Story: balboa (collections) 1. How does the main character change or fail to change?

2. What qualities does the main character possess?

3. How do these qualities determine his or her reaction to the conflict?

4. What message is the author conveying through the way the character’s traits influence his or her reactions?

Plot:

5. What is the major conflict in the story?

6. How does this conflict lead to other problems?

7. How is the conflict resolved?

8. Is there a lesson to be learned from the way the conflict is resolved?

THEME:

9. Considering the information you wrote about in the questions above, write a 1 sentence summary of a THEME found in Balboa.

How does the poem "the lady of shalott" by alfred, lord tennyson convey the position of victorian women? a curse is on her if she stay to look down to camelot. she knows not what the curse may be, and so she weaveth steadily, and little other care hath she, the lady of shalott. and moving thro' a mirror clear that hangs before her all the year, shadows of the world appear. there she sees the highway near winding down to camelot: there the river eddy whirls, and there the surly village churls, and the red cloaks of market girls, pass onward from shalott. a. most victorian women were restricted to their homes. b. victorian women were confined to domestic duties. c. most victorian women worked hard but were often bored. d. victorian women employed themselves by weaving.