1. mimesis: is a critical and philosophical term that carries a wide range of meanings, which include imitation, representation, mimicry, receptivity, nonsensuous similarity, the act of resembling, the act of expression, and the presentation of the self.

2.  Ode on a Grecian Urn

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THOU still unravish'd bride of quietness,  
  Thou foster-child of Silence and slow Time,  
Sylvan historian, who canst thus express  
  A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme:  
What leaf-fringed legend haunts about thy shape          5
  Of deities or mortals, or of both,  
    In Tempe or the dales of Arcady?  
  What men or gods are these? What maidens loth?  
What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape?  
    What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy?   10
 
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard  
  Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;  
Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd,  
  Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone:  
Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave   15
  Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare;  
    Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss,  
Though winning near the goal—yet, do not grieve;  
    She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss,  
  For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!   20
 
Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed  
  Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu;  
And, happy melodist, unwearièd,  
  For ever piping songs for ever new;  
More happy love! more happy, happy love!   25
  For ever warm and still to be enjoy'd,  
    For ever panting, and for ever young;  
All breathing human passion far above,  
  That leaves a heart high-sorrowful and cloy'd,  
    A burning forehead, and a parching tongue.   30
 
Who are these coming to the sacrifice?  
  To what green altar, O mysterious priest,  
Lead'st thou that heifer lowing at the skies,  
  And all her silken flanks with garlands drest?  
What little town by river or sea-shore,   35
  Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel,  
    Is emptied of its folk, this pious morn?  
And, little town, thy streets for evermore  
  Will silent be; and not a soul, to tell  
    Why thou art desolate, can e'er return.   40
 
O Attic shape! fair attitude! with brede  
  Of marble men and maidens overwrought,  
With forest branches and the trodden weed;  
  Thou, silent form! dost tease us out of thought  
As doth eternity: Cold Pastoral!   45
  When old age shall this generation waste,  
    Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe  
  Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st,  
'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all  
    Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.'

 3. Bartleby, the Scrivener is a short story by the American writer Herman Melville.

 

 

4. Didacticism is a philosophy that emphasizes instructional and informative qualities in literature and other types of art. The term has its origin in the Ancient Greek word διδακτικός (didaktikos), "related to education and teaching", and signified learning in a fascinating and intriguing manner.

 

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6. Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen. The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of the British Regency .

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7. Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, to "encourage the creation and distribution of ebooks". It is the oldest digital library. Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of public domain books. The project tries to make these as free as possible, in long-lasting, open formats that can be used on almost any computer. 

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8. Easter, also called Paschr, or Resurrection Sunday, is a festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

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9. assets-liabilities=equity

10. irony

    Verbal irony--what's said is not what's meant.

    Situational irony--what happens is the opposite of what's expected or desired.

    dramatic irony--readers know things that characters do not. We're "in the know."

    cosmic irony--bad things happen to good people

11. exemplary:worthy of imitation

    e.g. He demanded exemplary sentences for those behind the violence.

12. irreproachable: free of guilt; not subject to blame

    e.g. It emerged that her past behaviour was far from irreproachable.

13. asperity: something hard to endure

    e.g. He spoke to the boy with asperity.

14. high profile: a position attracting much attention and publicity

    e.g.  Football is a high profile business.

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