| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Behind a Mask was written by | Louisa May Alcott |
| Structure of Behind a Mask | 9 chapters |
| Themes in Behind a Mask | Victim role victim feminization Theory women put of a pedastal,desire, Masks |
| Point of view in Behind a Mask | objective third person |
| Northanger Abbey was written by | Jane Austen |
| Exposition of Northanger Abbey | she wasnt born a heroine goes to bath with the Allens, she is coming into society |
| Themes of Northanger Abbey | Her journey,bildungsroman,you can learn from novels but you have to remember they just stories |
| Conflict of Northanger Abbey | she has a big immagination,john thorpe,connect/disconnect with mr. tilney |
| climax of Northanger Abbey | Her journey home alone, Mr. Tilney proposes |
| Resolution of Northanger Abbey | everything is settled and she enter society married |
| Ligeia was by | Edgar Allan Poe |
| Allegory of Ligeia | if you love someone so much the memory of them can conquer the grave |
| Themes of Ligeia | Conquering Death love never dies destructive power of obsessive longing |
| Masque of the Red Death was by | Edgar Allan Poe |
| Allegory of Masque of the Red Death | no matter your status you cant run from death |
| Themes of Masque of the Red Death | Cant escape death |
| Young Goodman Brown was by | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| Allegory of Young Goodman Brown | Man is always drawn to evil, Discover everyone is evil |
| Themes of Young Goodman Brown | Puritan strict moral code overemphasis of sinfulness of humankind |
| Jean-ah Poquelin was by | George Washington Cable |
| Allegor of Jean ah poquelin | your sin is paid for by someone you love |
| Themes of jean ah poquelin | swamp/marsh symbolic of the barrier between society and his brother Decay of house=dying of old way of life |
| A Rose for Emily was by | William Faulkner |
| Allegor of a rose for Emily | North and South relations, Patriarchal rebellion |
| Themes of a Rose for Emily | Denial of time, flashbacks, rewrite civil war |
| A Goodman is Hard to Find was by | Flannery O'connor |
| Allegory of a good man is hard to find | facing death shows who you really are |
| Themes of a good man is hard to find | religion, original sin |
| Where Are You Going Where Have You Been is by | Joyce Carol Oates |
| Allegory of WAYGWHYB | Cautionary tale, feminist allegory, psychological realism |
| Themes of WAYGWHYB | buildungsroman mondern day fairy tale, sexual victimization of women |
| Southern Gothic | address declin of old south,often tragic and colorful,funny |
| Characteristics of a Short Story | less complex,single plot, one setting,less characters, abrupt ending |
| Dramatic Irony | Words and actions have different meanings for characters and readers, readers know what is going on but character doesnt |
| Symbolism | Person,object, action, place or event that in addition to its literal or denotative meaning |
| Grotesque | Characters display repulsive behavior make them interesting, mental diseases supernatural elements |
| Situational Irony | Out come very different that expected ex Fight Club |
| Verybal Irony | say something but mean something different |
| Simile | a comparison using like or as |
| Female Gothic | women have no agency no wheels no way to move, Daddys house daddys car |
| Bildungroman | coming of age book journey Katherine in Northanger Abbey |
| Discourse Indirect | Has narrartion fueling conversation no quotes |
| Gothic Parody | a form of satirical critism or comic mockery that imatates the style and manners |
| Allegory | extended metaphor of a story with characters, complete narrative that gets to the point, Denial of Time |
| Antagonist | opposes the protagonists helps cause conflict |
| Character Protagonist | the hero main character |
| Foil | a charcter who serves to contrast w/another character |
| Flat Character | usually minor characters who are barely developed or may be sterotypes |
| Round Charcter | Usually main charcters and are fully developed so that the reader can understand their personality and motivation |
| Charcter | Fictional representation of a person |
| Discourse Direct | Speech in quote and conversation |
| Metaphor | A comparrison without using the words like or as |
| Narrator | the perspective which a story is told |
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