Assignment
1- How did you respond to the except from A secret Sorrow and to "A Sorrowful Woman"?
2- Describe what you found appealing in each story?
3- Hoe two women's attitude toward family life differ? How does that difference constitute the problem in each story?
4- How would you describe the theme - the central point and meaning __ in each story?
5- To what extent might "A Sorrowful" be regarded as an unromantic sequel to A Secret Sorrow?
6- Can both stories be read a second or third time and still be interesting?
7- Explain how you think a romance formula writer would end "A Sorrow ful women" or write the ending yourself?
8- Contrast what marriage means in the two stories.