Students’ Questions about Literature Page 27

Saturn was a god of agriculture, fertility and harvest in ancient Roman religion and myth. He was also the father of Jupiter, Juno, Pluto, Neptune, and Ceres.

Greek mythology is a large part of the culture of many countries. It is also a significant part of the history of the Western world.

In literature, juxtaposition is the technique of placing two contrasting elements side by side in order to highlight their differences.

Loki is a god of mischief and chaos in Norse mythology. He is the son of Odin and the giantess Angrboda.

Gatsby represents the American Dream because he is a self-made man who came from a poor background and managed to become extremely wealthy.

Atlas was a Titan who was tasked with holding up the sky. He was also the father of the Pleiades.

A hyperbole is an exaggeration of speech or writing for emphasis or effect.

In Greek mythology, Venus was the goddess of love, beauty, sex, fertility, and prosperity. She was the Roman counterpart to the Greek Aphrodite.

The parody in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 is that the speaker is not in love with the woman he is describing. He is instead making fun of the idea of love and those who are in love.

Suspense is a feeling of excitement or anxiety about what is going to happen. In literature, suspense is created when the reader does not know what is going to happen next.