The Crucible
Type of irony when the audience knows more than the characters
The reason Hamlet doesn't kill Claudius directly after the play performance
Claudius is praying and attempting to repent his sins.
The novel as a frame narrative
Nick telling the reader the story of his summer/Jay Gatsby
Description of Romantic Literature
Answers may vary.
Imaginative, creative, escape from reality, supernatural
3 characteristics of literature during the Realism Period
Realistic, portrays harsh reality, middle or lower class, portrays current problems in society or ethical issues, diction is simple
The allegory of The Crucible
The Salem Witch Trials (1692) paralleling the events of McCarthyism (1950s)
The subject of Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy
Suicide
The study, discussion, evaluation and interpretation of literature using a specific theory.
Critical theory
Three elements of Dark Romanticism
Answers may vary: Rundown/creepy settings, insane/dead/dying characters, supernatural or gothic
Author's Purpose (definition and the three reasons why authors write a story)
*the message or lesson the author is trying to convey
*to inform, entertain or persuade
The most dynamic character (character who undergoes a complete change)
Reverend Hale
An example of the theme of deception in Hamlet
Answers may vary...
*Hamlet isn't really crazy
*spying on various characters
*Claudius "upset" over the King's death
*the duel at the end
The theory that would evaluate the economic and social/class structures in The Great Gatsby
Marxist Criticism
Three ways to characterize a character
1. Directly from the character
2. Other characters
3. The narrator
Point of View in "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
Third Person Limited (through Peyton's view)
Prior to hanging, the meaning of Proctor saying, "I see some shred of goodness in Proctor now. Not enough to weave a banner with, but white enough to keep it from such dogs."
He is already a sinner of adultery but perhaps dying an honest man will gain some forgiveness to his soul.
Hamlet's epiphany in act IV
Fortinbras' mission to go to battle for an insignificant piece of land inspires Hamlet to avenge his father's death immediately.
The climax of The Great Gatsby
When Gatsby is shot and killed
Evoking emotion from the reader, otherwise known as the atmosphere in a story
Mood
In "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," the point Peyton's dream begins
the rope breaking
John Proctor as a tragic hero
Tragic flaw led him to his downfall
Adultery>>>Hanging
The definition and explanation of Hamlet's foil
*a character who contrasts a primary character in order to highlight qualities of the protagonist/a main character
*Fortinbras or Laertes
Explanation of Gatsby as a cautionary tale
*warned to give up on Daisy
*ignores warning
*is eventually murdered
Three similiarities between the gothic protagonists, Emily and Roderick
Answers may vary.
Trouble letting go of loved ones, suggested incest, murdered someone they loved, rundown homes, insanity, lived isolated lives, kept dead bodies at their home, etc
Frederick Douglass' (author's) purpose for writing Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
to expose the cruel circumstances of slavery in hopes to completely abolish slavery