English 11
Mr. Minnick
ROMAN FEVER
By Edith Wharton
Study Guide
1. What is the setting?
2.
Describe Alida Slade.
3. Describe her daughter Jenny.
4. Describe Alida’s marriage.
5. Describe Grace Ansley.
6. Describe her daughter Babs.
7. Describe Grace’s marriage.
8. Describe Alida and Grace’s friendship. What are their true feelings toward each other?
Theme-
What do you think is the theme of the story? Remember the theme is the lesson, or what the story is teaching us.
Foreshadowing- Explain how the following quotes or elements from the story are examples of
foreshadowing.
a. When discussing the beautiful view from the balcony, Grace Ansley states “It always will be to me.” She
stresses the word me, Alida notices but says nothing.
b. “A full moon night, they would remember…” Memento Mori - Latin phrase for “Be mindful of death.” Their
friendship is coming to an end.
