puts an asses head on him. When Bottom returns to his troupe, they run away out of fear. Bottom then comes across Titania, and succeeds in waking her up. She falls in love with him due to the juice on her eyes, and takes him with her.
Lysander and Demetrius prepare to fight one another for Helena. Puck intervenes and leads them through the woods in circles until they collapse onto the ground in exhaustion. He then brings the two women to same area and puts them to sleep as well.
Oberon finds Titania and releases her from the spell. He then tells the audience that Bottom will think is all a dream when he wakes up. He further releases Lysander from the spell. Theseus arrives with a hunting party and finds the lovers stretched out on the ground. He orders the hunting horns blown in order to wake them up.
The lovers explain why they are in the woods, at which point Egeus demands that he be allowed to exercise the law on Hermia. However, Demetrius intervenes and tells them that he no longer loves Hermia, but rather only loves Helena. Theseus decides to overbear Egeus and let the lovers get married that day with him. Together they return to Athens.
Bottom wakes up and thinks that he has dreamed the entire episode. He swiftly returns to Athens where he meets his friends. Together they head over to Theseus's palace. Theseus looks over the list of possible entertainment for that evening and settles on the play of Pyramus and Thisbe. Bottom and the rest of his company perform the play, after which everyone retires to bed.
Puck arrives and starts to sweep the house clean. Oberon and Titania briefly bless the couples and their future children. After they leave Puck asks the audience to forgive the actors is they were offended. He then tells the audience that if anyone disliked the play, they should imagine that it was only a dream.
TEXT/MOVIE CHECK
1. In the village of Monte Athena, Italy, marriage is seldom a not matter of love.
A. True B. False
2. To celebrate the wedding of Thesseus, a dramatic competition will be held. A _________ will be awarded to the winners.
A. large throphy B. small pension
3. Peter Quince announced to the company of players that there play is “The Most Lamentable Comedy and Most ______________of Pyramus and Thisbe.
A. Cruel Death B. Tragic Death
4. For the play, ______________was set down for Pyramus.
A. Peter Quince B. Nick Bottom
5. _________________was asked to take Thisbe on him.
A. Nick Bottom B Francis Flute
6. He says “Let me take the lion too! I will roar that I will do any man’s heart good to hear me.”
A. Nick Bottom B. Peter Quince
7. In the woods, Puck (Robin Goodfellow) greeted and asked the Fairy “ How now, spirit! ______________”
A. What wonder you? B. Whither wander you?
8. The fairy replied to Puck “ Over hill, over dale, thorough bush, thorough brier, over park, over pale, thorough flood, thorough fire, I do _______________.”
A. wonder every day B. wander everywhere
9. Oberon asked gentle Puck to fetch the flower, the herb he showed him once. It was marked with bolt of _____________.
A. Ares B. Cupid
10. The juice of the flower,once dropped in one’s eyes while asleep, will _____________.
A. fall in love to the first person he/she sees B. die immediately
11. In the woods, Demetrius told Helena “Do I entice you? Do I speak you fair? Or rather do I not in plainest truth tell you I do not nor cannot______________________.
A. love you B. leave you
12. Helena was told by Demetrius that she impeach her modesty to him who does not love her. She simply replied “your virtue my______________.
A. honor B. privilege
13. Puck, watching this silly scene of the players, catches Bottom alone and puts an asses head on him.
A. True B. False
14. Nick Bottom came across Titania, and succeeded in waking her up. She fell in love with him due to the juice on her eyes, but did not take him with her.
A. True B. False
15. Demetrius told Hermia he’s not guilty of her accusations to Lysander and if he does, he asked “What should I get therefore?” Hermia replied__________________________.
A. “A privilege never to see me more”. B. “A privilege to see me more.”
16. She said “ You thief of love! What, have you come by night and stole my love’s heart from him!”
A. Helena B. Hermia
17. Puck removed the spell by anointing juice from a________________flower.
A. red B. white
18. _____________released Titania from her spell.
A. Puck B. Oberon
19. Nick Bottom woke up, wondered about the ring, looked for his long ears and realized everything was just a ________.
A. dream B. nightmare
20. The duke granted the wedding of the two couples.
A. True B. False
A Midsummer Night's Dream takes place in Athens. Theseus, the Duke of Athens, is planning his marriage with Hippolyta, and as a result he is a planning a large festival. Egeus enters, followed by his daughter Hermia, her beloved Lysander, and her suitor Demetrius. Egeus tells Theseus that Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius, wanting instead to marry Lysander. He asks for the right to punish Hermia with death if she refuses to obey.
Theseus agrees that Hermia's duty is to obey her father, and threatens her with either entering a nunnery or marrying the man her father chooses. Lysander protests, but is overruled by the law. He and Hermia than decide to flee by night into the woods surrounding Athens, where they can escape the law and get married. They tell their plan to Helena, a girl who is madly in love with Demetrius. Hoping to gain favor with Demetrius, Helena decides to tell him about the plan.
Some local artisans and workmen have decided to perform a play for Theseus as a way to celebrate his wedding. They choose Pyramus and Thisbe for their play, and meet to assign the roles. Nick Bottom gets the role of Pyramus, and Flute takes the part of Thisbe. They agree to meet the next night in the woods to rehearse the play.
Robin Goodfellow, a puck, meets a fairy who serves Queen Titania. He tells the fairy that his King Oberon is in the woods, and that Titania should avoid Oberon because they will quarrel again. However, Titania and Oberon soon arrive and begin arguing about a young boy Titania has stolen and is caring for. Oberon demands that she give him the boy, but she refuses.
Oberon decides to play a trick on Titania and put some pansy juice on her eyes. The magical juice will make her fall in love with first person she sees upon waking up. Soon after Puck is sent away to fetch the juice, Oberon overhears Demetrius and Helena in the woods.
Demetrius deserts Helena in the forest, leaving her alone. Oberon decides that he will change this situation, and commands Robin to put the juice onto Demetrius's eyes when he is sleeping. He then finds Titania and drops the juice onto her eyelids. Robin goes to find Demetrius, but instead comes across Lysander and accidentally uses the juice on him.
By accident Helena comes across Lysander and wakes him up. He immediately falls in love with her and starts to chase her through the woods. Together they arrive where Oberon is watching, and he realizes the mistake. Oberon then puts the pansy juice onto Demetrius's eyelids, who upon waking up also falls in love with Helena. She thinks that the two men are trying to torment her for being in love with Demetrius, and becomes furious at their protestations of love.
The workmen arrive in the woods and start to practice their play. They constantly ruin the lines of the play and mispronounce the words. Out of fear of censorship, they decide to make the play less realistic. Therefore the lion is supposed to announce that he is not a lion, but only a common man. Bottom also feels obliged to tell the audience that he is not really going to die, but will only pretend to do so. Puck, watching this silly scene, catches Bottom alone and puts an asses head on him. When Bottom returns to his troupe, they run away out of fear. Bottom then comes across Titania, and succeeds in waking her up. She falls in love with him due to the juice on her eyes, and takes him with her.
Lysander and Demetrius prepare to fight one another for Helena. Puck intervenes and leads them through the woods in circles until they collapse onto the ground in exhaustion. He then brings the two women to same area and puts them to sleep as well.
Oberon finds Titania and releases her from the spell. He then tells the audience that Bottom will think is all a dream when he wakes up. He further releases Lysander from the spell. Theseus arrives with a hunting party and finds the lovers stretched out on the ground. He orders the hunting horns blown in order to wake them up.
The lovers explain why they are in the woods, at which point Egeus demands that he be allowed to exercise the law on Hermia. However, Demetrius intervenes and tells them that he no longer loves Hermia, but rather only loves Helena. Theseus decides to overbear Egeus and let the lovers get married that day with him. Together they return to Athens.
