ENGL 1200 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Gawain, Green Knight, Camelot
12 Oct 2018
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ENGL 1200
MIDTERM EXAM
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Fall 2018
ENGL 1200
SEPT 13
When he arrives at the bazaar
• Most things are closed
• had to pay full price to get in- couldn't find the cheap entrance
• Ran through the bazaar as if he was a knight on a quest
• He has very short time and little money to find a gift for Mangans sister
Other notes
• Mangans sister is never named
o Let’s the stor fous o the os first rush rather tha o her
• Why does the boy feel anguish?
o His dreams are falling apart
o He was so sure that he was on a heroic quest
o This shows how deep his feelings were for Mangans sister
• Why does he feel anger?
o That he did’t get his a
o His epetatios ere’t et
o Starts to realize that maybe she is into more materialistic things rather than their
love
When he tells mangans sister that he will get her something from the bazaar
• This is the first time she talks to him
• She could have possibly known about the crush he has on her
• She twirls her silver bracelet while talking to him
o Showing interest
o Possibly nervous while talking to him?
• Both create a wonderful picture in their minds of what the bazaar is like
*derided: to be out down, or emptiness*
Derided ait
The Uncle
• Came home drunk- the reason he came home so late on the night of the bazaar
• “tarts to reite a poe the Aras fareell to his horse as he is leaig for the azaar
o Why this poem?
▪ Symbol of freedom
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▪ He once had dreams, aspirations, and hopes
▪ His escape is alcohol
▪ Poetry shows him what he used to be
Statements of theme
• Ara is a parellel of Irelad’s fight for idepedee through the gautlet of the
bazaar and market for Mangans sister
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• I Ara, Joe shos that oe aot esape the realis of realit through his
expectations of Araby versus what Araby really is
o You a’t lie i our iagiatio all the tie
o One cannot escape reality through the like of imagination
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Document Summary
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