Students’ Questions about Literature Page 19

The novel has been praised for its realism, and its psychological depth.

Dante’s Inferno is a poem about Dante’s journey through Hell. He encounters many different punishments and torments along the way.

Polly has a mental breakdown and is committed to a psychiatric hospital. While there, she becomes severely depressed and stops taking care of herself. Her face becomes gaunt and sunken as a result.

The House of Mirth is a novel by Edith Wharton. It tells the story of Lily Bart, a young woman from a good family who is trying to find a wealthy husband.

Before becoming President of the United States, Andrew Jackson was a planter and a lawyer.

The author’s perspective in writing the diary of a young girl is best described as candid and introspective.

Tonya and Sasha both die in the end.

Hermes is the Greek god of commerce, invention, cunning, and theft. He is also the messenger of the gods and the patron of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them.

The term stress was first coined by Hans Selye in 1936. Selye defined stress as “the non-specific response of the body to any demand for change.”

A motif is a recurring idea, image, or symbol in a work of literature. It often serves as a means of conveying the author’s central message or theme.