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AErrichiello - Es. pag 98-99
by AErrichiello - (2021-03-11)
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Es. 1 pag. 98

  1. hunting
  2. forest
  3. mother
  4. meet
  5. true-love
  6. eels
  7. poisoned
  8. heart
  9. gold and silver
  10. hell and fire

 

Es. 2 pag. 98

a) Mother’s question: first two in each stanza.

Lord’s answer: last two in each stanza.

The story is told in general terms.

 

b) “mak my bed” and “fain walk lie doon”.

 

c) Te climax of the story is in the stanza 6. Randal’s  mother  realizes he id dying and the etopic changes.

 

d) Lord Randal’s meeting in the woods: stanza 1-5

Lord Randal’s orla  testament: 7-10

 

Es 3 pag. 98

The word “Lord” reveals that Randal is a nobleman. 

 

 

Es. 4 pag. 99

the dialog is factual. The mother should be shocked and scared because she is ripetitive. Lord Randal hates his true-love, his feeling are not stated.

 

Es. 5 pag. 99

Lord Randal’s true-love may be is a witch who enchants the boy.

 

Es. 6 pag. 99

It is the position that the woman put in the food.

 

Es. 7 pag. 99

the balls form

Lord Randal

sensational, supernatural or tragic subject matter

A young man dies in mysterious circumstances, poisoned by the woman he thinks loves him.

universal themes

Destructive power of love, death, inheritance.

abrupt beginning and ending

No background to the story, we are not told what happens after Lord Randal dies.

lack of details or explanations

No information on the characters, or on Lord Randal’s love story, we do not know why he was poisoned.

question-and-answer pattern

Mother and son speak two lines each.

short stanzas with a simple rhyme scheme

10 four lines in each stanza, AABB

use of repetitions to slow down the narration and refrain

The mother repeats her question twice each stanza, this provoke suspense 

refrain

“Mother, man my bed soon, For I’m wearied wi huntin and fain wad lie doon” 

conventional symbols

Greenwood => mister