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Graduation Examination in American Literature - June 16, 2013 at USSH (NEW)

(i) When her father was still alive

(ii) After Homer Barron had left her

(iii) When the Board of Aldermen came to her place

In your opinion, why were there such changes in Emily’s appearance? And how do thosechanges help convey the theme(s) of the story?

Topic 2:

There are two different views of the passage of time in “A Rose for Emily” The first is “timewith its mathematical progression” and the second is “all the past is a diminishing road but,instead, a huge meadow which no winter ever quite touches, divided from them now by thenarrow bottleneck of the most recent decade of years.”

In the story, who holds the first view of time and who holds the second? How do the differentconcepts of time cause Emily’s tragedy?

Some topic sentences are used in the story of “Roman Fever” by Edith

→Alida, Grace, and Delphin were victims of sentimental dangers

→Mrs Slade never has a calm mind because of her jealousy

→She showed up her self-confidence in her language with good -humored laugh and loud voice

→She acts and thinks as if she were the winner

→Alida’s murder plot cannot be fulfilled as she wishes

→Alida is described as energetic and colourful with a strong face and dark, defining brows

→Mrs Ansley is described as a shy and embarrassed woman

→The contrast between them enhances the irony in the story

→They accidentally meet each other in Rome

→Mrs Alida Slade considers herself the winner

→It is about a love triangle among Delphin, Grace and Alida

→Mrs Grace Ansley always has a loser’s feeling

→Alida regards herself as a winner

→As a lawyer, Mr Delphin Slade is a hypocrite.

→Grace was dishonest with her husband

→Described as a respectable handsome woman, Mrs Slade skillfully masks her hypocrisies

→Alida’s marriage did not base on love, respect or commitment

→The narrator paints Alida’s marriage based on status and wealth

→Grace has the passion of love

→Alida is jealous and envious of Grace

→The story begins with a conversation in which two old friends recall

their love triangle in their girlhood

→Besides entertainment, “Roman Fever” also has serious aspects

→“Let’s leave the young things to their knitting.”

→Figuratively, knitting means the conflicts that the two main characters want

→The conflict of the story is the secret about Barbara

→“I had Barbara” is the climax of the story

→Through Alida’s secret plot, Delphin becomes a greedy man

→Grace symbolizes the passion of love

→Because of her jealousy, envy, hate and fear of Grace, Alida became a victim of the sentimental dangers

→Mrs Alida Slade always regards herself as a winner

→She just wants to know whether Delphin came to Colosseum to meet Grace

or not

→She doubts Barbara’s parentage

→It’s a love triangle between two main characters, Grace and Alida, who lovethe same man- Delphin

→Mrs Ansley destroyed their friendship due to her passion of love

→Alida is always jealous and envious of Grace

→Grace violated one of the double standard in Puritan morality in the

American society because of blind love

→The crime of murder is another prohibition in Puritan morality in the

Some topic sentences are used in the story of “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner.

→After mailing her a tax notice and two formal letters, the new majors came

to her house

→The “rose” symbolizes the sympathy of the I-narrator toward Miss Emily

→Her father’s over protection leads her life to an impasse

→Her love affair with Home Barron is really a challenge with the

townspeople.”

→To keep her pride, Miss Emily decided to poison her lover, Homer Barron

→Her house symbolizes the destruction of time

→The horsewhip is considered her father’s over protection

→Miss Emily is a perverse aristocratic lady

→From a slender figure, her appearance changes terribly at fifties

→Her buying the arsenic makes the narrator think “she will kill herself.”

→There is some symbolism in this story

→The events in the short story are very confusing

→William Faulkner let the narrator tell what is in his mind

→When her father was alive, she was an aristocratic lady under his over protection

→When the Board of Aldermen came to her place, she looked like a zombie

→Her refusal to pay taxes is the first conflict

→Her love affair is in conflict with the townspeople

→Discovering Homer Barron’s skeleton is a shocking end

→The narrator is her contemporary neighbor

→It is easy for readers to realize his sympathy toward Miss Emily

→Emily is a victim of her family tradition

→Her love affair is considered “a disgrace to the town and a bad example to the young people”

→Miss Emily is also a victim of the social conventions

→Afraid of loneliness, Emily refused to have her father’s corpse buried

→As a result, she would have to cling to that which had robbed her

→Due to poverty, she refuses to pay taxes

Some topic sentences are used in the story of “In Another country” by Ernest

Hemingway.