Bottom wakes up and thinks that he has dreamed the entire episode. He swiftly returns to Athens where he meets his friends. Together they head over to Theseus's palace. Theseus looks over the list of possible entertainment for that evening and settles on the play of Pyramus and Thisbe. Bottom and the rest of his company perform the play, after which everyone retires to bed.
Puck arrives and starts to sweep the house clean. Oberon and Titania briefly bless the couples and their future children. After they leave Puck asks the audience to forgive the actors is they were offended. He then tells the audience that if anyone disliked the play, they should imagine that it was only a dream.
TEXT/MOVIE CHECK
1. In the village of Monte Athena, Italy, marriage is seldom a not matter of love.
A. True B. False
2. To celebrate the wedding of Thesseus, a dramatic competition will be held. A _________ will be awarded to the winners.
A. large throphy B. small pension
3. Peter Quince announced to the company of players that there play is “The Most Lamentable Comedy and Most ______________of Pyramus and Thisbe.
A. Cruel Death B. Tragic Death
4. For the play, ______________was set down for Pyramus.
A. Peter Quince B. Nick Bottom
5. _________________was asked to take Thisbe on him.
A. Nick Bottom B Francis Flute
6. He says “Let me take the lion too! I will roar that I will do any man’s heart good to hear me.”
A. Nick Bottom B. Peter Quince
7. In the woods, Puck (Robin Goodfellow) greeted and asked the Fairy “ How now, spirit! ______________”
A. What wonder you? B. Whither wander you?
8. The fairy replied to Puck “ Over hill, over dale, thorough bush, thorough brier, over park, over pale, thorough flood, thorough fire, I do _______________.”
A. wonder every day B. wander everywhere
9. Oberon asked gentle Puck to fetch the flower, the herb he showed him once. It was marked with bolt of _____________.
A. Ares B. Cupid
10. The juice of the flower,once dropped in one’s eyes while asleep, will _____________.
A. fall in love to the first person he/she sees B. die immediately
11. In the woods, Demetrius told Helena “Do I entice you? Do I speak you fair? Or rather do I not in plainest truth tell you I do not nor cannot______________________.
A. love you B. leave you
12. Helena was told by Demetrius that she impeach her modesty to him who does not love her. She simply replied “your virtue my______________.
A. honor B. privilege
13. Puck, watching this silly scene of the players, catches Bottom alone and puts an asses head on him.
A. True B. False
14. Nick Bottom came across Titania, and succeeded in waking her up. She fell in love with him due to the juice on her eyes, but did not take him with her.
A. True B. False
15. Demetrius told Hermia he’s not guilty of her accusations to Lysander and if he does, he asked “What should I get therefore?” Hermia replied__________________________.
A. “A privilege never to see me more”. B. “A privilege to see me more.”
16. She said “ You thief of love! What, have you come by night and stole my love’s heart from him!”
A. Helena B. Hermia
17. Puck removed the spell by anointing juice from a________________flower.
A. red B. white
18. _____________released Titania from her spell.
A. Puck B. Oberon
19. Nick Bottom woke up, wondered about the ring, looked for his long ears and realized everything was just a ________.
A. dream B. nightmare
20. The duke granted the wedding of the two couples.
A. True B. False
ROMEO & JULIET
William Shakespeare
Plot Overview
IN THE STREETS OF VERONA another brawl breaks out between the servants of the feuding noble families of Capulet and Montague. Benvolio, a Montague, tries to stop the fighting, but is himself embroiled when the rash Capulet, Tybalt, arrives on the scene. After citizens outraged by the constant violence beat back the warring factions, Prince Escalus, the ruler of Verona, attempts to prevent any further conflicts between the families by decreeing death for any individual who disturbs the peace in the future.
Romeo, the son of Montague, runs into his cousin Benvolio, who had earlier seen Romeo moping in a grove of sycamores. After some prodding by Benvolio, Romeo confides that he is in love with Rosaline, a woman who does not return his affections. Benvolio counsels him to forget this woman and find another, more beautiful one, but Romeo remains despondent.
Meanwhile, Paris, a kinsman of the Prince, seeks Juliet’s hand in marriage. Her father Capulet, though happy at the match, asks Paris to wait two years, since Juliet is not yet even fourteen. Capulet dispatches a servant with a list of people to invite to a masquerade and feast he traditionally holds. He invites Paris to the feast, hoping that Paris will begin to win Juliet’s heart.
Romeo and Benvolio, still discussing Rosaline, encounter the Capulet servant bearing the list of invitations. Benvolio suggests that they attend, since that will allow Romeo to compare his beloved to other beautiful women of Verona. Romeo agrees to go with Benvolio to the feast, but only because Rosaline, whose name he reads on the list, will be there.
In Capulet’s household, young Juliet talks with her mother, Lady Capulet, and her nurse about the possibility of marrying Paris. Juliet has not yet considered marriage, but agrees to look at Paris during the feast to see if she thinks she could fall in love with him.
The feast begins. A melancholy Romeo follows Benvolio and their witty friend Mercutio to Capulet’s house. Once inside, Romeo sees Juliet from a distance and instantly falls in love with her; he forgets about Rosaline completely. As Romeo watches Juliet, entranced, a young Capulet, Tybalt, recognizes him, and is enraged that a Montague would sneak into a Capulet feast. He prepares to attack, but Capulet holds him back. Soon, Romeo speaks to Juliet, and the two experience a profound attraction. They kiss, not even knowing each other’s names. When he finds out from Juliet’s nurse that she is the daughter of Capulet—his family’s enemy—he becomes distraught. When Juliet learns that the young man she has just kissed is the son of Montague, she grows equally upset.
As Mercutio and Benvolio leave the Capulet estate, Romeo leaps over the orchard wall into the garden, unable to leave Juliet behind. From his hiding place, he sees Juliet in a window above the orchard and hears her speak his name. He calls out to her, and they exchange vows of love.
Romeo hurries to see his friend and confessor Friar Lawrence, who, though shocked at the sudden turn of Romeo’s heart, agrees to marry the young lovers in secret since he sees in their love the possibility of ending the age-old feud between Capulet and Montague. The following day, Romeo and Juliet meet at Friar Lawrence’s cell and are married. The Nurse, who is privy to the secret, procures a ladder, which Romeo will use to climb into Juliet’s window for their wedding night.
The next day, Benvolio and Mercutio encounter Tybalt—Juliet’s cousin—who, still enraged that Romeo attended Capulet’s feast, has challenged Romeo to a duel. Romeo appears. Now Tybalt’s kinsman by marriage, Romeo begs the Capulet to hold off the duel until he understands why Romeo does not want to fight. Disgusted with this plea for peace, Mercutio says that he will fight Tybalt himself. The two begin to duel. Romeo tries to stop them by leaping between the combatants. Tybalt stabs Mercutio under Romeo’s arm, and Mercutio dies. Romeo, in a rage, kills Tybalt. Romeo flees from the scene. Soon after, the Prince declares him forever banished from Verona for his crime. Friar Lawrence arranges for Romeo to spend his wedding night with Juliet before he has to leave for Mantua the following morning.
In her room, Juliet awaits the arrival of her new husband. The Nurse enters, and, after some confusion, tells Juliet that Romeo has killed Tybalt. Distraught, Juliet suddenly finds herself married to a man who has killed her kinsman. But she resettles herself, and realizes that her duty belongs with her love: to Romeo.
Romeo sneaks into Juliet’s room that night, and at last they consummate their marriage and their love. Morning comes, and the lovers bid farewell, unsure when they will see each other again. Juliet learns that her father, affected by the recent events, now intends for her to marry Paris in just three days. Unsure of how to proceed—unable to reveal to her parents that she is married to Romeo, but unwilling to marry Paris now that she is Romeo’s wife—Juliet asks her Nurse for advice. She counsels Juliet to proceed as if Romeo were dead and to marry Paris, who is a better match anyway. Disgusted with the Nurse’s disloyalty, Juliet disregards her advice and hurries to Friar Lawrence. He concocts a plan to reunite Juliet with Romeo in Mantua. The night before her wedding to Paris, Juliet must drink a potion that will make her appear to be dead. After she is laid to rest in the family’s crypt, the Friar and Romeo will secretly retrieve her, and she will be free to live with Romeo, away from their parents’ feuding.
