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Do you think Umberto Eco likes being interviewed? Give reasons for your opinion.
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How does Eco find the time to write so much?
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What was distinctive about Eco's academic writing style?
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Did Umberto Eco consider himself a novelist first or an academic scholar?
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What is the reason for the huge success of the novel, The Name of the Rose?
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Discuss in pairs or small groups.
Talk about any interview that you have watched on television or read in a newspaper. How did it add to your understanding of the celebrity, the interviewer and the field of the celebrity?
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Discuss in pairs or small groups.
The medium you like best for an interview, print, radio, or television .
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Discuss in pairs or small groups.
Every famous person has a right to his or her privacy Interviewers sometimes embarrass celebrities with very personal questions.
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What does the title of the poem suggest to you? Are you reminded of other poems on tigers?
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How does ‘denizens’ add to our understanding of the tiger’s attitudes?
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Why do you think Aunt Jennifer’s hands are ‘fluttering through her wool’ in the second stanza? Why is she finding the needle so hard to pull?
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What is suggested by the image ‘massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band’?
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Of what or of whom is Aunt Jennifer terrified with in the third stanza?
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What are the ‘ordeals’ Aunt Jennifer is surrounded by? Why is it significant that the poet uses the word ‘ringed’? What are the meanings of the word ‘ringed’ in the poem?
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Why do you think Aunt Jennifer created animals that are so different from her own character? What might the poet be suggesting, through this difference?
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Interpret the symbols found in this poem.
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Do you sympathise with Aunt Jennifer?
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Notice these words and expressions in the text.
Infer their meaning from the context.
1. blew over 2. was struck dumb
3. catapulted into 4. a coat of mail
5. played into their hands 6. the favourite haunt
7. heard a bell ringing
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What does the writer mean by ‘the fiery misery’ of those subjected to make-up?
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What does the title of the poem (Keeping Quiet) suggests to you?
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