→The withered hand is the major’s physical loss.

→The death of wife is his mental loss.

→He fails in desire to return to normal life.

→The young man has no nose.

→The I-narrator has a wounded right leg.

→After coming back from the front line, the major has to suffer not only physical but also mental loss.

→The I-narrator is an America mercenary.

→Unlike the other soldiers, the I-narrator does not care about getting medals.

→Literally, the I-narrator is living in another country.

→Figuratively, the I-narrator feels isolated in another country.

→Discipline is considered as the most important thing of soldiers.

→The major is the bravest man of all.

→Despite the major’s courage, he still becomes pessimistic after his wife’s death.

→His looking out of the window expresses an act of desperation.

2 It is said that the analyses of plot and revelation of characters in EdithWharton’s Roman Fever will help identify the writer’s message Discuss thepoint

3 It is said that the analyses of plot and revelation of characters in EdithWharton’s Roman Fever will help identify the writer’s message Illustrate thepoint

4 Discuss the irony and the symbolic significance of the title Roman Fever.What moral lesson, if any, can be taken from the story? Support your answer.Hãy thảo luận sự trớ trêu và ý nghĩa biểu tượng của tựa đề Roman Fever Bàihọc đạo đức nào được rút ra từ câu truyện, nếu có Hãy hỗ trợ câu trả lời củabạn

5 Compare the description of Mrs.Slade and Mrs.Ansley at the beginning ofthe story “Roman Fever”, written by Edith Wharton How does the contrastbetween these two characters enhance the irony in the story?

(Hãy so sánh sự miêu tả của Bà Slade và Ansley ở phần đầu câu truyện Roman Fever, được viết bởi Edith Warthon Sự tương phản giữa hai nhân vật này gia tăng thêm sự mỉa mai trong câu truyện như thế nào?)

6 What is the setting of the story “Roman Fever written by Edith Wharton?How dose the setting foreshadow the topic of conversation betweenMrs.Slade and Mrs.Ansley, and how does it help readers visualize the intenseconflict between these two characters

(Bố cục của câu truyện “Roman Fever”, được viết bởi Edith Wharton, là gì? Làm thế nào bố cục này báo trước chủ đề của cuộc nói chuyện giữa Bà Slade

và Ansley, và làm thế nào nó giúp người đọc hình dung ra cuộc xung đột dữ dội giữa hai nhân vật này?)

7 Briefly summarize Edith Wharton’s Roman Fever and discuss thedifferences between the two main characters

(Hãy tóm tắt truyện Roman Fever của Edith Wharton và thảo luận sự khác nhau giữa hai nhân vật này.)

8 Roman Fever by Edith Wharton reveals socially successful people in theirtrue light, with all their hypocrisies Discuss

(Roman Fever của Edith Wharton tiết lộ

9 Roman Fever by Edith Wharton paints a marriage based not on love,respect or commitment, but one based on status and wealth Discuss withreference to one of the main characters in the story (e.g Alida Slade)

10 Is Roman Fever by Edith Wharton a story of “the passion of love andother love – related passion? Like jealousy, envy, hate and fear”? Discusswith reference to the two main characters – Alida Slade and Grace Ansley

11 Is Roman Fever by Edith Wharton sheer entertainment or does it haveany serious aspects Find details to support your answer

12 “Let’s leave the young thing to their knitting” That is what Barbara saysabout the two mothers at the beginning of the story “Roman Fever” by EdithWharton and she means it figuratively Discuss the statement Why are theyreferred to as “young thing”? What in hem remains young and what does

‘knitting’ mean figuratively? In what ways do these details betray the readnature of the ladies of the upper class in New York City? Use concreteevidence in the story to support your points

