1. "Modern life seemed radically different from traditional life -- more scientific, faster, more technological, and more mechanized." (Outline of American Literature) How did the literary and artistic world react to these changes? 2. What were the effects of the Depression that hit the U. S. in the 1930s?

3. Even with these changes, and expression of pessimism in literature, what does Sinclair Lewis believe is the fate of anyone who writes about the contradictory nature of America?

4. What elements from literature continued? What element was new? (PAL)

5. What is the chief characteristic of the individual in modern novels?

6. What does alienation of the individual lead to?

7. What themes appear in literature of modernism?

8. What tragedy did characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novels portray?

9. What is Fitzgerald's most well known novel, The Great Gatsby, about?

10. Describe Fitzgerald's writing style in 2-3 words.

11. What does Sinclair Lewis criticize in Main Street?

12. Who was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?

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1.   in sonnet 18, the speaker wants to describe the beauty of his love, but can’t find the words to do so. the speaker says “then in mid-utterance the lay was lost” when he tries to think of the words to describe his love’s beauty.   through his defeat of finding words to describe his love, he shows his love for her.

2.   instead of describing how perfect his love is or comparing her to other beautiful things, he says she is average and there is nothing special about her.   at the last 2 lines of the poem, the volta changes the poem by saying that even though his love is average in beauty, his love for her is special and unique. so instead of praising her throughout the whole poem, he contrasts her average characteristics with his special love for her.

3.   the beloved asked the speaker to describe how he feels about her. she begins to describe what she feels but "drop the torch" and says that she can't do it because the words "hid in me out of reach." the the speaker says "nay, let the silence of my womanhood command my woman-love to thy belief" and that her silence will have to be the answer to his question.

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