Dragonfield Topics for Discussion

This Study Guide consists of approximately 12 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Dragonfield.

Dragonfield Topics for Discussion

This Study Guide consists of approximately 12 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Dragonfield.
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1. Tansy twice mentions "correspondences," as if the concept were important. What does she mean?

2. Why would Yolen want her audience to think of Lancelot when they see the hero's name Lancot?

3. Why would Yolen make Lancot a thief who steals from the sleeping boys?

4. Why does Lancot stay with Tansy to face the dragon rather than running away as he planned? What does this imply about the nature of courage?

5. At the end of "Dragonfield," Yolen repeats her opening description of the spit of land, but makes some changes to it. Why does she repeat the description? What do the changes mean?

6. How has Tansy changed by the end of "Dragonfield"?

7. How does Lancot change by the end of "Dragonfield"?

8. What are instances of irony in "Dragonfield"?

9. What is the significance to "Dragonfield" that Aredd knows nothing about his ancestry?

10. Does Yolen do a...

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