Final Flashcards
a state controlled by a government that derives its authority directly from a religion
Theocracy
Protestants do not recognize _________
the authority of the Pope
Predestination
people are already chosen by God. Thus, people are shown signs of this predestination throughout their lives
Why were Puritans among the most literate societies in the world?
Their culture being book-centric (bible), they had to be a literate group. They also founded several colleges
Women were thought to read
When does the Crucible take place?
1692-1693
Who came up with the term “Cold War”
George Orwell
McCarthyism
1) publicizing accusations of disloyalty & 2) unfair methods of investigation and accusation
House Un-American Activities Committee
Investigated accusations of communism
What is a “fellow traveler”
Someone who follows communist ideology but is not a member of the party
Hollywood Blacklist
The ban of people in Hollywood suspected of being a part of the communist party
“figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another”
Allegory
What year was The Crucible published?
1953
What goes unpunished in The Crucible
Greed
The three branches of government and their equivalent in The Crucible’s court
1) Judicial
2) Executive
3) Legislative
- Danforth, Hawthorn, and Hale/Parris
Who does Putnam accuse in order to gain more land?
George Jacobs
When was Balconville first performed?
1979
Where does Balconville take place?
Pointe-Saint-Charles
What term, coined by Hugh MacLennan, refers to the separation between French and English Canadians?
Two Solitudes
When did MeToo start and when did it take off?
2006
2017
Everything that is not the main text
Peritext
What is it called when fiction comments on itself being fiction?
Metafiction
