[Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]@TWC D-Link bookEvangeline PART II 16/22
Would flowers grow thus in Acadia? What was love's symbol? Why sea of flowers? Explain 904-910.
Why surf? Contrast Basil's home in Grand Pre and the one here.
Explain lines 933.
Was Basil's way of breaking the news about Gabriel a good one? Why should she be deeply disappointed? Did Gabriel bear his disappointment as did Evangeline? What was the result of Evangeline's longing? Of Gabriel's? Why a fugitive lover? Why fates and streams against him? What did Basil mean line 958? _Re-union and Feast._ Lesson XX, Lines 959-1020. Note here change of scene.
Is it from pathos to humor or from humor to pathos? What do you gather from lines 959-960 and 964-965? From 961-2? Why should they marvel? Compare conditions of life in Acadia and in Louisiana. What familiar fact does Basil show, line 982? Why refer to King George? Note the very attractive picture Basil draws--almost a picture of Eden.
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