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Sveva Caetani Longer Answer Questions Prepare answers for some or all of these questions. Work in pairs or small groups. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper. Share your answers with the whole class. |
| 1. | Where and when does this story take place? |
| 2. | Describe what Leone, Sveva’s father, was like. |
| 3. | Describe what Ofelia, Sveva’s mother, was like. |
| 4. | What are some reasons why the Caetani family left Italy and came to Canada? |
| 5. | Why do you think Ofelia did not make many friends in Vernon? |
| 6. | Why do you think Sveva called her series of paintings Recapitulation? |
| 7. | In what ways was Sveva’s life like a fairy tale? |
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Discussion Questions |
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| 1. | Why do you think Sveva referred to her mother as “a great moth self-caught in a bottle? |
| 2. | Sveva said her mother compelled her to stay with her after Leone’s death? How do you think this could have happened? Why do you think Sveva obeyed her mother’s wishes? |
| 3. | Look at the family portrait of Leone, Ofelia, and Sveva? What does Ofelia’s body language tell us about her feelings for Sveva? |
| 4. | Why do you think Ofelia forbid Sveva to leave the house after her father died? |
| 5. | Why do you think Ofelia made out her will as she did? |
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