Question

1. define dialogue (this word is on the test):
2. describe douglass’s use of, or lack of, dialogue in the chapter; in other words, describe how is the story told, including its use of dialogue.
3. which two character traits (qualities) would an actor playing the role of mr. gore need to be able to convey in order to show how he behaves in chapter 4?
4. underline the two sentences in the following excerpt that provide evidence that there was no justice for slaves.

the wife of mr. giles hicks, living but a short distance from where i used to live, murdered my wife’s cousin, a young girl between fifteen and sixteen years of age, mangling her person in the most horrible manner, breaking her nose and breastbone with a stick, so that the poor girl expired in a few hours afterward. she was immediately buried, but had not been in her untimely grave but a few hours before she was taken up and examined by the coroner, who decided that she had come to her death by severe beating. the offence for which this girl was thus murdered was this:—she had been set that night to mind mrs. hicks’s baby, and during the night she fell asleep, and the baby cried. she, having lost her rest for several nights previous, did not hear the crying. they were both in the room with mrs. hicks. mrs. hicks, finding the girl slow to move, jumped from her bed, seized an oak stick of wood by the fireplace, and with it broke the girls nose and breastbone, and thus ended her life. i will not say that this most horrid murder produced no sensation in the community. it did produce sensation, but not enough to bring the murderess to punishment. there was a warrant issued for her arrest, but it was never served. thus she escaped not only punishment, but even the pain of being arraigned before a court for her horrid crime.

1. indicate whether each statement is supported or is not supported by chapter 4 of narrative of the life of frederick douglass: an american slave.

	supported	not supported
white slaveholders were held accountable for their crimes against slaves.
enslaved people were sometimes punished for crimes they didn’t commit.
mistreatment of a slave sometimes improved the reputation of a white person.
mr. gore was both cruel and understanding at times.

Explanation:

Question 5

To define "dialogue", we refer to its standard literary definition. Dialogue is a conversation (verbal or written) between two or more individuals, involving an exchange of words.

In Douglass's chapter, the story is told in a narrative style. Regarding dialogue, if we consider the text (from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass), Douglass may use limited direct dialogue and instead rely on descriptive narration to convey events. For example, he might describe interactions without extensive quoted dialogue, focusing on the actions and his reflections.

From Chapter 4 of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Mr. Gore is a slave overseer. He is known to be cruel (he is willing to use violence against slaves, like killing a slave named Demby) and also calculating or cold - blooded (he acts with a sense of authority and detachment in his mistreatment of slaves, showing no remorse for his violent actions). An actor playing him would need to convey cruelty (through actions and tone showing harshness towards slaves) and cold - bloodedness (showing a lack of empathy and a calculating nature in his dealings with slaves).

Answer:

Dialogue is a conversation (verbal or written) between two or more individuals that involves an exchange of words.

Question 6