CPLT 389W Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Weather-Related Cancellation, Toni Morrison, Memory

• School: Emory University
• Department: Comparative Literature
• Course: CPLT 389W
• Professor: Angelika Bammer

Document Summary

Didn"t grow up wealthy, but was still gentry, had many brothers that took inheritance. Family moved around a lot, relied on charity of relatives. Was influenced by her own life possibly: some critics think it stands out bc it"s a satire. Fanny lives w the bertrams and is shook. 3 sisters: mrs. norris (out-spoken, neglectful, hypocritical, she"s a cheat, arrogant, cheap - mr. norris (he does clergy) Mrs. bertram (very status-oriented, a follower, lazy, pugs, selfish)- sir thomas (leader, stoic, emotionless, business, figure of terror, discipline, (aristocrat) Fanny: timid depressed self-depressed self-deprecating weak pretty-ish freaks out a lot sensitive moral. 1807 - 1834 hotly contested issue during this time. Sir thomas ? clue (where is it?) and struggles of that time period back for many. Position on the issue of the statue removal : supports the side that vouches for removal.