영미단편소설 A+ 과제 6. Hills Like White Elephants & Eveline

Hills Like White Elephants, “Ernest Hemingway” QUESTION
1. What is this couple arguing about? What clues let you know? Why do you think Hemingway doesn’t allow his characters to say directly what they are talking about? (explain the principle of the iceberg again)
2. What is the balance of power between the man and the woman in this story? What factors are involved in the situation? Do you think this relationship will last?
4. Explain the Biblical allusion to Matthew 4 : 8-11 in the dialogue marked in bold italics. “We can have everything.”
5. Hemingway uses the technique of ambiguity when the woman is being very vague, what is the it she is referring to, which the American does not catch.

Eveline, “James Joyce” QUESTION
1. What do the readers slowly learn about Eveline? Is she living a happy life? What is she planning to do? Who is Frank? Is he an evil person?
2. Describe the flashback Eveline has right before leaving home. What does her mother do? How is this repeated in the end?
3. Identify the literary technique used in the passage marked in bold: She stood up in a sudden impulse of terror. Escape! She must escape!
4. Paralysis is an overarching theme in many of the stories of Dubliners. Explain what happens in the ending and how it is an example of Eveline’s paralysis.
5. Explain the symbolism of the story and how it might be interpreted in national terms. What are some images and descriptions that hint to this reading?