Juliet returns home to discover the wedding has been moved ahead one day, and she is to be married tomorrow. That night, Juliet drinks the potion, and the Nurse discovers her, apparently dead, the next morning. The Capulets grieve, and Juliet is entombed according to plan. But Friar Lawrence’s message explaining the plan to Romeo never reaches Mantua. Its bearer, Friar John, gets confined to a quarantined house. Romeo hears only that Juliet is dead.
Romeo learns only of Juliet’s death and decides to kill himself rather than live without her. He buys a vial of poison from a reluctant Apothecary, then speeds back to Verona to take his own life at Juliet’s tomb. Outside the Capulet crypt, Romeo comes upon Paris, who is scattering flowers on Juliet’s grave. They fight, and Romeo kills Paris. He enters the tomb, sees Juliet’s inanimate body, drinks the poison, and dies by her side. Just then, Friar Lawrence enters and realizes that Romeo has killed Paris and himself. At the same time, Juliet awakes. Friar Lawrence hears the coming of the watch. When Juliet refuses to leave with him, he flees alone. Juliet sees her beloved Romeo and realizes he has killed himself with poison. She kisses his poisoned lips, and when that does not kill her, buries his dagger in her chest, falling dead upon his body.
The watch arrives, followed closely by the Prince, the Capulets, and Montague. Montague declares that Lady Montague has died of grief over Romeo’s exile. Seeing their children’s bodies, Capulet and Montague agree to end their long-standing feud and to raise gold statues of their children side-by-side in a newly peaceful Verona.
TEXT/MOVIE CHECK
1. The serving men were in the public square. Gregory asked “Do you quarrel , sir?” Sampson replied, “If you do, sir. _____________.”
A. Let’s fight! B. I am for you.
2. According to Prince Escalus, the Capulets and Montagues have disturbed the quiet of the streets _________.
A. twice B. thrice
3. When Lady Capulet asked Juliet how stand her disposition to be married, she said____________”
A. It is an honor that I dream not of. B. It is a pleasure that I dream not of.
4. In the Capulet’s hall during the masquerade ball, Romeo saw Juliet dancing gracefully in a beautiful ______gown.
A. red B. violet
5. Tybalt informed his uncle (Capulet) that a Montague, came in spite to scorn solemnity of the night. He suspected it was________________.
A. Romeo B. Benvolio
6. In the Capulet’s orchard, Romeo saw Juliet at a window where he said “She speaks, yet she says nothing!”
A. True B. False
7. Juliet told Romeo that the orchard walls are high and hard to climb, and it places death whenever the kinsmen find him there.
A. True B. False
8. Juliet sent the nurse at __________ to meet Romeo. The nurse promised to return in half an hour.
A. nine B. ten
9. When the nurse came back, Juliet asked what about what Romeo said. The nurse said.”Then hei you hence to __________________ cell; there stay a husband to make you wife.”
A. Friar John’s B. Friar Lawrence’s
10. Complete the lines of the Friar: “ These violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and ______________.
A. water B. powder
11. The friar said “Come, we will make short work, for by your leaves you shall not stay alone till Holy Church___________________.
A. incorporate two in one B. bind you two as husband and wife.
12. He killed Romeo’s favorite friend.
A. Tybalt B. Mercutio
13. When the prince asked Benvolio who began the bloody fray, Benvolio said it was_________>
A. Tybalt B. Romeo
14. Romeo sneaked in Juliet’s bedroom and they consummate their love and marriage. When morning came, the bid farewell not so sure if ______________.
A. they would see each other again B. Juliet could go with him next night
15. Being affected with recent events, Juliet’s father arranged her marriage to Paris ____________.
A. In three days B. in two days
16. Friar Lawrence concocted a plan to reunite Juliet with Romeo in Mantua. The night before her wedding to Paris, Juliet was asked to drink a_____________.
A a drop of potion B. a cup of wine.
17. The bearer of Friar Lawrence message successfully delivered it to Romeo.
A. True B. False
18. Romeo killed himself by________________.
A. drinking a poison B. stabbing himself
19. Juliet killed herself by ______________.
A. drinking a poison B. stabbing herself
20. The tragic death of Romeo and Juliet_________________.
A. heightened the feud between Montagues and Capulets
B. resolved the feud between Montagues and Capulets
Plot Overview
IN THE STREETS OF VERONA another brawl breaks out between the servants of the feuding noble families of Capulet and Montague. Benvolio, a Montague, tries to stop the fighting, but is himself embroiled when the rash Capulet, Tybalt, arrives on the scene. After citizens outraged by the constant violence beat back the warring factions, Prince Escalus, the ruler of Verona, attempts to prevent any further conflicts between the families by decreeing death for any individual who disturbs the peace in the future.
Romeo, the son of Montague, runs into his cousin Benvolio, who had earlier seen Romeo moping in a grove of sycamores. After some prodding by Benvolio, Romeo confides that he is in love with Rosaline, a woman who does not return his affections. Benvolio counsels him to forget this woman and find another, more beautiful one, but Romeo remains despondent.
Meanwhile, Paris, a kinsman of the Prince, seeks Juliet’s hand in marriage. Her father Capulet, though happy at the match, asks Paris to wait two years, since Juliet is not yet even fourteen. Capulet dispatches a servant with a list of people to invite to a masquerade and feast he traditionally holds. He invites Paris to the feast, hoping that Paris will begin to win Juliet’s heart.
Romeo and Benvolio, still discussing Rosaline, encounter the Capulet servant bearing the list of invitations. Benvolio suggests that they attend, since that will allow Romeo to compare his beloved to other beautiful women of Verona. Romeo agrees to go with Benvolio to the feast, but only because Rosaline, whose name he reads on the list, will be there.
In Capulet’s household, young Juliet talks with her mother, Lady Capulet, and her nurse about the possibility of marrying Paris. Juliet has not yet considered marriage, but agrees to look at Paris during the feast to see if she thinks she could fall in love with him.
The feast begins. A melancholy Romeo follows Benvolio and their witty friend Mercutio to Capulet’s house. Once inside, Romeo sees Juliet from a distance and instantly falls in love with her; he forgets about Rosaline completely. As Romeo watches Juliet, entranced, a young Capulet, Tybalt, recognizes him, and is enraged that a Montague would sneak into a Capulet feast. He prepares to attack, but Capulet holds him back. Soon, Romeo speaks to Juliet, and the two experience a profound attraction. They kiss, not even knowing each other’s names. When he finds out from Juliet’s nurse that she is the daughter of Capulet—his family’s enemy—he becomes distraught. When Juliet learns that the young man she has just kissed is the son of Montague, she grows equally upset.
As Mercutio and Benvolio leave the Capulet estate, Romeo leaps over the orchard wall into the garden, unable to leave Juliet behind. From his hiding place, he sees Juliet in a window above the orchard and hears her speak his name. He calls out to her, and they exchange vows of love.
Romeo hurries to see his friend and confessor Friar Lawrence, who, though shocked at the sudden turn of Romeo’s heart, agrees to marry the young lovers in secret since he sees in their love the possibility of ending the age-old feud between Capulet and Montague. The following day, Romeo and Juliet meet at Friar Lawrence’s cell and are married. The Nurse, who is privy to the secret, procures a ladder, which Romeo will use to climb into Juliet’s window for their wedding night.
