In class we are finishing up the presentations on this Romantic novel.
Tomorrow is the final assessment. If you have been reading, it's very easy.
Symbols you should know for the test: Divine Maternity, Tongue of Flame (reference to the Holy Ghost), the story of David and Bathsheba, the story of the beheading of St. John the Baptist (The biblical account portrays the beheading of Saint John the Baptist by Herod. According to the Synoptic Gospels, Herod had imprisoned John because he reproved Herod for divorcing his wife Herodias and unlawfully taking the wife of his brother. On Herod's birthday, Herodias' daughter Salome danced before the king and his guests. Her dancing pleased Herod so much that in his drunkenness he promised to give her anything she desired, up to half of his kingdom. When the daughter asked her mother what she should request, she was told to ask for the head of John the Baptist on a platter. Although Herod was appalled by the request, he reluctantly agreed and had John executed in the prison.), a ruff, stigmata, scaffold, Lord of Misrule, rack, the meteor within the story and self-flagellation or scorging.
Be prepared to give three instances that support the theme of alienation,
appearance versus reality
breaking society's rules
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