English Literature
This 1932 novel by Aldous Huxley depicts a futuristic society where humans are mass-produced and conditioned for conformity.
What is Brave New World.
This Danish prince famously contemplates "To be, or not to be" in a soliloquy weighing life against suicide.
Who is Hamlet?
This Latin word meaning "unconquered" is the title of William Ernest Henley's famous poem of defiance.
What is Invictus?
This fallacy, also known as "appeal to the majority," argues that something is true because many or most people believe it?
What is bandwagon?
Often treated as a synonym for false analogy, this "weak" or "bad" comparison fallacy assumes irrelevant similarities prove a point.
What is faulty analogy?
In Huxley's work, the drug that keeps citizens happy and compliant, eliminating unhappiness and rebellion.
What is soma?
This treacherous uncle pours poison into his brother's ear, then marries the queen and ascends the throne in Denmark.
Who is Claudius?
In the poem's opening, Henley thanks "whatever gods may be" for this part of himself that remains unconquerable.
What is my soul?
Drawing a broad conclusion about a group based on a small or unrepresentative sample is this "jumping to conclusions" fallacy.
What is hasty generalization?
Aristotle's appeal that targets the audience's values, emotions, or sympathies to evoke feelings like anger or compassion.
What is pathos?
This process in Huxley's novel creates up to 96 identical embryos from one egg to mass-produce lower-caste workers.
What is the Bokanovsky Process?
This loyal friend of Hamlet returns from Wittenberg and survives to tell the prince's story at the end of the tragic play.
Who is Horatio?
These two famous closing lines declare the speaker the "master" of one thing and the "captain" of another.
I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.
This fallacy involves misrepresenting an opponent's argument to make it easier to attack, like knocking down a weaker "man of straw."
What is strawman?
This technique relies on logic, facts, reason, and evidence to build a rational case.
What is logos?
Huxley's ironic title for his 1932 satire comes form Miranda's awed line in Act V of The Tempest.
What is Brave New World?
A major theme in Hamlet, exemplified by the prince's delay in avenging his father, is often analyzed as paralysis resulting from overthinking.
What is inaction (or hesitation, or procrastination)?
Despite the "bludgeonings of chance," the speaker declares that this part of him remains "unbowed."
What is my head?
This Latin phrase "post hoc ergo propter hoc" names this fallacy of assuming that because one event followed another, the first caused the second.
What is post hoc?
In a speech, a doctor citing their medical expertise and years of experience is primarily using this appeal.
What is ethos?
This "Savage" raised on a New Mexico reservation quotes Shakespeare endlessly and ultimately rejects the engineered happiness of the World State in Huxley's novel.
Who is John the Savage.
In the fatal fencing match, Laertes uses this "unbated" weapon tipped with poison to ensure Hamlet's death.
What is a sword (or rapier, or foil)?
The poem Invictus follows ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH.
This is referred to as?
What is rhyme scheme?
Attacking the person making the argument rather than addressing the argument itself is this "against the man" fallacy.
What is ad hominem?
This fallacy occurs when an analogy between two things is poorly suited or overlooks key differences, making the comparison invalid.
What is false (or faulty) analogy?