Category Archives: Character Analysis

Discussion Questions Lover Eternal CHs 24 – 33

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Dr. Jessica Matthews

1. Z bolted for the door, but the Scribe Virgin got there first, forcing him to spin out to a stop so he didn’t run her over. Trapped in front of the diminutive figure, his legs trembled and his shoulders shook. … Continue reading →

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Discussion Questions Lover Eternal CHs 1-13

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Dr. Jessica Matthews

1. “So, again, I have to ask myself, are you worth it? You’re only three years into the society. You’re strong, you’re effective, but you’re proving impossible to control. I put you with Primes because I assumed you’d fall in … Continue reading →

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Discussion Questions Lord of Scoundrels CHs 11-14

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Dr. Jessica Matthews

1. “’You call that romantic? Byron’s a complete cynic.’ “’In my dictionary, romance is not maudlin, treacly sentiment,’ she said. ‘It is a curry, spiced up with excitement and humor and a healthy dollop of cynicism.’ “She lowered her lashes. ‘I … Continue reading →

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Discussion Questions Lord of Scoundrels CHs 1-5

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Dr. Jessica Matthews

1. “Her accents proclaimed her a lady. Worse–if there could be a worse species of humanity–she was, by the sounds of it, a bluestocking. Lord Dain had never before in his life met a female who’d even heard of an … Continue reading →

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Discussion Questions The Sheik CHs 8 – 10

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Dr. Jessica Matthews

1. “Diana paused for a moment framed in the entrance, then, with head thrown back and swaggering, boyish stride, she moved across the thick rugs leisurely and halted in front of the chief, looking straight at him with haughty, curling … Continue reading →

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Discussion Questions The Sheik CHs 5 – 7

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Dr. Jessica Matthews

1.    “For the first time since she had shaken off Gaston she began to think seriously. What she had done was madness. She had no food for herself or her horse, no water, and Heaven alone knew where the … Continue reading →

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Discussion Questions Jane Eyre CHs 33 – 38

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Dr. Jessica Matthews

1. “One does not jump, and spring and shout hurrah! at hearing one has got a fortune; one begins to consider responsibilities and ponder business; on a base of steady satisfaction rise certain grave cares, and we contain ourselves, and brood … Continue reading →

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Discussion Questions Jane Eyre CHs 26 – 32

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Dr. Jessica Matthews

1. “In the deep shade, at the further end of the room, a figure ran backwards and forwards. What it was, whether beast or human being, one could not, at first sight, tell: it groveled, seemingly on all fours; it snatched … Continue reading →

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Discussion Questions for Jane Eyre CHs 21-25

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Dr. Jessica Matthews

1. Jane was extremely happy that Rochester proposed to her, and yet she still felt uneasy about her upcoming marriage. Jane becomes discomforted when Rochester begins to spoil her with glorious things: “The more he bought me, the more my cheek … Continue reading →

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Discussion Questions for Dark Lover CHs 21-30

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Dr. Jessica Matthews

Discussion Questions for Group 12: LB, JV, LW 1. “There were pictures of her everywhere. Black-and-whites, close-ups, colored ones. She was all ages, from infancy through childhood and into her teens. In college. One was very recent, having been taken … Continue reading →

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