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11:15 Virginia Woolf Questions by Carolyn Blaney

1. What is the effect of the multiple voices narrating the story?

2. Who do you think has the power in the Ramsay household? Mr. or Mrs. Ramsay?

11:15- T.S. Eliot questions by Sammie Banker

This question refers to The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Within this poem, there are multiple examples of repetition of words and ideas. What is the significance of the overuse of this device throughout the poem?

This question refers to The Wasteland. What affect does the use of multiple languages have on the audience throughout this poem? What is T.S. Eliot trying to express by doing so?

Week 4: 11:15 Discussion Questions by Sammie Banker

1. What is the significance of time and age in Marvell’s “To his Coy Mistress”? How does this add to or deduct from the meaning of the poem?

2. What is the purpose of the capitalized words throughout “On Mr. Milton’s Paradise Lost”? What is Marvell’s intention?