Please choose one or more of the questions below and write a response paper of 1-2 pages double-spaced,Mori Ōgai, “Dancing Girl”

1. What is the significance of the location where the story is being narrated?

2. What change has Ōta Toyotarō undergone in the last five years?

3. What is Toyotarō’s first impression of Berlin?

4. What does he mean by his “real self” to which he awakens in Berlin? What is the

difference between the “real” self and the “assumed” self?

5. What is it that attracts Elis to Toyotarō? How is the section of Berlin where she lives

differentiated from the rest of the city?

6. What is the “predicament” that Toyotarō faces after his encounter with Aizawa and the

Count? How is this conflict ultimately resolved? What lasting impact does this resolution leave on Toyotarō?