13 Discuss the story’s title “Roman Fever” How does the story have aneffect on you?

14 The story’s title “Roman Fever” written by Edith Wharton has a tight plotthrough which its theme is revealed Analyse the conflicts and climax of thestory and then explain how the conclusion helps reveal theme of the story.(Truyện Roman Fever được viết bởi Edith Wharton có một cốt truyện chặtchẽ

15 The title “Roman Fever” is said to convey the symbolic meaning of thesentimental dangers, which affect not only Alida but also Delphin Slade andGrace Ansley Argue or again this view

16 Discuss the inner conflict(s) of Grace Ansley in the story “Roman Fever”written by Edith Wharton

17 What do you think is Alida Slade’s motive in revealing the truth about theletter that she wrote in the name of Delphin Slade twenty – five years ago? Inwhat way is it a bitter irony to the lady herself?

18 Is the friendship between Mrs Ansley and Mrs Slade nurtured by adestructive passion ? Provide an explanation in the light of both Mrs.Ansleyand Mrs Slade

19 In what ways does Edith Wharton criticize the double standard in Puritanmorality in the American society? Provide an explanation by talking intoconsideration both Mrs.Ansley and Mrs Slade

Graduation Examination in American Literature - ? at USSH

Topic 4: Prove that symbolism is widely used in the story What might be the symbolism of therose? In the light of this interpretation, what, in your opinion, may be the theme of the story?

I Introduce:

 William Faulkner [1987-1962]

 A famous American writer of the twentieth century

 Received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949

 "A Rose for Emily" is a short story first published in 1930

 It tells about an aristocratic lady, Miss Emily, the last member of the Griersons in

Jefferson

 A series of symbols, such as Miss Emily, her house, her father ‘s horsewhip, Tobe, the Negro man and even “a rose”

 "A Rose" symbolizes the narrator's sympathy toward Miss Emily

 A moral lesson: “Parents shouldn’t overprotect their children”

II Body:

i Topic sentence 1: There is some symbolism in this story

 Both Emily and her house symbolize the destruction of time

 “a small, fat woman in black…she looked bloated, like a body long submerged in

motionless water…”

 The horsewhip symbolizes her father’s over protection

 "None of the young men were quite good enough for Miss Emily and such."

 Negro, her servant, a combined gardener and cook represents faithfulness

 “Daily, monthly, yearly, we watched the Negro grow grayer and more stooping, going in and out with the market basket…”

 “When she fell in ill, only a doddering Negro man to wait on her…

ii Topic sentence 2: The rose symbolizes the narrator’s sympathy toward her

 She was aristocratic lady; pitifully, her life underwent a lot of miseries

 She robbed her woman’s right to love a man

 Having no friends, siblings, she had to persuade Homer Barron to marry her

 Ironically, the man was not a marrying man

 She poisoned him to keep her pride

 There is not a rose in the story, but it symbolizes the narrator’s compassion for her tragic life

Outline

I Introduce:

 William Faulkner [1987-1962]

 A famous American writer of the twentieth century

 Received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949

 Miss Emily is a perverse aristocratic lady

 “The change of her appearance from “a slender figure in white” to “a fat woman in black” as a “bloated body” symbolizes the destruction of time

 Her buying the arsenic makes the narrator think that “she will kill herself” and that “it would be the best thing for her.”

II Body:

i Topic sentence 1: Miss Emily is a perverse aristocratic lady

 She still ignored when the Board of Aldermen informed her three times for taxes

 They mailed her a tax notice on the first of the year February came and they wrote her a formal letter The major offered to call or send his car for her, she did not care

 When a deputation waited upon her house, they only received her dry and cold behavior,

“I have no taxes in Jefferson”

 When her father died, she didn’t let anyone bury him despite the ministers and the

doctors’ persuasion She only broke down when they had to use law and force

ii Topic sentence 2: From a slender figure, her appearance changes terribly at fifties

 She looked pretty and distinguished in the background

 Her appearance changed terribly at fifties

 When the Board of Aldermen in Jefferson came to require her taxes, before their eyes was a small, fat woman in black

 She looked bloated, like a body long submerged in motionless water and of that pallid hue”

iii Topic sentence 3: Her buying the arsenic makes the narrator think “she will kill herself.”

