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21 Cards in this Set
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What was the literature like in the 19th century?
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it was characterized by the quest of the individual to define him/herself
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describe romanticism
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artistic movement
not necessarily written about love imagination over reason intuition over fact nature |
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from what point of view was the devil and tom walker told
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an omniscient point of view
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describe an omniscient point of view
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narrator outside of the action
details, thoughts, feelings of all characters presents conflicts from different angles |
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mood
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feeling, emotional state or disposition of mind
illustrated through specification, description, setting and characterization |
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direct characterization
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spoken, explicitly stated
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indirect characterization
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you infer, make conclusions
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setting of tom walker story
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boston 1727
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what are the views on money in the town?
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corrupt
if you had $ you did business with devil |
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was tom thankful for the death of his wife?
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yes
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what was the deal that tom walker made with the devil?
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tom makes people lose money (userer) and the money goes to the devil and then tom gives the devil his soul
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why does tom start to go to church obsessively and carry around a bible
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he thinks that if he does this then he will be forgiven
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describe gothic literature
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story set in bleak or remote places
plot involves the macabre (death & horror) or violence supernatural of other worldly element is often present \ |
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why would poe include a poem in the middle of the story
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style
foreshadowing further describe events in the story |
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what did nathaniel hawthorne believe
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evil is a dominant force in the world
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what does nathaniel hawthorne's fiction like
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expresses a gloomy vision of human affairs
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what is the topic of mr hoopers sermon on the first day
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secret sin and secret mysteries that we hide
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what is the black veil a symbol of?
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the secret sins and mysteries that people hide
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parable
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simple, brief story that teaches a moral lesson
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allegory
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has both literal and symbolic meaning
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symbol
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something that has meaning in itself while also standing for something greater
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