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Reading Questions
Text on p. 1314 of the full Ninth Edition and p. 1046 of the shorter Ninth Edition.
Reading Questions
1. Much of the play speaks to its audience nonverbally through visual and physical cues in the setting and the stage directions. Pick out several cues that are significant to you and discuss them.
2. Although we never see the Wrights, how would you describe each of them? Look first at the perspective of Mr. Hale and then of Mrs. Hale. How are these perspectives different?
3. What past experiences of the two women play a role in their understanding of the Wrights' domestic situation? What assumptions do they make about the reasons for the badly stitched quilt piece, the unfinished bread, and especially the dead canary?
4. Are you surprised at the ending of the play? Why or why not?
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