Questions

1. This painting seems to depict a proposal. The kneeling figure is not identified; is he likely to be Captain John Smith? Pocahontas’s Indian husband Kocoum? John Rolfe? Explain the reason for your choice.

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   Questions: - This painting seems to depict a proposal. The kneeling figure is not identified; is he likely to be Captain John Smith? Pocahontas’s Indian husband Kocoum? John Rolfe? Explain the reason for your choice.
2. Look carefully at the figure of Pocahontas. How is she depicted? Consider her posture, her clothing, and her countenance. How would you describe the attitude portrayed?

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   Questions: - Look carefully at the figure of Pocahontas. How is she depicted? Consider her posture, her clothing, and her countenance. How would you describe the attitude portrayed?
3. As the first of the series of eight “Christy Girl” paintings, what are this painting’s symbolic suggestions? How does this painting reflect the image of women in 1911?

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   Questions: - As the first of the series of eight “Christy Girl” paintings, what are this painting’s symbolic suggestions? How does this painting reflect the image of women in 1911?
4. How does this painting contribute to the developing myth of Pocahontas in its time? What does it suggest about contemporaneous conceptions of women?

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   Questions: - How does this painting contribute to the developing myth of Pocahontas in its time? What does it suggest about contemporaneous conceptions of women?