Wednesday, May 18, 2011

ANSWER: Novels

The Grapes of Wrath

The title alludes to the words "grapes of wrath" in Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Howe's words, in turn, allude to
Chapter 63, Verses 1 to 6, of the book of the prophet Isaiah in the Old Testament of the Bible. In these verses, Isaiah, who lived in the Eighth Century B.C., envisions the Lord in the role of the Messiah coming forth from the lands of the wicked after punishing their inhabitants. Arrayed in bloodstained robes, He tells Isaiah that He has trampled the enemies of Israel as if they were grapes from a bad harvest, thereby venting His wrath. The juice of these bad grapes–that is, the blood of the enemies of the Lord–splatters his robes. In Steinbeck's book, the grapes of wrath are the harvests planted by landowners and growers.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 355-311

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