Ghostly Games
What is a false appearance or deceptive impression of reality
metaphor
What is comparing things without like or as
Virtue
What is behaviour showing high moral standards
Impious
What is showing a lack of respect for God or religion
Showing contempt
What is contemptuous
A supernatural appearance of a person or thing, especially a ghost
What is an apparition
The notion that nature mirrors what happens in society
What is pathetic fallacy
To give or take displeasure or resentment; offence
What is umbrage
Impressive and imposing in appearance or style, especially pretentiously so
What is grandiose
Usurp
What is to seize, take over, or appropriate (land, a throne, etc) without authority
a phenomenon or occurrence regarded as a sign of future happiness or disaster
What is an omen
The poetic device in "A little more than kin, a little less than kind"
Punishment inflicted on oneself as an outward expression of repentance for wrongdoing OR a sacrament in which a member of the Church confesses sins to a priest and is given absolution
What is penance
Obstinate
What is stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so.
to write or speak in an elaborate, overly ornate style/ describes speech or writing that is highly ornate, artificial, and self-consciously elaborate, often to the point of sounding pretentious
What is euphuistic/euphuise
In a place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven OR (adjective) having the quality of cleansing or purifying
What is purgatory
Assonance
What is the repetition of vowel sounds
A person, especially a man, who freely indulges in sensual pleasures without regard to moral principles OR a freethinker (usually in terms of religion)
What is a libertine
Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way
What is pernicious
motivated by wrongful, vicious, or mischievous purposes
What is malicious
An indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous/of momentous or ominous significance
What is Portent/Portentous
Juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in parallel form
What is antithesis, e.g. "To be or not to be"
Haviour
What is the fact of owning or having; possession
Superficially plausible, but actually wrong
What is specious
to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle; to defeat or overcome in argument or debate
What is vanquish