Please respond to two (2) of the following questions. You must answer at least one of the questions for “A Respectable Woman.” Otherwise, choose a question that interests you! Most responses should need no more than 50 to 75 words or so. Be concise and make reference to the story by quotation when appropriate.
In the story, “A Respectable Woman,” Kate Chopin gives us a great deal of detail to explain how Mrs. Baroda feels towards Gouvernail. What portrait of her character comes to us from all these details? Name and explain one of her traits that you recognize from her thoughts or feelings.
Could the story “A Respectable Woman” be successfully told in another point of view? Why or why not? Give detailed reasons and refer to the story in your answer.
In “The Doll’s House,” Katherine Mansfield’s narrator comments frequently. Find one of the narrator’s comments and discuss what effect it has on how we feel about the story.
If Kezia were to narrate the story, “The Doll’s House,” (either through a limited omniscient or first person point of view), how might the story change? Would this change be positive or negative in your opinion?
In the story, “Cat in the Rain,” rewrite the scene where George tells his wife to “shut up,” but tell it, instead, from his point of view (limited omniscient).
How would the story, “Cat in the Rain,” change if it were told by the American wife in the first person point of view? Give an example of one part of the story where she, herself, might present the facts in a different way.
