Symbols
What does East Egg symbolize in The Great Gatsby?
Old Money and Tradition
Impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses.
The only person who truly sees Gatsby...and the only partygoer to attend his funeral (besides Nick).
Owl Eyes
a period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watch or pray
Vigil
Which Transcendentalist theme encourages a person to trust their gut instincts
Intuition
What does the color yellow symbolize in The Great Gatsby?
Reaching for wealth
A natural inclination or predisposition toward something.
Proclivity
Faber
too many to be counted
Innumerable
Which Gothic Literature theme plays on the fear of being along?
Isolation
In The Pit and the Pendulum, what does the pendulum symbolize?
The passing of time
Lacking in courage; cowardly.
Craven
The fire chief who may have been conflicted about his love/hate relationship with books.
Captain Beatty
sending out light; shining or glowing brightly; expressing great happiness or joy.
Radiant
Which Transcendentalist theme is about exploring what makes you uniquely YOU
Individuality
In "The Raven" what does the raven symbolize?
word; phrase
Locution
Nick's love interest who has a mean forehand.
Jordan Baker
In a doubtful manner; in a way that aroused suspicion
Dubiously
What theme in Fahrenheit 451 is used to keep society maintained without asking too many questions?
What does the phoenix symbolize in Fahrenheit 451?
the death and rebirth of society
serious; intense
Earnest
Who is stuck in the Valley of Ashes, but dreams of living a more extravagant life?
Myrtle Wilson
belonging to or occurring in the present; modern.
Contemporary
What is a common theme in Emily Dickinson's poems, "I Heard a Fly Buzz--When I Died" and "Because I Could Not Stop For Death"
Death