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Literary devices
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Powerless against the "instruments of truth," this protagonist, "too full o' the milk of human kindness," goes on a murder rampage to satisfy the desires of his wife who has prayed to be "unsexed" and attacks his manhood frequently.
What is what it means to be a man?
100
Athena, the pale armed goddess or rosy-fingered dawn
What is epithet?
100
This means to be arrogantly overbearing, like Heathcliff.
What is imperious?
100
This means to have a ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules.
What is pedantic?
100
Has a fear of short stair rails and a rage against theme park rides.
Who is Andrew?
200
This theme stems from the character who was challenged with an unfamiliar setting and new traditions. She fell into a tumultuous affair that drove her away from her husband and children, the results of which the sea enveloped her inability to cope.
What is self-discovery?
200
When you refer to a part to represent the whole, i.e. head = cows, sail = ships
What is synecdoche?
200
A greedy, rapacious person, i.e. Heathcliff.
Who is a cormorant?
200
This means to lack definite form or limits like the apparitions in Macbeth.
What is nebulous?
200
Loathes the novel, Dracula, because he feels a national hero was turned into a monster.
Who is Pavel?
300
Wuthering Heights uses this to draw parallels between characters, setting and mood.
What is the use of pairs?
300
This occurs when an author bails out the characters in the plot in an unrealistic turn of events to resolve the conflict, i.e. Twelfth Night.
What is deus ex machina?
300
One that indicates or foreshadows something is to come, like the witches in Macbeth.
What is a harbinger?
300
To have courage in pain or adversity, i.e. Sisyphus.
What is fortitude?
300
This person will perhaps share Mrs. Holmes' alma mater, is a fan of The Luxe and hates A Walk in the Woods.
Who is Sydney?
400
"The Yellow Wallpaper" and "A Rose for Emily" address this as the protagonists' motivation is derived from their alleged antagonists.
What is subordinate role of women in relationships.
400
This is another word for extended metaphor, i.e. comparing two kings competing for power to two buckets in a well. It can mean "thought" or "idea."
What is conceit?
400
This refers to a spirited and original person, much like Viola.
What is audacious?
400
This references overbearing pride or presumption, i.e. Winston or Macbeth.
What is hubris?
400
Aspires to be an ESPN broadcaster on day and appreciates Atticus Finch.
Who is Delaney?
500
This motif represents truth in the novel and is also thought to illuminate human error.
What is the light? (Anthem)
500
Rhetorical device that inverts traditional word order, i.e. "never his mind on where he was" or " sure I am of this."
What is inversion or anastrophe?
500
To be full of servile compliance, like the proles are to Big Brother.
What is obsequious?
500
Perceiving the significance of events before they occur, i.e. Equality 7-2521 and his discovery.
What is prescience?
500
Recently ate a chunk of chocolate off the floor.
Who is D.J?