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Lesson 8 Psychologically Speaking
I. Text Analysis
Plot: The conflict between Mrs. Kent and Eve and the fight of two men over Mrs. Kent with a happy ending.
Mrs. Kent was conservative and conventional for she wanted Thelma to go out with a decent guy and to behave herself at the party. She always wanted to keep a respectable front and couldn’t afford to lose face for any improper behaviors of her maid.
II. Writing Devices
1. Classic Unities 2. Understatement
III. Sentence Paraphrase
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Lesson 8 Psychologically Speaking
I. Text Analysis
General Analysis
It is a typical American middle–class family in the 1930s. The husband is breadwinner of the family. The wife stays home, taking care of family and doing handiwork such as sewing which is taken as natural and respectable pastime.
WB T L E
The end of Structure.
I. Text Analysis
Lesson 8 Psychologically Speaking
Detailed Discussion
Question: What kind of family do you think it is from the introduction of setting at the beginning?
Part Three
Lesson 8 Psychologically Speaking
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ENTER
Text Appreciation
I. Text Analysis
1. General Analysis 2. Structure 3. Detailed Discussion 4. Plot Analysis
Setting: A living room of an American middle-class family, at the end of 1930s.
Protagonists: Mrs. Kent, Mr. Kent, Eve Kent, and Professor Charles Waring.
Structure
Part 1 (Paras. 1— 12):
Introduction of a middle-class family in America.
Part 2 (Paras. 13—31):
The conflict between Mrs. Kent and Eve Kent.
Part 3 (Paras. 32—52):
WB T L E
To be continued on the next page.
I. Text Analysis
Lesson 8 Psychologically Speaking
Question: From the dialogues between Mrs.
Kent and Thelma, what are the important values that Mrs. Kent holds?
Have you got the key elements in the story? Plot of the play Setting of the play Protagonists of the play Theme of the play
WB T L E
Lesson 8 Psychologically Speaking
WB T L E
To be continued on the next page.
I. Text Analysis
Hale Waihona Puke BaiduLesson 8 Psychologically Speaking
You’ve no idea how primitive we are—how simple, how bourgeois!
Theme: People usually value more what they don’t have or what they are about to lose forever.
WB T L E
The end of General Analysis.
I. Text Analysis
Lesson 8 Psychologically Speaking
The visit of Professor Waring and his plan.
Part 4 (Paras. 53—32 [text B]): The conflict between Mr. Kent and Professor Waring.
Part 5 (Paras. 33—44 [text B]): The happy ending of the play.
Question: What did Eve mean?
Eve accused the old of being old-fashioned, conservative, narrow-minded and primitive. She thought people in her town were too interested in property and social status, and were having a vain, vulgar and hypocritical life which she wan’t going to lead.
Lesson 8 Psychologically Speaking
I. Text Analysis
Plot: The conflict between Mrs. Kent and Eve and the fight of two men over Mrs. Kent with a happy ending.
Mrs. Kent was conservative and conventional for she wanted Thelma to go out with a decent guy and to behave herself at the party. She always wanted to keep a respectable front and couldn’t afford to lose face for any improper behaviors of her maid.
II. Writing Devices
1. Classic Unities 2. Understatement
III. Sentence Paraphrase
WB T L E
Lesson 8 Psychologically Speaking
I. Text Analysis
General Analysis
It is a typical American middle–class family in the 1930s. The husband is breadwinner of the family. The wife stays home, taking care of family and doing handiwork such as sewing which is taken as natural and respectable pastime.
WB T L E
The end of Structure.
I. Text Analysis
Lesson 8 Psychologically Speaking
Detailed Discussion
Question: What kind of family do you think it is from the introduction of setting at the beginning?
Part Three
Lesson 8 Psychologically Speaking
WB T L E
ENTER
Text Appreciation
I. Text Analysis
1. General Analysis 2. Structure 3. Detailed Discussion 4. Plot Analysis
Setting: A living room of an American middle-class family, at the end of 1930s.
Protagonists: Mrs. Kent, Mr. Kent, Eve Kent, and Professor Charles Waring.
Structure
Part 1 (Paras. 1— 12):
Introduction of a middle-class family in America.
Part 2 (Paras. 13—31):
The conflict between Mrs. Kent and Eve Kent.
Part 3 (Paras. 32—52):
WB T L E
To be continued on the next page.
I. Text Analysis
Lesson 8 Psychologically Speaking
Question: From the dialogues between Mrs.
Kent and Thelma, what are the important values that Mrs. Kent holds?
Have you got the key elements in the story? Plot of the play Setting of the play Protagonists of the play Theme of the play
WB T L E
Lesson 8 Psychologically Speaking
WB T L E
To be continued on the next page.
I. Text Analysis
Hale Waihona Puke BaiduLesson 8 Psychologically Speaking
You’ve no idea how primitive we are—how simple, how bourgeois!
Theme: People usually value more what they don’t have or what they are about to lose forever.
WB T L E
The end of General Analysis.
I. Text Analysis
Lesson 8 Psychologically Speaking
The visit of Professor Waring and his plan.
Part 4 (Paras. 53—32 [text B]): The conflict between Mr. Kent and Professor Waring.
Part 5 (Paras. 33—44 [text B]): The happy ending of the play.
Question: What did Eve mean?
Eve accused the old of being old-fashioned, conservative, narrow-minded and primitive. She thought people in her town were too interested in property and social status, and were having a vain, vulgar and hypocritical life which she wan’t going to lead.