ENG364Y1 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Slavery, Stereotype, Spanish Language
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Belladonna: deadly nightshade; used in witchcraft; women used it to dilate pupils. 1866: gave meaning to the civil war -> end of slavery. Trains: symbol of modernity; goods/people being moved. Books could be moved -> literary market place. Middle class could not access them more easily. Authors being known outside of us (needed presence in europe) Many people put money into the railroad; ripped off the government. After the civil war, the railroads had to be rebuilt (symbol of modernity becomes ambivalent) Forwards backwards motion (starts in pittsburg - jumps in front of pennsylvania line which goes backwards) All about money (the threat to paul"s idealistic life) Cordelia street: refer to cordelia in shakespeare (not a good fate) Representation of his misery; doesn"t want to be like everyone else on the street. Stories of wealth and excess come from robber bearings. Desire from wealth and privilege derive from somewhere. Physiological cases on mental patients being tested on.
