Theme
Central idea which gives the story meaning; it is the interpretation of events (plot) and persons (characters) in the story from which we learn some truths of human experience
Verbal irony
Saying the opposite of what is meant
Dramatic irony
Contrasting what a character says and what a reader or audience knows to be true
Irony of situation
Presenting a discrepancy between appearance and reality or between expectation and fulfillment
Satire
Ridicule of human folly or vice with the purpose of correcting it
Tone
Manner in which the writer deals with with his subject and the general effect it is said to have on his audience
Allegory
Narrative or description in which the characters, places and other items are symbols
Sunshine refers to a time of prosperity; frost refers to a time if difficulty; storm refers to a time of trials and calm refers to a time of peace
in after St. Augustine what do sunshine, frost, storm, and calm symbolize
whom did Thomas a Kempis believe we should imitate?
Christ
According to a Kempis what is the highest wisdom
to despise the world and aim agh the kingdom of heaven
What are the 6 vanities mentioned in the imitation of Christ
To seek perishable riches and to rely on them. To pursue honors and raise yourself to high dignity. To follow the lusts of the flesh and to desire what will bring grievous punishment. To wish for a long life and care little about a good life. To attend on
According to brother Lawrence, what is the most excellent method of going to God?
Doing our common business without any view of pleasing men, and purely for the love of God
What did brother Lawrence believe that is "the end we aught to purpose to ourselves" to become in this life?
The most perfect worshipers of God we can possibly be, as we hope to be through all eternity
How did brother Lawrence think a Christian should react to the trails and temptations which come from men?
The Christian should submit himself to them and bear them as long as God pleases recognizing them as things highly advantageous to us
What are the three words of strength in Freidrich von Schillers poem
Hope faith love
What does the word excelsior mean?
Still higher, ever upward
In the poem excelsior what were the situations that might have kept the youth from continuing up the mountain?
1.) the sight of warm and comfortable homes
2.) an old mans warning of a storm
3.) a maidens love
4.) a peasants warning of an avalanche
5.) the prayers of monks
Did the youth accomplish his goal of going still higher
yes he apparently reached his goal in heaven after he died
Who taught Ernest about the great stone face
his mother
what was the prophesy regarding the great stone face
a child would be born that would become the greatest and noblest of his time and that in man hood he would resemble the great stone face
who was the first person thought to resemble the great stone face
Mr. Gathergold
what happened to him?
he lost his wealth an died in obscurity
who was the second person thought to fufill the prophesy
old blood and thunder
who was the third person thought to fulfill the prophesy
old stoney phiz
why was old phiz the saddest of all ernest's disappointments?
the man did resemble the FACE but lacked the "high purpose" necessary for an exact resemblance
who declared ernest most resembled the stoney face?
the poet
according to ''deserve it'' what does one have to do to "gain a name''
deserve it
what consolation does the poet give to those who work hard but are not recognized for it
God sees our work
what is the theme of work
to view work as a blessing form God
what do the gessler brothers do for a living
make boots
what is so extraordinary about the boots they made
exceptionally well made and lasted a long time
what happened to the gessler bros. business
they lost customers because they wouldnt modernize and hire workers. couldnt keep up with the other businesses and worked themselves to death
what is the theme of "The Elixir
love for God is an elixir that can make the smallest tasks meaningful
what did jimmy valentine change his name to?
Ralph Spencer
why did jimmy valentine decide to become an honest man?
he saw Annabelle Adams on the street and fell in love
who was the imminent detective tracking valentine
ben price
what job did ralph spencer have in elmore
he owned a shoe store
what was in valentine's suitcase
a set of specialty burglars tools
In "in mY fathers hands" what had the father never learned to do
Read and write
How did the father die
Had heart attack and couldn't get into the child proof bottle that had medicine in it
What did the author place in his fathers coffin
Pocket Dict. And a gold pen set
According to Pleasures of knowledge what is better than riches
Knowledge
The miracle of genius is actually what
Labor
Much Afraid's 2 physical defects
Crooked mouth and crooked feet
Family that much afraid belonged to
Fearings
Why did much afraid want hinds feet
So that she could go to the high places
What did the shepherd plant in much Afraid's heart
The seed of love
What kept much afraid from answering the shepherds call
Her fearing relatives
Where odd much afraid find the shepherd eating for her
The trysting place
OF THE IMITATION OF CHRIST
If you would understand christ's words fully and taste them truly you must strive to form your whole life after his pattern
THREE WORDS OF STRENGTH
Thus grave these lessons on the soul,
Hope, faith, and love and thou shalt find
Strength when life's surges rudest roll,
Light when thou else wert blind
DESERVE IT
If fortunes smile so faintly beam
That you can scarce preserve it,
Remember there is one above,
Who knows that you deserve it!
WORK
This is my work my blessing not my doom:
Of all who live I am the only one by whom
This work can best be done the right way
The elixir
Teach me my god and king
In all thing thee to see
And what I do in anything
To do it as for thee
The Great stone face
Ernest - protagonist, mr. Gathergold merchant, old blood and thunder general, Old Stoney phiz statesman
Quality
Mr gessler
A revered reformation
Jimmy valentine bank robber changes name to Ralph spencer after falling in love with bank managers daughter
Ben price eminent detective tracks valentine but allows him to go free
Hinds feet on high places
Mercy and peace - much Afraid's friends and fellow workers
Mrs. Dismal Forebodings - Afraid's aunt that raised her
Craven Fear - cousin if the Fearings arranged to marry much afraid
Gloomy and spiteful - fearing cousins
Mrs. Valiant Afraid's neighbor resc
Of the imitation if Christ
Thomas � Kempis
Occupation of Thomas � Kempis
Monk
The practice of the presence of God
Brother Lawrence
Three Words of Strength
Freidrich Von Schiller
Greatest of all German dramatists
Freidrich Von Schiller
Excelsior
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Most popular American poet of the 1800s
Longfellow
Only American to have bust in Westminster abbeys poets corner
Longfellow
Great stone face
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Where was Hawthorne born
Salem, Massachusetts
Century of Hawthorne
19th
House of the the seven gables and the scarlet letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Work
Henry van dike
The elixir
George Herbert