47 pages 1 hour read

John Banville

The Sea

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

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Essay Topics

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Max decides to return to the Cedars after dreaming of trudging through the snow in search of an ever-deferred “homecoming” (25). How does this dream alter your reading of the narrative as a whole?

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Using examples from the book, discuss the portrayal of memory in Banville’s The Sea. What is the work suggesting about its key characteristics?

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Discuss the uses of literary and artistic allusion in Banville’s The Sea. How, for example, are they connected to the book’s portrayal of memory?

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