Wednesday, February 27, 2013

After the Ball [Imagery Questionaires]

1. What scenes, moments, descriptive passages, phrases, or words stand out in your reading of the story?
--> "You say a man can't tell good from evil, that everything depends on circumstances determine everything. While I think everything depends on chance. I speak from my own experience."
--> "At the age of fifteen, she was already a remarkable beauty. As a young firl of eighteen, she was enchanting: tall, well formed, graceful, majestic- most of all, majestic"

2.Did a particular image make you feel happy, or frightened, or disturbed, or angry? Why?
--> I felt happy and calm when the author described the atmosphere in the ball room. It's kind of relaxing.

3. Which of your five senses did this image appeal to? What do you associate with this image, and why? What do you think the author wants you to feel about a certain image?
--> It would be sight. I just like a luxurious atmosphere, especially the ones that's in the Victoria era.
--> I think that the author wanted to let the readers know how beautiful the girl was, that's why she described it so elaborating.

4. How do you think your reactions to the imagery in the story contribute to the overall meaning of the story?
--> I think that it would help in explaining how fake Vassilievich's love was.

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