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Lit 2000 Questions

This list will probably change. A lot. UNIT ONE SET ONE 1: Compare and contrast The Bell Jar Chapter 19, “Daddy” and Macbeth Act IV, Scene III 2: Which characters in The Bell Jar and which speakers in Ariel are most like Lady Macbeth and why? UNIT ONE SET TWO 1: What poem from Ariel or passage from The Bell Jar is most like Macbeth, Act 1, scene 5 and why? 2: How does revenge factor in to Ariel, The Bell Jar, and Macbeth? 3: Macbeth relies on magic (the Weird Sisters) to move along the story. What has replaced magic in Ariel and The Bell Jar? 4: All three works rely on “frenemies”. Name at least one pair from each work. UNIT ONE SET THREE 1: What passage from The Bell Jar or poem from Ariel shares a connection with the “tomorrow” speech in Macbeth Act V, scene V and why? 2: Which characters in The Bell Jar or speakers in Ariel are most like the Weird Sisters and why? 3: Do Macbeth, The Bell Jar, or Ariel have heroes? If so, who are they and why? If not, why