1.Please consider the following passage:
“I could never quite give up the hens,” Mrs. Mortimer said. 'It would be an awful wrench to give them up. I didn't mind the cherries and I didn't even mind the calves so much. But the hens are company. I can talk to the hens.”
Create the following the clues for yourself:
Denotative meaning of “hens”________________
What does Mrs. Mortimer’s society expect of women (gender roles) that directly relates to what hens literally do? ______________________________________
Answer: In a figurative sense, why are the hens so important to Mrs. Mortimer (what do they represent to her)? Please include a discussion of gender roles and the idea of isolation in your answer.
The letter was typewritten, which was not unusual. It was unsigned, which was unusual. It enclosed an American bill — fifty dollars. It did not seem in the least like any letter she had ever had from her husband, or any letter she could imagine him writing. But a strange, cold feeling was creeping over her, like a flood rising around a house.
Think about the imagery of the last line. Think about some of the feelings/words you connotatively associate with floods. Think about some feelings/things you connotatively associate with house. Considering how the story ends, what does this imagery figuratively suggest?
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