The next day, Benvolio and Mercutio encounter Tybalt—Juliet’s cousin—who, still enraged that Romeo attended Capulet’s feast, has challenged Romeo to a duel. Romeo appears. Now Tybalt’s kinsman by marriage, Romeo begs the Capulet to hold off the duel until he understands why Romeo does not want to fight. Disgusted with this plea for peace, Mercutio says that he will fight Tybalt himself. The two begin to duel. Romeo tries to stop them by leaping between the combatants. Tybalt stabs Mercutio under Romeo’s arm, and Mercutio dies. Romeo, in a rage, kills Tybalt. Romeo flees from the scene. Soon after, the Prince declares him forever banished from Verona for his crime. Friar Lawrence arranges for Romeo to spend his wedding night with Juliet before he has to leave for Mantua the following morning.
In her room, Juliet awaits the arrival of her new husband. The Nurse enters, and, after some confusion, tells Juliet that Romeo has killed Tybalt. Distraught, Juliet suddenly finds herself married to a man who has killed her kinsman. But she resettles herself, and realizes that her duty belongs with her love: to Romeo.
Romeo sneaks into Juliet’s room that night, and at last they consummate their marriage and their love. Morning comes, and the lovers bid farewell, unsure when they will see each other again. Juliet learns that her father, affected by the recent events, now intends for her to marry Paris in just three days. Unsure of how to proceed—unable to reveal to her parents that she is married to Romeo, but unwilling to marry Paris now that she is Romeo’s wife—Juliet asks her Nurse for advice. She counsels Juliet to proceed as if Romeo were dead and to marry Paris, who is a better match anyway. Disgusted with the Nurse’s disloyalty, Juliet disregards her advice and hurries to Friar Lawrence. He concocts a plan to reunite Juliet with Romeo in Mantua. The night before her wedding to Paris, Juliet must drink a potion that will make her appear to be dead. After she is laid to rest in the family’s crypt, the Friar and Romeo will secretly retrieve her, and she will be free to live with Romeo, away from their parents’ feuding.
Juliet returns home to discover the wedding has been moved ahead one day, and she is to be married tomorrow. That night, Juliet drinks the potion, and the Nurse discovers her, apparently dead, the next morning. The Capulets grieve, and Juliet is entombed according to plan. But Friar Lawrence’s message explaining the plan to Romeo never reaches Mantua. Its bearer, Friar John, gets confined to a quarantined house. Romeo hears only that Juliet is dead.
Romeo learns only of Juliet’s death and decides to kill himself rather than live without her. He buys a vial of poison from a reluctant Apothecary, then speeds back to Verona to take his own life at Juliet’s tomb. Outside the Capulet crypt, Romeo comes upon Paris, who is scattering flowers on Juliet’s grave. They fight, and Romeo kills Paris. He enters the tomb, sees Juliet’s inanimate body, drinks the poison, and dies by her side. Just then, Friar Lawrence enters and realizes that Romeo has killed Paris and himself. At the same time, Juliet awakes. Friar Lawrence hears the coming of the watch. When Juliet refuses to leave with him, he flees alone. Juliet sees her beloved Romeo and realizes he has killed himself with poison. She kisses his poisoned lips, and when that does not kill her, buries his dagger in her chest, falling dead upon his body.
The watch arrives, followed closely by the Prince, the Capulets, and Montague. Montague declares that Lady Montague has died of grief over Romeo’s exile. Seeing their children’s bodies, Capulet and Montague agree to end their long-standing feud and to raise gold statues of their children side-by-side in a newly peaceful Verona.
TEXT/MOVIE CHECK
1. The serving men were in the public square. Gregory asked “Do you quarrel , sir?” Sampson replied, “If you do, sir. _____________.”
A. Let’s fight! B. I am for you.
2. According to Prince Escalus, the Capulets and Montagues have disturbed the quiet of the streets _________.
A. twice B. thrice
3. When Lady Capulet asked Juliet how stand her disposition to be married, she said____________”
A. It is an honor that I dream not of. B. It is a pleasure that I dream not of.
4. In the Capulet’s hall during the masquerade ball, Romeo saw Juliet dancing gracefully in a beautiful ______gown.
A. red B. violet
5. Tybalt informed his uncle (Capulet) that a Montague, came in spite to scorn solemnity of the night. He suspected it was________________.
A. Romeo B. Benvolio
6. In the Capulet’s orchard, Romeo saw Juliet at a window where he said “She speaks, yet she says nothing!”
A. True B. False
7. Juliet told Romeo that the orchard walls are high and hard to climb, and it places death whenever the kinsmen find him there.
A. True B. False
8. Juliet sent the nurse at __________ to meet Romeo. The nurse promised to return in half an hour.
A. nine B. ten
9. When the nurse came back, Juliet asked what about what Romeo said. The nurse said.”Then hei you hence to __________________ cell; there stay a husband to make you wife.”
A. Friar John’s B. Friar Lawrence’s
10. Complete the lines of the Friar: “ These violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and ______________.
A. water B. powder
11. The friar said “Come, we will make short work, for by your leaves you shall not stay alone till Holy Church___________________.
A. incorporate two in one B. bind you two as husband and wife.
12. He killed Romeo’s favorite friend.
A. Tybalt B. Mercutio
13. When the prince asked Benvolio who began the bloody fray, Benvolio said it was_________>
A. Tybalt B. Romeo
14. Romeo sneaked in Juliet’s bedroom and they consummate their love and marriage. When morning came, the bid farewell not so sure if ______________.
A. they would see each other again B. Juliet could go with him next night
15. Being affected with recent events, Juliet’s father arranged her marriage to Paris ____________.
A. In three days B. in two days
16. Friar Lawrence concocted a plan to reunite Juliet with Romeo in Mantua. The night before her wedding to Paris, Juliet was asked to drink a_____________.
A a drop of potion B. a cup of wine.
17. The bearer of Friar Lawrence message successfully delivered it to Romeo.
A. True B. False
18. Romeo killed himself by________________.
A. drinking a poison B. stabbing himself
19. Juliet killed herself by ______________.
A. drinking a poison B. stabbing herself
20. The tragic death of Romeo and Juliet_________________.
A. heightened the feud between Montagues and Capulets
B. resolved the feud between Montagues and Capulets
Plot Summary of OTHELLO
William Shakespeare
Othello, who has eloped with Desdemona, is accused of stealing her. Blinded by prejudice, Desdemona’s father cannot believe his daughter can love the Moor, a man of a different race. But Othello movingly defends his love and demonstrates the nobility of his character.
Iago is the treacherous comrade. Angered that Cassio has been appointed Othello’s lieutenant, a post Iago wanted, Iago plots his revenge. He warns Othello that Cassio is having an affair with Desdemona. Brilliantly manipulating Othello’s jealousy and rising anger, Iago has his wife Emilia, who is Desdemona’s serving maid, steal a handkerchief that Othello gave his bride at their wedding. Iago plants the handkerchief on Cassio. Convinced of Desdemona’s infidelity, Othello smothers his beloved wife in their marriage bed. Emilia then proves Iago’s guilt and Desdemona’s innocence to Othello. Othello stabs Iago, who is under arrest, but fails to kill him and commits suicide. The final catastrophe of the play—with Emilia’s revelation of Iago’s treachery, and Othello’s suicide in atonement for his criminal folly.
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MOVIE CHECK
1. At the outset of the movie, the Duke announced that the Turks had fitted out a fleet which was bending its course to_______________.
A. Venice B. Cyprus
2. Desdemona, preferring the honor of her lord before the indulgence of idle delights, cheerfully____________.
A. consented Othello’s going to war B. warned Othello of the danger of war
3. Roderigo and Iago shouted to Brabantio “ Thieves! Theives!...Look to your house, ______________, and your bags!
A. your drawers B. your daughter
4. Brabantio,talking to the Duke of Venice said “ My daughter! My daughter! She is abused, _____________ from me, and corrupted.
A. stolen B. hidden
5. Othello, being asked by Duke “what, in your part, can say to this?” answered back by ___________
A. admitting he had taken Desdemona away
B. denying he had taken Desdemona away
6. Othello told Brabantio that Desdemona loved him for the dangers he had passed, and he loved her that she did pity them.
