EnglishShortStoryKeyPointsAndTerms Flashcards
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The Horla
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Narrator tells of his gradual progress to insanity because he believes he is being inhabited by the Horla, that came from a Brazillian ship. He burns down his house, but decides the creature has lived and that he must kill himself.
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Gooseberries
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Signs and Symbols
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The Gardener
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The Gardner at the end of the story who shows Helen Turrel to her son may be a biblical reference to Jesus
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The Elephant’s Child
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The Signalman
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A Hunger Artist
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Eveline
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Indian Camp
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In Another Country
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Use of Force
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You Could Look It Up
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A Worn Path
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A Rose for Emily
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A Good Man is Hard to Find
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A Perfect Day for Bananafish
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A Mother’s Tale
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Sonny’s Blues
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A&P
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Reunion
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Harrison Bergeron
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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
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Drez is the drink
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Girl
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I Stand Here Ironing
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The Things They Carried
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allegory
an extended metaphor that connects the story with meanings (moral, social, religious, political) outside the story
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principle of utility
the action is best which, if done, would result in the greatest balance of pleasure over pain for the greatest number of beings whose interest is in question
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code hero
couragous, confident, calm; don't show their sensitive side; fear nonbeing; face defeat in their own terms; usually scarred by experience
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iceberg principle
removing certain parts of a story actually strengthens its effects
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Necrophilia
obsessive fascination with corpses and death; sexual arousal relating to corpses
