Soul and Body
Section Four
11/9/07
1. What did Tereza smell on Tomas when she returned home?
“…the aroma coming of a woman’s sex organs.”
1, pg. 127
2. List some of the things that were currently happening politically during the period of time.
· Russian invasion
3. Why did Tereza want to eat breakfast with Tomas?
Because she wanted to spend time with him, she wanted to talk.
“…the only time they could actually talk together was on Sundays.”
3, pg. 130
4. Describe some of Tereza’s observations of the body.
That the body existed to reflect the soul.
“…harbored the blissful hope of using her body as a poster for her soul.”
5, pg. 133
She thought that her body was not monstrous, that she had small breasts but she disliked her nipples.
“No, there was nothing monstrous…pornography for the poor.”
6, pg. 134
It was alien to her, she felt disgusted by it, that it failed to be the only body in Tomas’ life.
“Tereza stood bewitched before…disappointed and deceived her.”
6, pg. 135
5. Describe the connections she makes between the soul and the body.
That they are separated: if the body changed the soul would stay the same questioning what was happening.
“Even if Tereza were completely…happening to her body.”
6, pg. 134
6. When Tereza looks at her body, what does she see?
It was alien to her, she felt disgusted by it, that it failed to be the only body in Tomas’ life.
“Tereza stood bewitched before…disappointed and deceived her.”
6, pg. 135
7. Why does Tereza work behind a hotel bar?
Because she was fired from her magazine job for photographing Russian tanks.
“When they fired Tereza from…photographing Russian tanks.”
7, pg. 135-136
8. Tereza suddenly learns that the Russians have taken her photographs – how does she react?
She thought at how naïve she had been
9. Tereza begins flirting with men at the bar. How do her ideologies about the body, love and lovemaking begin to change?
10. In a dream sequence, Tereza asks Tomas to help her. What else happens in this dream and what does she believe this dream is telling her?
11. In a dream sequence, Tereza decides to visit the engineer. She goes to his room and the two interact awkwardly. She sees Oedipus on his book shelf. Who does she think this book represents?
12. Tereza spits in the face of the man she has sex with. Why do you think she does this?
13. She notices a crow. What could it represent?
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