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    The document provides questions about the themes of releasing or setting free in the folktales "The Crane Maiden" and "Aunty Misery". In "The Crane Maiden", an old couple rescues an injured crane girl and she promises to repay them, with the theme being their acceptance that she must eventually leave. In "Aunty Misery", the title character traps Death in a tree to avoid her own death, but eventually releases him, with the theme of accepting nature's course. Both stories involve characters who are initially unwilling to let something or someone go free, but ultimately accept that they must.

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    The document provides questions about the themes of releasing or setting free in the folktales "The Crane Maiden" and "Aunty Misery". In "The Crane Maiden", an old couple rescues an injured crane girl and she promises to repay them, with the theme being their acceptance that she must eventually leave. In "Aunty Misery", the title character traps Death in a tree to avoid her own death, but eventually releases him, with the theme of accepting nature's course. Both stories involve characters who are initially unwilling to let something or someone go free, but ultimately accept that they must.

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    The document provides questions about the themes of releasing or setting free in the folktales "The Crane Maiden" and "Aunty Misery". In "The Crane Maiden", an old couple rescues an injured crane girl and she promises to repay them, with the theme being their acceptance that she must eventually leave. In "Aunty Misery", the title character traps Death in a tree to avoid her own death, but eventually releases him, with the theme of accepting nature's course. Both stories involve characters who are initially unwilling to let something or someone go free, but ultimately accept that they must.

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    The Crane Maiden/Aunty Misery

    Literary Analysis: Theme

    Use the story to answer the questions:

    (The Crane Maiden)

    1. Lines 8-16- How does this passage introduce the theme of releasing, or setting something free?
    2. Lines 109-127- What is the message about freedom in this folktale? Explain.
    3. In the “Crane Maiden” what promise does the old couple make?
    4. In the “Crane Maiden”, the old couple finally accepts the fact that the girl must leave them.
    What do their actions reveal about releasing someone?
    5. What does the third cloth depict, and how does it relate to the end of the story?
    6. How does the girl repay her debt? Has she repaid her debt to the old couple?

    (Aunty Misery)

    1. A line 14-20- How is the theme of releasing something or someone introduced in this story?
    2. Lines 38-54- Why does Aunty Misery finally agree to release Death from her tree?
    3. What is Aunty Misery’s main conflict at the beginning of the story?
    4. Describe the setting and characters in “Aunty Misery”.
    5. Would you have made the same bargain to live forever or would have let nature takes its
    course? Explain.
    6. Compare the themes in each folk tale. How are the themes similar? How are the different?

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