Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Should we take the last line of #147 as "at random from the truth" (l.12), or as evidence of recovery?

Who is the "thy" of l. 14 in #148?

Why does the poet think his beloved loves others (#149, l. 14)?

Is the beloved the sort of person likely to be moved by the argument in ll. 11-14 of #150?

In #151, l.5 is sometimes punctuated with a comma after "For," as well as after "me," changing the meaning. Which meaning suits the context of this poem better?

Does #152 seem final? Why or why not?

Why does Cardinal Maria de Allande decide to support Latour for bishop (Prologue at Rome, pp. 277-284)?

Does Cather want us to believe, as Bishop Latour does, that he was saved in the desert by a miracle (p. 293)?

Why does the Mass at Acoma leave the Bishop "with a sense of inadequacy & spiritual defeat (p. 338)?"

Why does the Bishop not discipline Padre Martinez (Book Five, Chapter I)?

Who has the greatest effect in persuading Dona Isabella to testify to her real age: the Bishop, Father Vaillant, or her lawyer (Book 6, Chapter 2; pp. 390-396)?

Why is Father Vaillant uneasy about the Bishop's plan for the Cathedral (p. 424)?

Why does the chronology of the story become increasingly vague?

Why does the whole novel take its title from the last book?