Notes on chpaters 17-18

Episode 5: The Feud (chapters 17-18)

Themes Romanticism vs. Realism, Death and Rebirth

Motifs: persona # 5- George Jackson or Jaxon

Snaked- connection w/ Jim
Shakespeare
George Washington

Families involved: Gangerfords and the Shepherdson
Allusions: Romeo and Juliet, George Wasington
Humer/ Satire: Shurch scnece with all the guns; Dr. Gunn's book of Family Medicine
These families are like royalty.
The feud is like Hatfields vs. McCoys feud that accorded in the 1800

Chapter 17- Group Questions (Started and to be finished in class on Monday)

1.)What are two motifs that appear in this chapter?
2.) What name does Huck take? What lie or story does he make up
3.) Make a list of items that appear in the house (at least four).
4.)Make a list of books that appear in the house (at least four). Are any of the titled humorous- which ones? Why?
5.)Describe the four paintings the Emmeline Grangerford created. What is in each picture? What do you think each picture is about?
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6.) What is Emmeline's poem about? What is humorous about it?
7.) Twain is using the descriptions of this house and Emmeline as a forshado for the next chapter. What do you think he is hinting at?