Analyzing Character, Theme, and Plot in Short Stories Answers

Read the passage from Hans Christian Andersen’s "The Princess and the Pea.”Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He travelled all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. There were princesses enough, but it was difficult to find out whether they were real ones. There was always something about them that was not as it should be. So he came home again and was sad, for he would have liked very much to have a real princess.One evening a terrible storm came on; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was heard at the city gate, and the old king went to open it.It was a princess standing out there in front of the gate. But, good gracious! What a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. The water ran down from her hair and clothes; it ran down into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. And yet she said that she was a real princess."Well, we’ll soon find that out,” thought the old queen. But she said nothing, went into the bed-room, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and laid a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty eider-down beds on top of the mattresses.

By making inferences based on analysis of a character, the reader is able to determine a character's

Which quotation from "The Story of the Fisherman” in The Arabian Nights Entertainments supports the theme that cleverness trumps wrath?

The reason a character thinks, feels, or acts a specific way is called

What details from a story best help develop the theme?

Read the passage from "Little Red Riding Hood.” In this older version of the story, she is called "Little Red- Cap."The grandmother lived out in the wood, half a league from the village, and just as Little Red-Cap entered the wood, a wolf met her. Little Red-Cap did not know what a wicked creature he was, and was not at all afraid of him."Good day, Little Red-Cap,” said he."Thank you kindly, wolf.”"Whither away so early, Little Red-Cap?”"To my grandmother’s.” "What have you got in your apron?”"C

Which statement best describes the resolution of "Sleeping Beauty"?

Which quotation from "Little Red Riding Hood" explains the theme?

Read the passage from the old Chinese fairy-tale "The Favorite of Fortune and the Child of Ill Luck.”But the beggar found his fortune, and at length became emperor. He returned and stood before his wife. She however, no longer recognized him: She only knew that he was the powerful emperor.He asked her how she were getting along."Why do you ask me how I am getting along?” she replied. "I am too far beneath your notice.”"And who may your husband be?”"My husband was a beggar. He went away to seek his fortune. That was eighteen years ago, and he has not yet returned.”"And what have you done during all of those long years?”"I have been waiting for him to return.”"Do you wish to marry someone else, seeing that he has been missing for so long?”"No, I will remain his wife until I die!”When the emperor saw how faithful his wife was, he told her who he was, had her clothed in magnificent garments, and took her with him to his imperial palace.

How does character motivation affect a story's plot?