Consuelo Canciani                                       5B

W. M. Thackeray, Vanity Fair

Chapter II

 1. Read as far as line 19.

a- The words and phrases that describe the two girls are:  "...fall at length at the feet of the astonished Miss Jemima" "Miss Sedley was almost as flurried at the act of defiance as Miss Jemima had been" and "Miss Sedley was exceedingly alarmed at this act of insubordination".

b- The state of mind of the two girls is nervous, defiant worried and frightened.

2. Read up to the end.

a- Rebecca's feelings are expressed by these phrases: "I hate the whole house", "I hope I may never set eyes on it again", and she hates very much Mrs Pinkerton, and she describes her like a "wherry". Rebecca doesn't' wont to return to her school because she says Mrs Pinkerton treat her worse than any servant.

b- Amelia, after Rebecca's discourse, shouts her to be silent. And Amelia says the words that Rebecca had uttered are a blasphemy.

c- The adjectives that describe Rebecca's personality are: revengeful, passionate and impulsive.

    The adjectives that describe Amelia's personality are: gentle, passive, calm, submissive and conformist.

3. Consider narrative technique.

a- The narrator is a character in the story.

b- 1 The story is about an old man who said to Amelia what he had dreamed last night.: the men describes the tortures by Dr. Raine with his rod, and he is very scared.

    2 I think that is a justification for Amelia's reaction.

c- I think that the adjective "heroical" in line 1 to describe Rebecca's act is used ironically.

d- The reader is not free to judge the characters but s/he share the narrator's judgements.

4. Find in the text examples where the narrator:

Addresses the reader: "Well, well, Miss Sedley was exceedingly alarmed at this act of insubodination"

Digresses: "I know, for istance, an old gentleman..."

Makes general comments: "The world is a looking-glass..."

Refers to the writing of the novel: "The heroical act mentioned in the last chapter..."