Morals and Themes
Discovering the most important things in life like courage, wisdom and a good heart are already within you, not something you need to seek from outside sources, is a moral coupled with the theme of Good vs. Evil in this tale of a farm girl and her three companions quest to destroy a witch.
What is the Wizard of Oz?
Sometimes the protagonist can be more than one, like this brother and sister who take down a cannibalistic witch.
Who are Hansel and Gretal?
The conclusion of the story by the resolving of conflicts between characters. The resolution is the final literary stage in a story's plot structure.
With venom that can kill a human in just 15 minutes, this arachnid is known for its aggressive nature and funnel spun webs.
What is the Sidney Funnel Web Spider?
Considered the ultimate status symbol, this text message alert system displayed just the phone number of the contact person – because sometimes, you just needed to know someone was trying to reach you ASAP.
What is a Pager/Beeper?
The moral that true beauty is found within, not just in outward appearance is coupled with the theme of love in this fairy tale of a hideously cursed prince falling for a village maiden.
What is Beauty and the Beast?
This sidekick has to constantly remind everyone they need the conch to speak.
Who is Piggy?
The section of the plot leading up to the climax, in which the tension stemming from the story's central conflict grows through successive plot developments.
What is the Rising Action?
Due to the rapidity of onset of symptoms; confusion, agitation, unconsciousness with respiratory failure and/or cardiac arrest, immediate first-aid is vital if stung by this sea animal.
What is the Box Jelly Fish?
The pinnacle of portable music technology – until you hit a bump and your cassette tape turned into a tangled mess.
What is a Walkman?
Shown the punishment inflicted on the bad by Virgil, this character learns the importance of moral understanding and redemption, one of many themes found in this poem.
What is Dante's Inferno?
While his actions and decisions can sometimes be seen as antagonistic, especially in his pursuit of Bella, he is not the main antagonist but rather a secondary character in this love triangle.
Who is Jacob?
It is the point where all conflicts have been resolved and leave the reader with closure.
What is the Dénouement?
Able to hold their breath for up to an hour by reducing their heart rate to just 2-3 beats per minute, these reptiles known as "salties" are the perfect predators and possibly deadlier than their American cousins.
What are Saltwater Crocodiles?
Saving files meant choosing between the 3.5-inch or the larger, more elusive 5.25-inch variety. And don’t even get me started on the dreaded “Disk Read Error.”
What is a Floppy Disk?
While Charlotte's Web combines themes of friendship and love, its moral tells us that this one thing is inevitable for all living things.
What is Death?
Pluto acts as a catalyst for the narrators descent into madness and violence, ultimately leading to his downfall, making him this character in Edgar Allen Poe's The Black Cat.
What is an Antagonist?
The point in the narrative where the tension, excitement, or stakes reach the highest level.
What is the Climax?
While most cephalopods are curious and docile, this breed is known to bite and inject enough poison to kill in minutes. When threatened, its electric-blue rings glow.
What is the Blue Ringed Octopus?
The original email attachment system – because why send an email when you can print it out and send it through a noisy machine?
What is a Fax Machine?
Themes of prejudice, stereotypes and the impacts of bias, on individuals and society are coupled with the morals of embracing individuality and fighting against discrimination are front and center for a rabbit cop in a personification style metropolis.
What is Zootopia?
This personification character can detect a person in another kingdom if you ask it the right questions.
What is the Magic Mirror?
Introduces the key background information of a narrative. Often this includes things such as biographical information about a main character or distinguishing features of a setting.
What is the Exposition?
Australia has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world due to the rays from this; something seen all over the world except for 30 days in Alaska.
What is the Sun?
The Google of yesteryear, housed in massive volumes from A to Z that doubled as makeshift stepping stools for reaching the top shelf.
What are Encyclopedias?