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Teachers' Resource Web Study Questions on Byron Manfred 1. How do the settings of the scenes relate to their thematics? 2. Why does Manfred say that "Sorrow is knowledge"? 3. How does he describe his problem in terms of sleeping and waking? Is this consistent in the play? 4. Read the "Incantation" closely. What is the nature of Manfred's hell? 5. What does he want? What knowledge is he trying to escape? 6. What is his relationship to nature? What was his former relationship to nature? 7. Why can't he name his crime? What is his crime? How do we know that? What is the significance of Manfred's description of Astarte in Act 22, Scene 2? 8. Why is freedom the "Forbidden fruit" (23.71)? 9. What distinguishes Manfred from other men?
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