Elements - "Babylon Revisited"

“Babylon Revisited” F. Scott Fitzgerald

· Written right after the stock market crash

· Much of his work focuses on the prosperity and excess of the 20’s and then the destruction and downward spiral of the 30’s.

· Recurring themes have roots in Fitzgerald’s personal life.

Plot (give a plot summary)

Character(s) (briefly tell who each character is)

· Charlie Wales -

· Helen –

· Lincoln Peters –

· Marion Peters –

· Honoria –

· Duncan Schaeffer –

· Lorraine Quarries -

· Elsie and Richard Peters –

· Alix –

· Paul -

Setting (fill in)

· Place:

· Year:

· After what significant event:

Point of view (fill in the blank)

· ___ person limited

Style, Tone, & Language (give an example from the reading)

· Foreshadowing -

Theme (explain each)

· Wealth -

· Alcoholism -

· American -

· Atonement and Redemption for the past -

Symbolism & Imagery (explain each)

· The Ritz Bar =

· Dissipation =

· Wealth =

Questions (answer each)

· By the end of the story, has Charlie atoned for his past?