Context of To Kill A Mockingbird: Questions on Strange Fruit AWI
1.Why were most lynching victims hung from trees? Would they have died this way had they been convicted of a crime in a court of law?.
2.What kinds of fruit do trees usually bear?.
3.How do we know from the lyrics that the "strange" fruit here means the bodies of lynching victims?.
4.Why is it that Southern trees bear the "strange fruit"?.
5.What contrast is made between the "gallant South" and the South which bears strange fruit? What is ironic about this contrast?.
6.Meeropol almost called the poem āBitter Fruitā but then changed it. What are the connotations of the words ābitterā and āstrangeā and why do you think he changed it?.
7.Why do you think the word "lynching" never appears in the song?.
8.Do you think the song is more powerful, or less powerful, because its topic [lynching] is implied instead of stated?.
Answers: 2
English, 21.06.2019 13:00, amalalghalib14
Which line from the splendor falls on castle walls contrasts most sharply with the repeated phrase "dying, dying, dying"?
Answers: 3
English, 22.06.2019 03:00, butterflycc
1.at the trials, she won both the 50 and 100 meter freestyle events. 2.her last olympic appearance was at the 2000 sydney games. 3.now her sights are set on olympic history at the 2008 beijing games. 4.dara torres is an amazing swimmer who qualified at the olympic trials to become the oldest olympic female swimmer. 5.with that excellent performance, she is eligible to contend for a medal at the olympics. what is the most logical order for these sentences?
Answers: 1
Context of To Kill A Mockingbird: Questions on Strange Fruit AWI
1.Why were most lynching victims h...
Biology, 26.02.2021 23:20
English, 26.02.2021 23:20
Mathematics, 26.02.2021 23:20
Mathematics, 26.02.2021 23:20
Chemistry, 26.02.2021 23:20
Mathematics, 26.02.2021 23:20
Mathematics, 26.02.2021 23:20