ÜMIA OL at the end of 2. What does "quickening" mean (paragraph 3)? 2. Method of description: The author tells us what he saw in a day's walk. The point on which the Sketch turns and on which it is based is mentioned in paragraph 16. Is the unity good? 3. Descriptive passages: observe the sugges 7 HENLEY BRIDGE ST. SHEEP ST. tiveness and single CHAPEL LANE Avon River D. Grammar School B. Shakespeare House E. Church and c. The sexton's house: A. Red Horse Inn paragraph 9. d. The church: para graph 13; in C. New Place Churchyard Chart of Stratford-on-Avon terior: paragraphs 13-16. e. Spring in England: paragraphs 3, 22, 23. f. The road to Charlecote, and the Park: paragraphs 24, 26-30. Here the point of view progesses. g. Charlecote Hall: paragraphs 29, 31; interior: paragraphs 32-35. h. The old lady: paragraph 5. i. The portraits: paragraph 34. 4. The humor of the Sketch: pretense to believe or to take seriously what is absurd; contradiction between the real meaning of words and the author's meaning use of long and important words for trifling things; humor in figures and in allusions; character of the humor (kindly or bitter); etc. a. The relics: paragraphs 5, 6, 7, 11, 12. c. Explain Shakespeare's humor in the quotation from 5. Power of Irving's imagination to respond to suggestion: paragraphs 6, 23, 28, 35, 37, 38. 6. Moralizing; i. e. application to life in general of ideas suggested by circumstances: paragraphs 1, 25, 39. 7. Irving's sympathy with the youthful exploits of Shakespeare: paragraphs 17, 18, 19, 20, 40. 8. Make a list of the plays of Shakespeare mentioned and quoted in the Sketch; the notes will help you to the names of the plays. Explain why each of the allusions is appropriate here. III. Read the Sketch again, this time aloud. Note the passages that seem to you especially good in sound, and explain the reason for your choice. WESTMINSTER ABBEY I. Read the Sketch carefully, consulting plan, pictures, and NAVE Paragraph 4: The clois A. The Altar and the Chancel. C. Chapels Containing Tombs. E. The Tomb of Elizabeth. Ed. The Chapel of Edward the Confessor. H.VII. The Chapel of Henry VII. M. The Tomb of Mary. N. The Nightingale Tomb. P. The Poets' Corner. Plan of Westminster and Cloister Poets' Corner. Paragraph 8: The Chapels tombs of kings and nobles. Paragraph 9: The Crusader's Tomb. Paragraph 10: The Nightingale Tomb. Paragraph 11: Sounds of life without. Paragraphs 12-18: The Chapel of Henry VII. Paragraphs 19, 20: Sounds of the evening service. |