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Typology: Exercises
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“The Oval Portrait” Questionnaire 1:
Questionnaire 2: True or false? a. The narrator and his valet are invited to a chateau. b. The narrator and his valet take sumptuously furnished apartments. c. At the beginning, the narrator sees the young girl’s portrait. d. The girl on the portrait was the artist's wife. e. The artist doesn't succeed in the achievement of his portrayal. Questions a. What was the first reaction of the narrator when he saw the portrait? b. Did the lady of the portrait hate arts? c. What is the reason for the artist’s cry when his painting is completed? d. How did the artist's wife react when she learnt that he wanted to paint her? e. What happens to the artist at the end of his work? f. How is the artist's wife depicted? g. What do you think about the end of the short story? In your opinion, what did the artist's wife kill? Doriane Questionnaire 3: ⁃ Where does the story take place? ⁃ Who are the two main characters? ⁃ What is the condition of one of them at the beginning of the story? ⁃ How can you describe the place where the narrator spends the night? ⁃ What is the narrator doing during that night? ⁃ What hour is mentioned in the story? ⁃ How does the narrator discover the portrait? ⁃ Who is represented on it? ⁃ What is the narrator’s first reaction in seeing it? ⁃ Why did he react like this? ⁃ To what does the last part of the short-‐story correspond to? ⁃ Who is the painter of this portrait? ⁃ Who is the rival of the portrait’s character and why? ⁃ Would you describe with two adjectives the man and the woman? ⁃ What happened to the painter? ⁃ What does “ This is indeed Life itself” mean?
bserve the comic and imagine a summary of this story.