Stephen Crane

"The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky"


1

"The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky"

Examine Crane's use of section breaks and his overall structure.

2 Analyze Crane's choice of narrator and point of view. In particular, examine why he includes the porter's point of view.

3 Explain the plot and thematic significance of Potter's marriage.

4

"The Open Boat"

Connect this story's content and style with Naturalism.

5 The subheading notes that this is a "tale intended to be after the Fact." Why does Crane include this reference, and how does he use history for his artistic and thematic purposes?

6 The narrator writes, "It would be difficult to describe the subtle brotherhood of men that was here established on the seas." Explain the nature of this "subtle brotherhood of men."


Copyright © 2001 by Pearson Education, Inc.,
publishing as Longman Publishers.
All rights reserved.