{"id":767,"date":"2016-10-06T14:07:33","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T14:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishlitvictorianmodern\/?post_type=chapter&p=767"},"modified":"2016-10-11T17:42:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T17:42:18","slug":"study-questions-activities-and-resources-19","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-englishlitvictorianmodern\/chapter\/study-questions-activities-and-resources-19\/","title":{"raw":"Study Questions, Activities, and Resources: D. H. Lawrence","rendered":"Study Questions, Activities, and Resources: D. H. Lawrence"},"content":{"raw":"
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Study Questions and Activities<\/h3>\r\n

The Horse Dealer\u2019s Daughter<\/h2>\r\n
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  1. If you were writing a screenplay of this story, what would your three basic scenes be?<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Describe the images in each scene. Is there any change in the imagery as the scenes change?<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. What do the water and mud symbolize?<\/li>\r\n \t
  4. How is Joe characterized?<\/li>\r\n \t
  5. In what way is Mabel like a bulldog?<\/li>\r\n \t
  6. What does Mabel\u2019s dead mother suggest?<\/li>\r\n \t
  7. Why does Mabel attempt suicide?<\/li>\r\n \t
  8. How does Fergusson change by the end of the story?<\/li>\r\n \t
  9. What are some key differences in the description of the Pervin house in the first and last scenes?<\/li>\r\n \t
  10. How is the theme of the story developed by images and symbols?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    The Rocking-Horse Winner<\/h2>\r\n
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    1. How is the story like a fable or fairy tale?<\/li>\r\n \t
    2. What do the voices of the house tell Paul? What do these voices represent psychologically?<\/li>\r\n \t
    3. What, besides a lack of money, dissatisfies Paul\u2019s mother?<\/li>\r\n \t
    4. Why doesn\u2019t Paul want his mother to know that he is lucky?<\/li>\r\n \t
    5. Is Bassett genuinely concerned about Paul's welfare?<\/li>\r\n \t
    6. What do the many references to religion mean?<\/li>\r\n \t
    7. What does the rocking-horse symbolize?<\/li>\r\n \t
    8. How does the story use the quest myth or archetype?<\/li>\r\n \t
    9. Some critics have seen Lawrence\u2019s friend Lady Cynthia Asquith (1887-1960) as the model for Paul\u2019s mother. Argue for or against this position. Start with the entry in Wikipedia or Oxford\u2019s Dictionary of National Biography <\/em>(DNB).<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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      Resources<\/h2>\r\nFilm Adaptation Rocking Horse Winner<\/em> Dir. Peter Medak (1976) 30 min. https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/RockingHorseWinner76<\/a>\r\n\r\n\"qrcode-rocking-horse\"<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

      Attributions<\/h2>\r\n<\/a>Figure 1:<\/a>\r\n<\/strong>Passport photograph of the British author D. H. Lawrence by Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University (http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:D_H_Lawrence_passport_photograph.jpg<\/a>) is in the\u00a0Public Domain.","rendered":"
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      Study Questions and Activities<\/h3>\n

      The Horse Dealer\u2019s Daughter<\/h2>\n
        \n
      1. If you were writing a screenplay of this story, what would your three basic scenes be?<\/li>\n
      2. Describe the images in each scene. Is there any change in the imagery as the scenes change?<\/li>\n
      3. What do the water and mud symbolize?<\/li>\n
      4. How is Joe characterized?<\/li>\n
      5. In what way is Mabel like a bulldog?<\/li>\n
      6. What does Mabel\u2019s dead mother suggest?<\/li>\n
      7. Why does Mabel attempt suicide?<\/li>\n
      8. How does Fergusson change by the end of the story?<\/li>\n
      9. What are some key differences in the description of the Pervin house in the first and last scenes?<\/li>\n
      10. How is the theme of the story developed by images and symbols?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        The Rocking-Horse Winner<\/h2>\n
          \n
        1. How is the story like a fable or fairy tale?<\/li>\n
        2. What do the voices of the house tell Paul? What do these voices represent psychologically?<\/li>\n
        3. What, besides a lack of money, dissatisfies Paul\u2019s mother?<\/li>\n
        4. Why doesn\u2019t Paul want his mother to know that he is lucky?<\/li>\n
        5. Is Bassett genuinely concerned about Paul’s welfare?<\/li>\n
        6. What do the many references to religion mean?<\/li>\n
        7. What does the rocking-horse symbolize?<\/li>\n
        8. How does the story use the quest myth or archetype?<\/li>\n
        9. Some critics have seen Lawrence\u2019s friend Lady Cynthia Asquith (1887-1960) as the model for Paul\u2019s mother. Argue for or against this position. Start with the entry in Wikipedia or Oxford\u2019s Dictionary of National Biography <\/em>(DNB).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
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          Resources<\/h2>\n

          Film Adaptation Rocking Horse Winner<\/em> Dir. Peter Medak (1976) 30 min. https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/RockingHorseWinner76<\/a><\/p>\n

          \"qrcode-rocking-horse\"<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

          Attributions<\/h2>\n

          <\/a>Figure 1:<\/a>
          \n<\/strong>Passport photograph of the British author D. H. Lawrence by Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University (          http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:D_H_Lawrence_passport_photograph.jpg<\/a>) is in the\u00a0Public Domain.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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