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Creating Miss Havisham
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Perguntas do quiz (5)
1Annotate this image of Miss Havisham with quotes from the passage.
- Athe strangest lady I have ever seen,
- BShe was dressed in rich materials
- Cshe had bridal flowers in her hair
- Dthe bride . . . had withered
- Ebright jewels sparkled on her neck
- Fher sunken eyes
- Gshrunk to skin and bone
2Which of the following words and phrases could be used to describe Miss Havisham?
Choose all that you feel are appropriate.
- AGrotesque
- BSupernatural
- CPitiful
- DDisgusting
- EFrightening
- FLaughable
3Pip's initial description of Miss Havisham is very vivid and memorable. What is the main device used to make it such a powerful passage of prose?
- AJuxtaposition
- BSimile
- CMetaphor
- DRepetition
- ESensory language
4The reader is invited to share Pip's revulsion at the sight of Miss Havisham.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
5As the passage goes on, Dickens develops the semantic field of death. Choose the quotes which form part of this semantic field and are used to develop and sustain the initial description of Miss Havisham.
Choose all that apply.
- Athis standing still of all the pale decayed objects,
- Bthe withered bridal dress on the collapsed form
- Clooked so like grave-clothes, . . . the long veil so like a shroud.
- DSo she sat, corpse-like
- Ebodies buried in ancient times, which fall to powder in the moment of being distinctly seen
- Fshe . . . looked as if the admission of the natural light of day would have struck her to dust.
- Geverything in the room had stopped,
- Hthe shoe upon it, once white, now yellow, had never been worn.
- Ithe frillings and trimmings on her bridal dress, looking like earthy paper.
Informações
- Descrição
- A short activity helping learners to explore how Dickens uses language in particular ways to create the character of Miss Havisham in order to present specific themes, ideas and perspectives.
- Autor
- Sarah Holmes
- Idioma
- English
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