 It happened while her cousins were visiting her

 They came on the minister’s wife invitation

 At the drugstore, her face looked cold with haughty black eyes

 She avoided answering the druggist’s repeated question “but what you want is?”

 The narrator thought she wanted to commit suicide, which would be the best thing for her

 Death put an end to everything, so she wouldn’t have to listen to the townspeople’s sneer anymore

 She would sooner die than marry Homer Barron who couldn’t bring her a happy married life

Outline

I Introduce:

 William Faulkner [1987-1962]

 A famous American writer of the twentieth century

 Received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949

 “A Rose for Emily”, published in 1930, is one of his short storiesmentioning the last member of a noble powerful family, Miss EmilyGrierson whose life is miserable

 Her house symbolizes the destruction of time

 The horsewhip is symbolically considered her father’s over protection

 Another symbol is the “rose” as the narrator’s sympathy for MissEmily

II Body:

i Topic sentence 1: Her house symbolizes the destruction of time

 “A big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with copulas and spiresand scrolled balconies in the heavily light some style of the seventies”

 After she stopped teaching paining, the front door remained closed

 The furniture with “cracked leather” was covered with “sluggishly dust” and “danksmell.”

 The bridal room was full of pervading dusty room

ii Topic sentence 2: The horsewhip is considered her father’s over-protection

 He clutched a horsewhip as if he prohibited all of the young men who wanted to courther

 A single woman at thirty

 An unprepared person to go out in the world without job, life experience nor friends

 The reason why she refused to have his corpse buried

 “She would have to cling to that which had robbed her”

 His over - protection led her to reach an impasse

iii Topic sentence 3: The “rose” represents the narrator’s sympathy toward Miss Emily

 Have no freedom to choose her right man as well as a chance to have a normal life

 To be lonely without siblings or friends

 To be in love with Homer Barron She could not win his heart, which led her to poisonhim to keep him forever

 The ‘rose’ really is a beautiful symbol showing the narrator’ sympathy toward her tragiclife

III In conclusion:

i William Faulkner is very successful in building symbols in “A Rose for Emily.”

ii Nhắc lại những ý chính

ii Bài học đạo đức: "Parents should not over protect their children."

Topic 2: What aspect of the story “In Another Country” by Ernest Hemingway

is most appealing to you? Why? Find details to support your answer (tạmdịch: Những khía cạnh nào của truyện "In Another Country" của ErnestHemingway hấp dẫn nhất đối với bạn Tại sao? Tìm những chi tiết hỗ trợ chotrả lời của bạn.)

Outline

I Introduction:

 Ernest Hemingway (1899 -1961)

 One of the greatest American writers in the 20th century

 Received the Noble Prize for Literature in 1954

 One of his best short stories, “In Another Country”, tells about soldiers’loss and tragic fate at war

 The I- narrator, an American soldier with his straight leg

 The young man without nose

 The major with his withered hand and with his young wife’s death

II Body:

i Topic sentence 1: The first person is the young man has no nose

 "He had gone out to the front from the military academy and beenwounded within an hour after he had gone into the front line for thefirst time."

 "He came from a very old family and they could never get the noseexactly right."

 "wore a black silk handkerchief across his face because he had no nosethen and his face was to be rebuilt."

ii Topic sentence 2: The I-narrator has a wounded right leg

 "My knee did not bend and the leg dropped straight from the knee tothe ankle without a calf, and the machine was to bend the knee andmake it move as riding a tricycle."

 “You will play football again like a champion.”

iii Topic sentence 3: The Major has a withered hand

 "He had been a great fencer in Italy before the war."

 "The major who had a little hand like a baby's."

 "The major's wife had died of pneumonia."

 After hearing the shocking news, he bites his lips and cries, “I amutterly unable to resign myself.”

III In conclusion:

i Hemingway successfully describes the fate of the wounded soldiers afterwar

ii Nhắc lại những ý chính

iii Bài học được rút ra:

 "War is completely meaningless and destructive."

