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Edith Wharton, "Roman Fever"
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Re-Reading Questions
Text on p. 113 of the full Ninth Edition.
Re-Reading Questions
1. You've read several pages of the story before you learn the two women's first names, Alida Slade and Grace Ansley. Why do you think Wharton waited so long to tell you their first names? What does the formality of using last names tell you about the two women?
2. How could two women who have known each other for so long know each other so little?
3. What is the relationship between Aunt Harriet's story and the story of Alida and Grace when they were young in Rome?
4. What do you think the young Alida meant to have happen, both physically and emotionally, to Grace when she sent her the false note to meet Delphin in the Colosseum? What did happen to Grace? Why do you think Alida did it?
5. The flaw in Alida's plan was her failure to anticipate that Grace would answer the false note from Delphin and that he, in return, would respond. How could she have overlooked such an obvious action?
6. As you look back over the story, what clues can you find that lead you to believe that Barbara is Delphin Slade's daughter?
7. Why do you think Wharton ended the story at such a dramatic moment? What effect does the ending have on the reader? If you could continue the story, what would happen next?
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