A. True B. False
7. The Duke asked Othello to prepare himself for Cyprus. Desdemona requested that she be allowed to go with him. The Duke_____________________.
A. denied the request B. granted the request
8. He said “Drown cats and blind puppies.”
A. Roderigo B. Iago
9. In the fight between Cassio and Montano, Othello was referred to ___________ to answer his query about the fight,
A. Desdemona B. Iago
10. Iago told Othello to observe well Desdemona with Cassio.
A. True B. False
11. In the confrontation of Othello and Iago, Othello said that he found not Cassio’s kisses in her lips. He called Iago a ___________, who needs to prove his love is a “whore.”
A. villain B. rouge
12. Challeging Iago, Othello told him “ Give me a living reason she’s disloyal”. He answered back “_______________”
A. I do not like the office. B. It’s all in your place.
13. The handkerchief Iago was telling Othello about was ___________________.
A. Othello’s first gift to Desdemona B. Cassio’s gift to Desdemona
14. Othello asked Desdemona to give him the handkerchief and Desdemona__________________.
A. gave it right away B. could not give it for it was lost
15. When Cassio entered the room, he saw Othello trembling with eyes rolling. According to Iago_______.
A. Othello fell into an epelipsy. B. Othello fainted due to dizziness
16. Othello saw ______________ asking Cassio about the handkerchief with Iago observing.
A. Desdemona B. Bianca
17. Othello asked Iago “How will I murder him(Cassio)?”
A. True B. False
18. Othello called Desdemona an “impudent strumpet!”
A. True B. False
19. Othello killed his wife, Desdemona, by ____________________.
A. stabbing her to death B. suffocating her with pillows
20. Othello, Desdemona and Iago were dead at the end of the story.
A. True B. False
Othello, who has eloped with Desdemona, is accused of stealing her. Blinded by prejudice, Desdemona’s father cannot believe his daughter can love the Moor, a man of a different race. But Othello movingly defends his love and demonstrates the nobility of his character.
Iago is the treacherous comrade. Angered that Cassio has been appointed Othello’s lieutenant, a post Iago wanted, Iago plots his revenge. He warns Othello that Cassio is having an affair with Desdemona. Brilliantly manipulating Othello’s jealousy and rising anger, Iago has his wife Emilia, who is Desdemona’s serving maid, steal a handkerchief that Othello gave his bride at their wedding. Iago plants the handkerchief on Cassio. Convinced of Desdemona’s infidelity, Othello smothers his beloved wife in their marriage bed. Emilia then proves Iago’s guilt and Desdemona’s innocence to Othello. Othello stabs Iago, who is under arrest, but fails to kill him and commits suicide. The final catastrophe of the play—with Emilia’s revelation of Iago’s treachery, and Othello’s suicide in atonement for his criminal folly.
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MOVIE CHECK
1. At the outset of the movie, the Duke announced that the Turks had fitted out a fleet which was bending its course to_______________.
A. Venice B. Cyprus
2. Desdemona, preferring the honor of her lord before the indulgence of idle delights, cheerfully____________.
A. consented Othello’s going to war B. warned Othello of the danger of war
3. Roderigo and Iago shouted to Brabantio “ Thieves! Theives!...Look to your house, ______________, and your bags!
A. your drawers B. your daughter
4. Brabantio,talking to the Duke of Venice said “ My daughter! My daughter! She is abused, _____________ from me, and corrupted.
A. stolen B. hidden
5. Othello, being asked by Duke “what, in your part, can say to this?” answered back by ___________
A. admitting he had taken Desdemona away
B. denying he had taken Desdemona away
6. Othello told Brabantio that Desdemona loved him for the dangers he had passed, and he loved her that she did pity them.
A. True B. False
7. The Duke asked Othello to prepare himself for Cyprus. Desdemona requested that she be allowed to go with him. The Duke_____________________.
A. denied the request B. granted the request
8. He said “Drown cats and blind puppies.”
A. Roderigo B. Iago
9. In the fight between Cassio and Montano, Othello was referred to ___________ to answer his query about the fight,
A. Desdemona B. Iago
10. Iago told Othello to observe well Desdemona with Cassio.
A. True B. False
11. In the confrontation of Othello and Iago, Othello said that he found not Cassio’s kisses in her lips. He called Iago a ___________, who needs to prove his love is a “whore.”
A. villain B. rouge
12. Challeging Iago, Othello told him “ Give me a living reason she’s disloyal”. He answered back “_______________”
A. I do not like the office. B. It’s all in your place.
13. The handkerchief Iago was telling Othello about was ___________________.
A. Othello’s first gift to Desdemona B. Cassio’s gift to Desdemona
14. Othello asked Desdemona to give him the handkerchief and Desdemona__________________.
A. gave it right away B. could not give it for it was lost
15. When Cassio entered the room, he saw Othello trembling with eyes rolling. According to Iago_______.
A. Othello fell into an epelipsy. B. Othello fainted due to dizziness
16. Othello saw ______________ asking Cassio about the handkerchief with Iago observing.
A. Desdemona B. Bianca
17. Othello asked Iago “How will I murder him(Cassio)?”
A. True B. False
18. Othello called Desdemona an “impudent strumpet!”
A. True B. False
19. Othello killed his wife, Desdemona, by ____________________.
A. stabbing her to death B. suffocating her with pillows
20. Othello, Desdemona and Iago were dead at the end of the story.
A. True B. False
MERCHANT OF VENICE
William Shakespeare
Merchant of Venice, The, comedy by English playwright William Shakespeare, written around 1596. It is regarded by some scholars as the strongest and most successful of Shakespeare's early comedies.
The play, which is set partly in Venice, Italy, features two main characters: Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, and Portia, a wealthy heiress. The two characters’ stories are cleverly intertwined. Shylock prosecutes the merchant Antonio for failure to repay a loan that Antonio had contracted on behalf of his friend Bassanio. Shylock threatens to cut off a pound of Antonio's flesh, a penalty originally inserted in the contract as a jest. The two must resolve their situation in court. Meanwhile, Portia has proposed a riddle, stating that she can be won in marriage only if a suitor is able to guess the one chest of three in which her portrait is hidden. Her lover, Bassanio, chooses correctly. For his sake, Portia goes to the courtroom disguised as a lawyer to defend Antonio from Shylock’s demands. She defeats Shylock by pointing out that although he has a right to a pound of Antonio's flesh, he is not entitled to a single drop of his blood.
An important element of Shylock's character is his literal-mindedness. In his mind, a contract is a contract, and if it is broken the letter of the law must be carried out. Mercy cannot be permitted to soften justice. In his insistence on a pound of flesh, Shylock believes he is holding Antonio to the truth. However, Shylock’s literalness also forces him to concede to Portia’s argument that he has no claim to Antonio’s blood.
For the character of Shylock, Shakespeare drew from a long tradition of folktales that relate the story of a creditor who tries and fails to extract a pound of human flesh as payment of a debt. Like the hero-villain Barabas in English dramatist Christopher Marlowe's Jew of Malta (1589?), Shylock is a Jew. He is portrayed in striking contrast with the other characters, who are Christians. Shylock is frugal and preoccupied with making and keeping money; he hoards it and treasures it above his personal relationships. He views the Christians’ attitude toward money as frivolous and irresponsible. In contrast to Shylock, Bassanio uses money for love and beauty instead of for the accumulation of wealth. The chest he chooses in answer to Portia’s riddle is not the one made of silver nor the one of gold, but the one made of lead. His rejection of the gold and silver containers in favor of a lead one, within whose dull exterior lie the riches of Portia's portrait, symbolizes the fact that, for him, "all that glisters (glistens) is not gold."
Shakespeare’s portrayal of Shylock has long been fodder for debate among scholars. By Shakespeare’s time, Jews had been officially banned from England for centuries. Because of this, they had come to represent to many citizens of the time a sinister unknown. Shylock’s inability to grant mercy to Antonio and his tendency to value the letter of the law over benevolence are generally abhorrent to modern audiences. However, Shakespeare was too intelligent and too much of an artist to make his Shylock purely one dimensional; the character is complex and justifiably cautious in a world that does not welcome him. Much of the interest and tension of the play lies in the fact that he is simultaneously villainous and sympathetic.
