Across
- 3. hero enters the unknown and passes the first threshold – no turning back
- 6. the hero must leave this first world at the start of a text
- 7. this river separates the world of the living from the Underworld in mythology
- 8. Pearl makes an A out of this
- 10. a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and also stands for something more than itself
- 13. Pearl receives this gift before a change of fortune at the end of TSL
- 16. theme: hiding flaws to protect one’s reputation destroys one’s
- 17. “A reader’s only obligation, it seems to me, is to the ___. We can’t interrogate the writer as to intentions…”
- 19. the color red in the last sentence of TSL
- 23. opponent who struggles against protagonist
- 24. appearance of being true/real
- 25. morality, punishes behavior through guilt
- 30. voluntary self-punishment inflicted as an outward expression of repentance
- 31. responsible for idea of suspension of disbelief
- 34. common archetypal structure present in literature, identified by Joseph Campbell
- 38. lens used to analyze literary text
- 40. “’Beatrice,’ asked he, abruptly, ‘whence came this ___?’”
- 43. Dante’s spiritual guide whose name means “she who brings bliss”
- 44. “to put in his plea of guilty at the bar of Eternal ___”
Down
- 1. story in which details stand for abstract ideas/qualities
- 2. this character shrieks in TSL
- 4. the color black in the last sentence of TSL
- 5. introduced notion of intertextuality
- 9. assessing a person’s character from their outward appearance
- 11. shaping of a text’s meaning by another text
- 12. figure of speech predicated on incredible exaggeration
- 14. in literature, birds such as the Phoenix represent
- 15. figure that aids/assists hero throughout journey
- 18. physical or symbolic treasure/lesson hero brings upon returning from adventure
- 20. a symbol that has many meanings
- 21. reference to someone/something that is known from history, lit, religion, politics
- 22. protagonist of TSL
- 26. Hester’s daughter in TSL
- 27. synonym for pain, present in middle of PROTAGONIST and ANTAGONIST
- 28. this color is associated with sun, warmth, love, blood, and sin in TSL
- 29. drinking from this river causes forgetfulness in mythology
- 32. primitive desires, instincts, governed by pleasure principle
- 33. atmosphere created by a writer’s diction and selection of details
- 35. “’Rappaccini! Rappaccini! and is THIS the upshot of your ___!’”
- 36. Marxist approach to literature is an ___ approach
- 37. this color is associated with the night, secrecy, and magic in TSL
- 39. this character is presented as a witch in TSL
- 41. student who spends his time admiring garden of Signor Rappaccini/his daughter
- 42. “The devil, as the old saying goes, can quote ___. So can writers. Even those who don't live within the Judeo-Christian tradition.”