Prop Assignments
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1.
Pick out and comment on the words that characterize: a)
Nathan Regent; b) Tony Vassal at the time they were young
and courted the same girl.
Interpret the following sentence: ‘So Patience married Tony
Vassall and Nathan turned his attention to other things, among
them to a girl who had a neat little fortune — and Nathan
married that.’ Indicate the case of metonymy contained in the
sentence and speak on its meaning.
2.
Describe Nathan’s career after he had married
a neat little
fortune
. What was the life Tony lived at the time? What
recurrent phrase speaks of his way of living? What meaning
is conveyed by this recurrent phrase?
3.
Speak of the two families during the war. Pay attention to the
word
tribute
as it first appears in the story and after.
Comment on its sense and implications.
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