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MOVIE CHECK
1. By law the Jews were forced to live in the old walled foundry or __________.
A. shanty B. ghetto
2. In the daytime any man (Jew) leaving their place had to wear a __________ to mark him as a Jew.
A. red hat B. red bondage
3. Usury, the lending of money at interest, is against the _______________________.
A. Christian law B. human law
4. Antonio, the kindest merchant of Venice, considered the noble Venetian _____________ to be his dearest friend.
A. Bassanio B. Lorenzo
5. Bassanio wanted to repair his fortune by a wealthy marriage. He found _________ who is fair, fairer than he would, where in her eyes he saw a fair, speechless message.
A. Nerissa B. Portia
6. Antonio and Bassanio went together to the wealthy moneylender to lend ___________.
A. 3,000 ducats B. 4,000 ducats
7. Shylock said that Antonio had railed him often about his money and usuries, called him unbeliever, and a cut-throat dog. He even spit on his Jewish garment. He insulted Antonio by asking “_____________________”.
A. Has a dog money? B. Are you eating your pride?
8. Shylock lent Antonio money with the condition that they would go to a lawyer for a signing of a merry sport bond. This bond sates that____________________________.
A. if he fails to pay on a certain day, Shylock shall cut a pound of flesh on Antonio’s body.
B.if he fails to pay on a certain day, Shylock shall get all Antonio’s properties.
9. The line goes ““to bait fish withal. If he’ll feed nothing else, he’ll feed my _______________.
A. retribution B. revenge
10. The line goes: “If you prick us, do we not bleed; if you tickle us,______________”
A .do we no laugh? B. do we not sigh?
11. WhenShylock was told that his daughter Jessica stayed with Antonio in Geneva, he answered back_____________.
A. You stick a dagger on me. B. You cut my heart painfully.
12. Portia has proposed a riddle, stating that she can be won in marriage only if a suitor is able to guess the one chest of three in which her portrait is hidden. Her lover,__________chose the right casket.
A. the Prince of Aragon B. Bassanio
13. He said to Portia “Confess and love must be a very sum up of my confession.”
A. Antonio B. Bassanio
14. Bassanio said that if the ring parts his finger, then part__________.
A. life from it. B. wealth from it.
15. Shylock said no one should speak against his bond. He added “since I am a dog, _____________”
A. I bark and bite. B. beware my fangs.
16. Being offered to be paid 10,000 ducats , Shylock_____________________________.
A. remained to have his bond B. accepted the money.
17. During trial, Shylock defended to court by saying he had an oath in heaven, shall he let __________ upon his soul?
A. perjury B. insult
18. Shylock found the noble judge to be true, wise and upright.
A. True B. False
19. The judge stopped the cutting of flesh because the bond only states to give Shylock a pound of flesh
A. excluding drops of blood. B. including drops of blood
20. He portrayed the role of Shylock.
A. Joseph Fiennes B. Al Pacino
Merchant of Venice, The, comedy by English playwright William Shakespeare, written around 1596. It is regarded by some scholars as the strongest and most successful of Shakespeare's early comedies.
The play, which is set partly in Venice, Italy, features two main characters: Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, and Portia, a wealthy heiress. The two characters’ stories are cleverly intertwined. Shylock prosecutes the merchant Antonio for failure to repay a loan that Antonio had contracted on behalf of his friend Bassanio. Shylock threatens to cut off a pound of Antonio's flesh, a penalty originally inserted in the contract as a jest. The two must resolve their situation in court. Meanwhile, Portia has proposed a riddle, stating that she can be won in marriage only if a suitor is able to guess the one chest of three in which her portrait is hidden. Her lover, Bassanio, chooses correctly. For his sake, Portia goes to the courtroom disguised as a lawyer to defend Antonio from Shylock’s demands. She defeats Shylock by pointing out that although he has a right to a pound of Antonio's flesh, he is not entitled to a single drop of his blood.
An important element of Shylock's character is his literal-mindedness. In his mind, a contract is a contract, and if it is broken the letter of the law must be carried out. Mercy cannot be permitted to soften justice. In his insistence on a pound of flesh, Shylock believes he is holding Antonio to the truth. However, Shylock’s literalness also forces him to concede to Portia’s argument that he has no claim to Antonio’s blood.
For the character of Shylock, Shakespeare drew from a long tradition of folktales that relate the story of a creditor who tries and fails to extract a pound of human flesh as payment of a debt. Like the hero-villain Barabas in English dramatist Christopher Marlowe's Jew of Malta (1589?), Shylock is a Jew. He is portrayed in striking contrast with the other characters, who are Christians. Shylock is frugal and preoccupied with making and keeping money; he hoards it and treasures it above his personal relationships. He views the Christians’ attitude toward money as frivolous and irresponsible. In contrast to Shylock, Bassanio uses money for love and beauty instead of for the accumulation of wealth. The chest he chooses in answer to Portia’s riddle is not the one made of silver nor the one of gold, but the one made of lead. His rejection of the gold and silver containers in favor of a lead one, within whose dull exterior lie the riches of Portia's portrait, symbolizes the fact that, for him, "all that glisters (glistens) is not gold."
Shakespeare’s portrayal of Shylock has long been fodder for debate among scholars. By Shakespeare’s time, Jews had been officially banned from England for centuries. Because of this, they had come to represent to many citizens of the time a sinister unknown. Shylock’s inability to grant mercy to Antonio and his tendency to value the letter of the law over benevolence are generally abhorrent to modern audiences. However, Shakespeare was too intelligent and too much of an artist to make his Shylock purely one dimensional; the character is complex and justifiably cautious in a world that does not welcome him. Much of the interest and tension of the play lies in the fact that he is simultaneously villainous and sympathetic.
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MOVIE CHECK
1. By law the Jews were forced to live in the old walled foundry or __________.
A. shanty B. ghetto
2. In the daytime any man (Jew) leaving their place had to wear a __________ to mark him as a Jew.
A. red hat B. red bondage
3. Usury, the lending of money at interest, is against the _______________________.
A. Christian law B. human law
4. Antonio, the kindest merchant of Venice, considered the noble Venetian _____________ to be his dearest friend.
A. Bassanio B. Lorenzo
5. Bassanio wanted to repair his fortune by a wealthy marriage. He found _________ who is fair, fairer than he would, where in her eyes he saw a fair, speechless message.
A. Nerissa B. Portia
6. Antonio and Bassanio went together to the wealthy moneylender to lend ___________.
A. 3,000 ducats B. 4,000 ducats
7. Shylock said that Antonio had railed him often about his money and usuries, called him unbeliever, and a cut-throat dog. He even spit on his Jewish garment. He insulted Antonio by asking “_____________________”.
A. Has a dog money? B. Are you eating your pride?
8. Shylock lent Antonio money with the condition that they would go to a lawyer for a signing of a merry sport bond. This bond sates that____________________________.
A. if he fails to pay on a certain day, Shylock shall cut a pound of flesh on Antonio’s body.
B.if he fails to pay on a certain day, Shylock shall get all Antonio’s properties.
9. The line goes ““to bait fish withal. If he’ll feed nothing else, he’ll feed my _______________.
A. retribution B. revenge
10. The line goes: “If you prick us, do we not bleed; if you tickle us,______________”
A .do we no laugh? B. do we not sigh?
11. WhenShylock was told that his daughter Jessica stayed with Antonio in Geneva, he answered back_____________.
A. You stick a dagger on me. B. You cut my heart painfully.
12. Portia has proposed a riddle, stating that she can be won in marriage only if a suitor is able to guess the one chest of three in which her portrait is hidden. Her lover,__________chose the right casket.
