![]() ![]() ![]() Very early in the novel, we are introduced to Julie's recurring dreama dream that seems to foretell her own fate and to recapitulate the fate of Romeo and Guilietta centuries earlier.Did you find Umberto to be a sympathetic character? Why or why not? Although there are surprising revelations about all the characters in the novel, perhaps the most shocking has to do with Umberto, Aunt Rose's faithful butler. ![]() Why do you think Fortier introduces this element into her story? Discuss the ways in which the bonds of sisterhoodfor good and for illare central to the novel.Looking at the "original" story of Romeo and Giulietta set in 1340, consider in what ways Fortier uses Shakespeare's great tragedy as a model for her own work, and in what ways she departs from it. ![]()
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