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Poe and the 19th century -life was very dark, mom died, father left. -got kicked out of college. -Frankenstine, a gothic play came out in Poes childhood. Impotunate insistent Munificent generous Equivical having more than one interpretation Appellation nme or title Specious seeming to be good or sound without actually being so Anomalous abnormal Sentience capactiy of feeling Feminist Criticism When sexual stereotypes are explored Connotation beyond the dictionary meaning Denotation Dictionary meaning of a word Marxist Criticism When we explore how society is socially construceted Direct characterzation When author says something directly about the character "She is fat" Indirect characterization not direct about character "she ate a lot" Apostophe when a character talks to an absent person Capitalism ownership Jazz Age post WWI, Great depression. people partied and spent money to get away from their difficult lives Feign pretend, act, decieve Supercilious scornful or dissapproving Wan pale, lack of color Complaent pleased with one self, confident, smug Intimation make known, imply, hint Contigous be in physical contact, adjacent, next to Facet distinict element Cower to crouch in fear, cringe, hide Languid lacking in spirit or interest, lazy Strident harsh shrill or sound, noisy Permeate pass through every part, saturate Vehement strongly emotional, passionate Impetuous characterized by sudden action, impulsive, eager Vacuous lacking intelligence Corpulent to be large or bulky Fluctuate changing continually Sporadic happening at irregular intervals Elict to bring out Somnambulatory to be in sleep like condition Jaunty lively, spirited Rout formal evening, social gathering Reproach object of scorn, fault, blame Obstinate not easily controlled Hulking to appear large or bulky Nebulous hazy, cloudy, unclear Laudable praisworthy, commendable Insidious spreading harmfully, dangerous Antecedent history of someones life Elusive hard to explain Tentative uncertain, hesitant Tumult noisy commotion, disturbance Portentous alarming, significant Rancor hatred 19th Century Vocab