elements of lit: allusion and symbol

author: "The Listeners"

author: "Afterglow"

"It was like an earthquake"

"star" and "were"

grew up hearing folktales of India; wrote poems, short stories, and the famous novel Kim

"blood-tinted panes"

author: "maggie and milly and molly and may"

brazen lungs of the clock

symbolized the Red Death

able to discuss deep truth in a simple way; converted to Catholicism and writing reflects biblical values

What is Chesterton's conclusion about virtue?

orphaned at a young age, married his cousin, originated the detective story, and died a mysterious death

Harvard-educated and well versed in the classics, yet created an innovative style of his own

a reference to a person or situation outside of the work itself, often the Bible or mythology

author: "Cupid's Arrows"

author: "A Piece of Chalk"

author: "The Masque of the Red Death"

maggie and milly and molly and may