Abolition and Women’s Rights Movements, Part 2

Question 1

At this point, what is a logical prediction?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Farquhar will escape.

Question 2

What effect does being tricked into this false prediction have on the reader?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The reader experiences what seems to be a romantic escape only to be returned to the reality of death.

Question 3

At which point in the story does the reader learn that Farquhar has died? the end of Part Ithe end of Part IIthe first sentence of Part III✔ the last sentence of Part III

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the last sentence of Part III

Question 4

How does the author create a surprise ending? Cite evidence from the text to support your answer.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The author creates the surprise ending by presenting Farquhar’s imagined escape as if it were real. The reader follows him through the water and forest until he reaches his wife and is about to embrace her. The final sentence suddenly reveals that “Peyton Farquhar was dead” and that his body was hanging from the bridge.

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