Students’ Questions about Literature Page 12

It is a play about a group of salesmen who are trying to sell unnecessary real estate to unsuspecting customers. The play is set in the 1980s and is a dark comedy.

The first event is when Hester is released from prison and has to wear the scarlet letter. The second event is when Hester meets Dimmesdale in the forest and he tells her to leave him alone.

The tone of the prologue to The Canterbury Tales is one of lightheartedness and good humor.

The brook represents the natural, purifying world that is separate from the judgmental, artificial world of the Puritans.

The novel ends with Buck and his master, John Thornton, dying side by side.

The rose bush is a symbol of hope and beauty.

Gone with the Wind is a novel by American author Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. The story is set in Clayton County, Georgia, and Atlanta during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

The movie is about a soldier who deserts the Confederate army during the Civil War and tries to make his way home to his sweetheart. Along the way, he meets a variety of people who help him on his journey.

The first excerpt contains humor because Huck is making a joke about how he knows the boy is lying. The second excerpt also contains humor because Huck is pretending to be someone else and the boy doesn’t know it.

The 2003 film Cold Mountain was filmed on location in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, as well as Romania and the Czech Republic.