Why are the reforms offered up by Premier Prince Lvov - the promise of freedom of speech and assembly, the right to strike, and elections by ballot - insufficient for the radicals? What causes the provisional government to fail?ĥ. In what way is the regime "rotten" and "ready to fall"?Ĥ. What is the political state of Russia early on in the book? Marina describes history as "the sound of a floor underneath a rotten regime, termite-ridden and ready to fall." She is obviously referring to the government of the Czar. or is it both?) is exciting to the young? As you read through the novel, at what point did fate stop being romantic for Marina? When did the the dogs start to "sink their teeth into calf"? By the end of the novel, has Marina changed? In her outlook? Or in her essential character traits? What, if anything, has she learned?ģ. There's nothing more romantic to the young - until its dogs sink their teeth into your calf and pull you to the ground.ĭo you think she is correct: that the idea of future or fate (which one is she actually referring to. I was in love with the Future, in love with the idea of Fate. Follow-up to Question 1: Near the beginning of the novel, Marina says, Why? What does she want? (Okay, sex.but what else?) Do you admire her? In what ways does Marina change over the course of the novel?Ģ. Early on in the novel, she leads a life of privilege, yet she is dissatisfied.
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