Topic 17: Ernest Hemingway ends the short story “In Another Country” with the Major’sreturning to the hospital three days after his wife’s death How could the Major’s behaviour,especially looking out of the window, be interpreted? Make sure that the argument is stronglysupported by specific details in the story

Outline

I Introduction:

 Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)

 One of the greatest American writers in the 20th century,

 Received the Noble Prize for Literature in 1954

 One of his best short stories, “In Another Country”, tells about soldiers’ loss and tragic fate at war.

 The Major’s returning to the hospital three days after his wife’s death, which shows that

he has the high virtue of discipline because he wants to set a good example to his

inferiors to follow

 His looking out of the window signifies his pessimistic outlook on life

II Body:

i Topic sentence 1: He becomes completely pessimistic after his wife’s death (150 words)

 "The major's wife had died of pneumonia."

 “Then crying, carrying himself straight and soldierly with tears at both his cheeks and biting his lips.”

ii Topic sentence 2: His looking out of the window expresses an act of desperation (150 words)

 "The major who had a little hand like a baby's."

 "The photographs did not make much difference to the major because he only looked out

of the window."

III In conclusion:

i Ernest Hemingway successfully describes the soldiers' fate at war

ii Nhắc lại những ý chính

iii Bài học được rút ra:

 "War is completely meaningless and destructive."

Topic 11: Discuss two examples of irony and the symbolic meaning of the dead animals hangingoutside the shops in Ernest Hemingway’s “In another Country” What message do you think isconveyed? Support your points with details from the story

Outline

I Introduction:

 Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)

 One of the greatest American writers in the 20th century,

 Received the Noble Prize for Literature in 1954

 One of his best short stories, “In Another Country”, tells about soldiers’ loss and tragic fate at war

 The I- narrator, an American soldier with his straight leg, and the Major with a withered hand Beside his wound, he suffers his wife’s death

 The dead animals hanging outside the shops symbolize the soldiers who died at the battle without burial

II Body:

i Topic sentence 1: The I-narrator has a wounded right leg

 He was a football player and had good health before war

 He can’t bend his knee and walks anywhere without a crutch

 The captain-doctor conforms him, “You will play football again like a champion.”

ii Topic sentence 2: The Major’s withered hand and his wife’s death are the ironies

 "He had been a great fencer in Italy before the war."

 After hearing the shocking news, he bites his lips and cries, “I am utterly unable to resignmyself.”

iii Topic sentence 3: “The snow powdered in the fur of the foxes and the wind blew their tails.”

 The dead animals hanging outside the shops symbolize the soldiers who have died at the battle without burial

 Ironically no one knows them and even their family also don’t know if they are alive or dead

III In conclusion:

i Ernest Hemingway successfully describes the soldiers' fate at war

ii Nhắc lại những ý chính

iii Bài học được rút ra:

 "War is completely meaningless and destructive."

Topic 15: The title “Roman Fever” is said to convey the symbolic meaning ofthe sentimental dangers, which affect not only Alida but also Delphin Sladeand Grace Ansley Argue or again this view

I Introduction:

II Body:

 Topic sentence 1: Through Alida’s secret plot, Delphin becomes a greedy man

 Topic sentence 2: Grace symbolizes the passion of love

 Topic sentence 3: Because of her jealousy, envy, hate and fear of Grace, Alida became a victim of the sentimental dangers

III In conclusion: Through the contradiction, the writer gives us a moral lesson, “Who sows the wind will reap the whirlwind”

Topic 10: Is Roman Fever by Edith Wharton a story of “the passion of love and other love – related passion? Like jealousy, envy, hate and fear”?

Discuss with reference to the two main characters – Alida Slade and Grace Ansley

Outline

I Introduction:

II Body:

i Topic sentence 1: Grace has the passion of love

 Although she knew he was engaged to her friend, she still went to meet him at the Colosseum at a deathly cold night As the result, she got pregnant

 Although she married to Mr Horace Ansley, she still remembered him and still treasured the memory even if it was ash “It was the only letter I ever had from him.”

 She kept the image of him through her daughter, Barbara, Delphin’ bastard

ii Topic sentence 2: Alida is jealous and envious of Grace

 “I hated you, hated you I knew you were in love with Delphin – and I was afraid; afraid of you, of your sweetness.”