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Vocab

HELPFUL ANALYSIS: = - remember to cite this source and use your OWN QUOTES to support your ideas!! =

= QUIZ REVIEW =

ONGOING ACTIVITIES FOR GOOD READERS OF LITERATURE:

 * //Character list// - how are the characters introduced ? What do they look like? How are they related to the other characters? How do they behave? What are there character traits?
 * Themes/ Motifs - keep a running list of those that you think are introduced...
 * LOOK UP and write down NEW vocab. words!

** 3. Explain the moral and psychological division that the town is going though. What does Ill try to do? **

 * 4. What does the Priest tell Ill to do when he flings himself on him in Act 2, Scene 2? (from Act II, Scene II) **

** Act III **

 * 1. Why does Claire say "The World turned me into a whore. I shall turn the world into a brothel"? **
 * 2. To whom was Claire's shortest marriage? (from Act III, Scene I) **
 * 3. Where did Claire have the two eunuchs shipped to in Act 3, Scene 3? (from Act III, Scene III) **


 * Postscript: **
 * 1. What does the author claim must not be overlooked in the character of Claire? **
 * 2. What does the author write gives rise to speech in the postscript? **


 * 3. What does the author state that Ill ultimately receives in the end of the play? **


 * 3. **


 * 2.**

I, 1 Given his portrayal of the priest--who should be taken to represent religion, probably--it does not seem that Durrenmatt is necessarily calling for a return to Christianity. He is perhaps advocating a more humanistic approach to morality. The scene also sets the tone for the rest of the play. Durrenmatt's style is purposefully absurd and almost surreal, and this is done nowhere more clearly than in his presentation of Claire. Claire arrives at the station by riding a train which normally does not stop in Guellen. She pulls the emergency brake

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