Unit 3 of English – II (syllabus: Module 3 — Doyle, The Greek Interpreter; Glaspell, A Jury of Her Peers; Kafka, The Judgement; London, The Benefit of the Doubt; Greene, The Case for the Defence). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
What this unit covers
- Why do the villains in The Greek Interpreter need an interpreter at all?
- Was Melas right to break the interpreter's duty of fidelity, and what does the story say about legal formalities?
- Why do the two women in A Jury of Her Peers find the motive that the investigators cannot?
- What does the title A Jury of Her Peers mean, and is what the women do defensible?
- Why is Kafka's story called The Judgement when it contains no court?
- What is the significance of Georg carrying out the sentence himself?
- How is a sound rule turned into a shield for corruption in The Benefit of the Doubt?
- Is Watson's revenge in the second trial justice, and how should that question be answered?
Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.
Provisions
- The Greek Interpreter, s. The kidnapping and the signature sought by starvation
- The Greek Interpreter, s. The interpreter's duty; warrants, entry and urgency
- A Jury of Her Peers, s. Motive, and who is able to read the evidence
- A Jury of Her Peers, s. The jury of peers, and the suppression of evidence
- Das Urteil (The Judgement), s. The charge, the judge and the sentence
- Das Urteil (The Judgement), s. Punishment accepted by the condemned
- The Benefit of the Doubt, s. Benefit of the doubt, burden of proof, and the political machine
- The Benefit of the Doubt, s. The mirror trial - perjury, self-help and revenge