Mrs. Bullfrog | Ideas for Group Discussion
1. What, in your own opinion, is Hawthorne trying to tell us about marriage and its discontents? Explain and support your reasoning.
2. How realistic a figure is Mr. Bullfrog? Assume for the sake of argument that there could be such a person, and try to describe the domestic life of Mr. and Mrs. Bullfrog. That is, apply Hawthorne's rule for a successful marriage to the Bullfrogs a year or two after their marriage, and describe factors that would strengthen their union, and factors that would weaken their union.
3. What is your opinion about Hawthorne's clearly laid out...
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