A. the Prince of Aragon B. Bassanio
13. He said to Portia “Confess and love must be a very sum up of my confession.”
A. Antonio B. Bassanio
14. Bassanio said that if the ring parts his finger, then part__________.
A. life from it. B. wealth from it.
15. Shylock said no one should speak against his bond. He added “since I am a dog, _____________”
A. I bark and bite. B. beware my fangs.
16. Being offered to be paid 10,000 ducats , Shylock_____________________________.
A. remained to have his bond B. accepted the money.
17. During trial, Shylock defended to court by saying he had an oath in heaven, shall he let __________ upon his soul?
A. perjury B. insult
18. Shylock found the noble judge to be true, wise and upright.
A. True B. False
19. The judge stopped the cutting of flesh because the bond only states to give Shylock a pound of flesh
A. excluding drops of blood. B. including drops of blood
20. He portrayed the role of Shylock.
A. Joseph Fiennes B. Al Pacino
HAMLET
i. Hamlet (play), tragedy of revenge by English playwright William Shakespeare. Probably written in 1601, Hamlet is generally considered the foremost tragedy in English drama. Numerous commentaries have been written analyzing every aspect of the play, and interpretation of Hamlet’s character and motivation continue to be subjects of considerable interest.
ii. The story of Hamlet originated in Norse legend. The earliest written version is Books III and IV of Historia Danica (History of the Danes), written in Latin around 1200 by Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus. Shakespeare's source for Hamlet was either an adaptation of Saxo's tale, which appeared in Histoires Tragiques (1576) by François Belleforest, or a play, now lost, which was probably written by English dramatist Thomas Kyd. The lost play is referred to by scholars as Ur-Hamlet, meaning “original Hamlet.”
• Hamlet opens at Elsinore castle in Denmark with the return of Prince Hamlet from the University of Wittenberg, in Germany. He finds that his father, the former king, has recently died and that his mother, Queen Gertrude, has subsequently married Claudius, his father's brother.
• Claudius has assumed the title of king of Denmark. Hamlet’s sense that “something is rotten in the state of Denmark” is intensified when his friend and fellow student Horatio informs him that a ghost resembling his dead father has been seen on the battlements of the castle.
• Hamlet confronts the ghost, who tells him that Claudius murdered him and makes Hamlet swear to avenge his death. In order to disguise his feelings, Hamlet declares that from now on he will demonstrate an “antic disposition.” His behavior appears to everyone but Claudius to be a form of madness.
• To satisfy his growing questions about whether Hamlet is feigning madness, Claudius makes three attempts to verify Hamlet’s sanity. In his endeavor he makes use of Ophelia, the daughter of the lord chamberlain, Polonius; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, university friends of Hamlet; and finally Polonius himself. Polonius, sure that Hamlet's madness is the result of disappointed love for Ophelia—for Polonius has instructed her to keep aloof from the prince—arranges a “chance” encounter between the lovers that he and the king can overhear. Hamlet is not deceived. He bitterly rejects Ophelia and uses the occasion to utter what Claudius alone will recognize as a warning.
• In the meantime, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have arrived at court. They talk about the company of players that has followed them to Elsinore. This suggests to Hamlet a means for eliminating all doubts about the king's guilt.
• He has the players perform a piece, “The Murder of Gonzago,” that reproduces the circumstances of his father's murder. Claudius interrupts the performance, and Hamlet and Horatio interpret this as a betrayal of his guilt.
• Queen Gertrude, angered at what she considers Hamlet's rudeness at the play, summons him to her chamber. On his way Hamlet comes upon Claudius kneeling in prayer. Hamlet overhears the king’s plea to heaven for forgiveness for the act that procured him his crown and his queen. No longer doubting the king's guilt, Hamlet still refrains from killing him.
• He reasons that the present circumstances seem too much like absolution and that he should reserve his revenge for some occasion when Claudius's death would be certain to be followed by damnation.
• By the time Hamlet arrives at his mother's chamber, Polonius, with the complicity of both the king and the queen, has concealed himself behind a tapestry in the hope that Hamlet will reveal the cause of his odd behavior. The queen begins the interview in a challenging tone that infuriates Hamlet, who has long brooded over his mother’s marriage to Claudius so soon after his father's death. Hamlet’s response is so violent that Gertrude screams, causing Polonius to cry out for help. Thinking it is the king, Hamlet thrusts his sword through the tapestry and kills Polonius.
• Claudius then sends Hamlet to England, escorted by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, ostensibly for the prince's safety but in fact to have him executed on his arrival. During Hamlet's absence Laertes, the son of Polonius, returns from Paris, France, to avenge his father's death. Laertes finds that his sister Ophelia, grief stricken by her father's death at the hands of the man she loves, has gone mad. Her suicide by drowning increases Laertes's desire for revenge.
• Meanwhile, Hamlet is attacked by sea pirates and persuades them to return him to Denmark. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, however, continue on their way to England; Hamlet has replaced their written order for his execution with another naming them as the victims. When Hamlet returns unexpectedly to witness the funeral of Ophelia, the king suggests to the vengeful Laertes that he challenge Hamlet to a fencing match in which Laertes will use an unprotected foil tipped with poison.
• As a backup, should Laertes's skill or nerve fail, the king prepares a poisoned cup of wine to offer Hamlet. In the excitement of the ensuing duel, the queen insists on drinking from the cup. Hamlet and Laertes are both mortally wounded, for in the violence of the bout the rapiers have changed hands.
• The dying queen warns Hamlet of the poison. Laertes points to the king as the chief instigator, and Hamlet at once stabs his uncle with the poisoned foil. With his last breath Hamlet exchanges forgiveness with Laertes and asks Horatio to make clear to the world the true story of his tragedy.
• Fortinbras, a prince of Norway, appears on the scene. He had earlier been granted permission to lead the Norwegian army across Denmark to attack Poland and has now returned from his military campaign. With all of the claimants to the Danish throne dead, Fortinbras claims the crown.
TEXT/ MOVIE CHECK:
1. Claudius, the new King and husband of Queen Gertrude, announced their marriage in a gathering at Elsinore.
A. True B. False
2. __________________asked Hamlet to stay at Elsinore rather than pursue studies at Wittenberg.
A. Cladius B. Gertrude
3. He informed Hamlet about the ghost appearing at the rooftop for three consecutive midnights.
A. Laertes B. Horatio
4. He said “Let not the royal bed of Denmark be a couch for luxury and damned incest”
A. The ghost of King Hamlet B. Horatio
5. The line “Oh, most pernicious woman!” refers to________________.
A. Ophelia B. Gertrude
6. After seeing an indifferent attitude of Hamlet to Ophelia, ___________ told Gertrude that the noble son, Hamlet, is mad.
A. Claudius B. Polonius
7. In the soliloquy of Hamlet, the line says “To be or not to be, that is the question. Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer _________________”
A. the stones and arrows B. the slings and arrows
8. When Hamlet saw the troupe of players arriving, he _____________ as sign of welcome and appreciation.
A. laughed B. shouted
9. The players performed a tragedy--a piece entitled ____________________.
A. The Murder of Gonzalo B. The Murder of Gonzago
10. The actor who gave the signal to start the tragedy was holding __________________.
A. a trumpet B. tambourines
11. The play reproduced the circumstance of King Hamlet’s murder. Claudius, as he watched the play, stood and unconsciously dropped his __________________.
A. sword B. cup of wine
12. When Hamlet confronted his mother about her incestuous marriage with her uncle, he noticed a figure eavesdropping behind the tapestry. Thinking that it was ___________,he stabbed him to death.
A. Claudius B. Polonius
13. Polonius is the father of Laertes and Ophelia.
A. True B. False
14. The death of Polonius caused Ophelia’s madness. This eventually led her to commit suicide by_________.
A. drowning herself B. stabbing herself
15. The skull which the grave digger gave to Hamlet was______________.
A. Yorick’s B. Rosencrantz’s
16. Hamlet, in his exile, met Laertes and her mother during______________.
A. Ophelia’s death day B. Ophelia’s funeral day
17. Claudius put a drop of poison in the cup of wine in which he would asked Hamlet to drink . Laertes did the same to assure Hamlet’s death.
