Activities Answer the following questions about the choice of vocabulary terms in each fable. A. Fable of the Winged Ant 1. What is the effect of putting together "fury” and “delight” in the phrase "fury of delight?” 2. Why does the light become more "animate" in the plate of water below it? 3. Why does the poet use the word “fatal” to describe the plate of water? 4. How do the words “delight” and ecstasy differ in shades of meaning? B. Fable of the Sanitized Mna Flexing His Power As Best he can 1. When do we say something is "sanitized? Why is the mn described as “sanitized” in the title? 2. When do we say the following? A. Person is outraged B. A living creature is “maimed” C. Someone or something “ turned false” 3. The gnat is described as “miniscrule”. what does this mean? 4. What kind of “concoction” ie referred to in the poem?
