AFTER-READING ACTIVITIES

7. Answer the following questions:

1. In your opinion, why do people come to the places like Kew? What do they seek?

2. Who are the characters of the story? What can you say about their lifestyle and their life in general?

3. Does nature play any role in the story? If yes, what is the role? Give your arguments on the matter.

4. Analyze the conversation between the spouses in the story. In your opinion, does married life change the tune of people’s feelings? If it is so, in what way?

5. Do you think men and women are different in the way they experience love (fall in love)? Why do you think so?

6. Do you remember the description of the snails in the story? What can these little creatures symbolize?

7. The word “real” is not once repeated in the text. What, do you reckon, is ‘really real’ in Kew? And what is not?

8. Study the following sentence: “Who knows … what slopes of ice don’t shine in the sun on the other side?” On the other side of what? What, do you think, is the author talking about?

9. Have you ever heard the expression “psychological human types”? In your opinion, can we find any types of the kind in the story under discussion? What can they be?

10. Virginia Woolf is known for her mastery of the so called stream-of-consciousness narrative technique. Can you trace any examples of this technique in the story under discussion?

Stream-of-consciousness — is the narrative technique intended to render the flow of myriad impressions — visual, auditory, physical, associative, and subliminal — that impinge on the consciousness of an individual and form part of his awareness along with the trend of his rational thoughts. The term was first used by the psychologist William James in “The Principles of Psychology” (1890). To represent the full richness, speed, and subtlety of the mind at work, the writer incorporates snatches of incoherent thought, ungrammatical constructions, and free association of ideas, images, and words at the pre-speech level.

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