60 pages 2 hours read

Robert Jackson Bennett

The Tainted Cup

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

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Essay Topics

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Does the novel position augmentations as something positive? Consider how Din finds meaning in his engraver work, Miljin’s perspective on Sublimes, Strovi’s lack of augmentations, and Ana’s comments about “self-assembly.”

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Fantasy settings are still created by real-world authors who have real-world experiences. Does the social or governmental system in The Tainted Cup resemble any real precedents? Does the novel praise or critique these systems? Why?

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The Tainted Cup draws from the fantasy and detective fiction genres. How does the novel use the tropes of these genres? How does it combine or subvert them?

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