Literature Works 2 Flashcards
In a moment of defiance in this novel, a man places a single cigarette butt on an immaculately-kept tent floor. Many of its characters try to climb Mount Anaka, novel about an invasion of a fictional Pacific island, intentionally uses the euphemism “fug”
The Naked and the Dead
This character goes home from a bar with hopes of learning the foxtrot, dissuading him from killing himself on his 50th birthday. , this character guesses the name of a woman who bears a resemblance to He pays the “small price” of his mind to enter a hall of mirrors behind an entrance labeled “for madmen only.” He stabs Hermine after she bangs the saxophonist Pablo in the Magic Theater. a childhood friend.
Steppenwolf
When a guest is leaving in this story, the protagonist believes that her husband Harry’s lips say “I adore you.” and “Tomorrow”, the main character cries “Oh, what is going to happen now?” when staring at a pear-tree, its description of “dreadfully eternal” tomato soup, “Why be given a body if you have to keep it shut up in a case, like a rare, rare fiddle?”
Bliss
A ferryman in this novel, Vasudeva, instructs the title character to “listen to the river” after he does not find satisfaction with the wandering Samanas and parts ways with his best friend, Govinda. After having a dream in which he throws away a dead songbird, the protagonist of this novel leaves his home and contemplates killing himself by jumping from a coconut tree.
Siddhartha
he protagonist of this novel has an oversized nose that is constantly dripping and marries Parvati the Witch. superpowered people born on midnight of India’s independence, The main character of this novel was switched at birth with Shiva by the nurse Mary Pereira.
Midnight’s Children
rhyming “mock-heroic” poem written by Alexander Pope, The line “what mighty contests rise from trivial things”, The title object is transformed into a constellation at the end of this poem, mock epic about Belinda’s hair
Rape of the Lock
This play’s protagonist prevents his son Cory from playing football and claims that his baseball career failed because he “wasn’t the right color.” At this play’s end, a mentally impaired war veteran unsuccessfully tries to use a broken trumpet to open up heaven
Fences
This novel ends with Maureen running towards a helicopter that could contain “saviors or murderers.” A yellow truck (a bakkie) in this book is covered with thatch to stop it from being noticed by planes, the title character kills a chicken, but his wife scolds him when she finds eggs inside of it
July’s People
the protagonist of this play is followed by a poodle who transforms into a demon. Mephistopheles bargains for a scholar’s soul, this character’s love interest drowns her child and is named Gretchen, a voice from above proclaims “she is redeemed!” before Gretchen dies.
Faust
The fiance of Ham runs off with James Steerforth in this novel, and both of those characters end up drowning in a storm at Yarmouth. The protagonist of this novel is sent to Salem House (raised by Peggoty) after biting the hand of his stepfather, Mr. Murdstone, The title character marries Agnes Wickfield after helping expose the villainous Uriah Heep
David Copperfield
At the end of this play, one character laments that his destiny is “to be thirteenth at table.” A daughter in this play’s “tableau of filial affection,” who is going blind from a hereditary condition, may actually be the child of Hakon Werle. the cynical Relling describes the importance of the “life-lie” for one couple, prompts Hjalmar’s daughter Hedvig to commit suicide.
The Wild Duck