A. True B. False
18. During the duel, Laertes cut the ______________ of Hamlet.
A. left arm B. right arm
19. ________________drank the wine, without knowing that it has a poison, to celebrate Hamlet’s triumph in the duel.
A. Gertrude B. Rosencrantz
20. He portrayed the role of Hamlet.
A. Mel Gibson B. Alan Bates
ii. The story of Hamlet originated in Norse legend. The earliest written version is Books III and IV of Historia Danica (History of the Danes), written in Latin around 1200 by Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus. Shakespeare's source for Hamlet was either an adaptation of Saxo's tale, which appeared in Histoires Tragiques (1576) by François Belleforest, or a play, now lost, which was probably written by English dramatist Thomas Kyd. The lost play is referred to by scholars as Ur-Hamlet, meaning “original Hamlet.”
• Hamlet opens at Elsinore castle in Denmark with the return of Prince Hamlet from the University of Wittenberg, in Germany. He finds that his father, the former king, has recently died and that his mother, Queen Gertrude, has subsequently married Claudius, his father's brother.
• Claudius has assumed the title of king of Denmark. Hamlet’s sense that “something is rotten in the state of Denmark” is intensified when his friend and fellow student Horatio informs him that a ghost resembling his dead father has been seen on the battlements of the castle.
• Hamlet confronts the ghost, who tells him that Claudius murdered him and makes Hamlet swear to avenge his death. In order to disguise his feelings, Hamlet declares that from now on he will demonstrate an “antic disposition.” His behavior appears to everyone but Claudius to be a form of madness.
• To satisfy his growing questions about whether Hamlet is feigning madness, Claudius makes three attempts to verify Hamlet’s sanity. In his endeavor he makes use of Ophelia, the daughter of the lord chamberlain, Polonius; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, university friends of Hamlet; and finally Polonius himself. Polonius, sure that Hamlet's madness is the result of disappointed love for Ophelia—for Polonius has instructed her to keep aloof from the prince—arranges a “chance” encounter between the lovers that he and the king can overhear. Hamlet is not deceived. He bitterly rejects Ophelia and uses the occasion to utter what Claudius alone will recognize as a warning.
• In the meantime, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have arrived at court. They talk about the company of players that has followed them to Elsinore. This suggests to Hamlet a means for eliminating all doubts about the king's guilt.
• He has the players perform a piece, “The Murder of Gonzago,” that reproduces the circumstances of his father's murder. Claudius interrupts the performance, and Hamlet and Horatio interpret this as a betrayal of his guilt.
• Queen Gertrude, angered at what she considers Hamlet's rudeness at the play, summons him to her chamber. On his way Hamlet comes upon Claudius kneeling in prayer. Hamlet overhears the king’s plea to heaven for forgiveness for the act that procured him his crown and his queen. No longer doubting the king's guilt, Hamlet still refrains from killing him.
• He reasons that the present circumstances seem too much like absolution and that he should reserve his revenge for some occasion when Claudius's death would be certain to be followed by damnation.
• By the time Hamlet arrives at his mother's chamber, Polonius, with the complicity of both the king and the queen, has concealed himself behind a tapestry in the hope that Hamlet will reveal the cause of his odd behavior. The queen begins the interview in a challenging tone that infuriates Hamlet, who has long brooded over his mother’s marriage to Claudius so soon after his father's death. Hamlet’s response is so violent that Gertrude screams, causing Polonius to cry out for help. Thinking it is the king, Hamlet thrusts his sword through the tapestry and kills Polonius.
• Claudius then sends Hamlet to England, escorted by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, ostensibly for the prince's safety but in fact to have him executed on his arrival. During Hamlet's absence Laertes, the son of Polonius, returns from Paris, France, to avenge his father's death. Laertes finds that his sister Ophelia, grief stricken by her father's death at the hands of the man she loves, has gone mad. Her suicide by drowning increases Laertes's desire for revenge.
• Meanwhile, Hamlet is attacked by sea pirates and persuades them to return him to Denmark. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, however, continue on their way to England; Hamlet has replaced their written order for his execution with another naming them as the victims. When Hamlet returns unexpectedly to witness the funeral of Ophelia, the king suggests to the vengeful Laertes that he challenge Hamlet to a fencing match in which Laertes will use an unprotected foil tipped with poison.
• As a backup, should Laertes's skill or nerve fail, the king prepares a poisoned cup of wine to offer Hamlet. In the excitement of the ensuing duel, the queen insists on drinking from the cup. Hamlet and Laertes are both mortally wounded, for in the violence of the bout the rapiers have changed hands.
• The dying queen warns Hamlet of the poison. Laertes points to the king as the chief instigator, and Hamlet at once stabs his uncle with the poisoned foil. With his last breath Hamlet exchanges forgiveness with Laertes and asks Horatio to make clear to the world the true story of his tragedy.
• Fortinbras, a prince of Norway, appears on the scene. He had earlier been granted permission to lead the Norwegian army across Denmark to attack Poland and has now returned from his military campaign. With all of the claimants to the Danish throne dead, Fortinbras claims the crown.
TEXT/ MOVIE CHECK:
1. Claudius, the new King and husband of Queen Gertrude, announced their marriage in a gathering at Elsinore.
A. True B. False
2. __________________asked Hamlet to stay at Elsinore rather than pursue studies at Wittenberg.
A. Cladius B. Gertrude
3. He informed Hamlet about the ghost appearing at the rooftop for three consecutive midnights.
A. Laertes B. Horatio
4. He said “Let not the royal bed of Denmark be a couch for luxury and damned incest”
A. The ghost of King Hamlet B. Horatio
5. The line “Oh, most pernicious woman!” refers to________________.
A. Ophelia B. Gertrude
6. After seeing an indifferent attitude of Hamlet to Ophelia, ___________ told Gertrude that the noble son, Hamlet, is mad.
A. Claudius B. Polonius
7. In the soliloquy of Hamlet, the line says “To be or not to be, that is the question. Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer _________________”
A. the stones and arrows B. the slings and arrows
8. When Hamlet saw the troupe of players arriving, he _____________ as sign of welcome and appreciation.
A. laughed B. shouted
9. The players performed a tragedy--a piece entitled ____________________.
A. The Murder of Gonzalo B. The Murder of Gonzago
10. The actor who gave the signal to start the tragedy was holding __________________.
A. a trumpet B. tambourines
11. The play reproduced the circumstance of King Hamlet’s murder. Claudius, as he watched the play, stood and unconsciously dropped his __________________.
A. sword B. cup of wine
12. When Hamlet confronted his mother about her incestuous marriage with her uncle, he noticed a figure eavesdropping behind the tapestry. Thinking that it was ___________,he stabbed him to death.
A. Claudius B. Polonius
13. Polonius is the father of Laertes and Ophelia.
A. True B. False
14. The death of Polonius caused Ophelia’s madness. This eventually led her to commit suicide by_________.
A. drowning herself B. stabbing herself
15. The skull which the grave digger gave to Hamlet was______________.
A. Yorick’s B. Rosencrantz’s
16. Hamlet, in his exile, met Laertes and her mother during______________.
A. Ophelia’s death day B. Ophelia’s funeral day
17. Claudius put a drop of poison in the cup of wine in which he would asked Hamlet to drink . Laertes did the same to assure Hamlet’s death.
A. True B. False
18. During the duel, Laertes cut the ______________ of Hamlet.
A. left arm B. right arm
19. ________________drank the wine, without knowing that it has a poison, to celebrate Hamlet’s triumph in the duel.
A. Gertrude B. Rosencrantz
20. He portrayed the role of Hamlet.
A. Mel Gibson B. Alan Bates
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