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Winesburg, Ohio
Sherwood Anderson
Which BEST describes how this passage from a modern story draws on classic stories or mythology to create its meaning?
A It alludes to the classic story of Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection.
B It alludes to the Greek story of the hero Hercules, who performed twelve famous labors.
C It uses language and references to the Old Testament of the Bible to establish a main character.
D It uses a classic structure of a god or leader posing as a normal person to ask questions of regular people.
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In Winesburg, Ohio Sherwood Anderson often uses George Willard (and the narrator) as an ordinary-seeming questioner who wanders through the town and elicits confessions and stories from its people. That “disguised authority” or stranger-who-asks motif echoes classical/mythic tales of gods or leaders posing as mortals to test or probe ordinary people, and the device is used to reveal deeper truths about the characters.
In Winesburg, Ohio Sherwood Anderson often uses George Willard (and the narrator) as an ordinary-seeming questioner who wanders through the town and elicits confessions and stories from its people. That “disguised authority” or stranger-who-asks motif echoes classical/mythic tales of gods or leaders posing as mortals to test or probe ordinary people, and the device is used to reveal deeper truths about the characters.
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