I have English class called “Modern Short Stories” and part of the course online I need to answer these questions on my blackboard.
1. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Babylon Revisited” please discuss the relationship between character and fate, and between the commitments of the past and the encumbrances of the present.
2. What different kinds of “wealth” do we see in “Babylon Revisited,” and what is the relationship between them?
3. Because “Babylon Revisited” was written for a popular magazine at the time, we are treated to an exceptionally clear example of exposition, complication and resolution. Exposition in the first section of the story provides the essential information we need to understand what comes later. It prompts us to concentrate on specific issues to be resolved and hints at the positions to be taken by major characters. What essential information is revealed in the exposition, and what positions are taken by the major characters?
4. Whose fault is it that Charlie doesn’t get his daughter back at the end of the story? Marion’s? Charlie’s? Duncan and Lorraine’s?
5. Why did Charlie reform his life? What were his motivations?
6. What specific words does Charlie use to describe his past life in Paris? Which of these are destructive, and which are glorifying? How does this help or confuse the reader’s attempt to understand Charlie’s perspective on his past?
Please write your answer in a way that you don’t need to include references.
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