Simulacrum:
1. a slight, unreal or superficial likeness or semblance
2. an effigy, image, or representation
Example: The view of graduation as the start of freedom is merely a simulacrum. Apocryphal:
1. of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true (spurious, fictitious) Venal:
1. open to bribery, corruptable
- Background Info: to sell--Venus...sell oneself
- Venereal: STD...
- Venial: pardonable, something to be excused Gambit:
1. an opening in which a player makes a sacrifice for the sake of some compensating advantage.
2. a device, action, or opening remark, typically one entailing a degree of risk, that is calculated to gain an advantage.
Katherine Mansfield's short story, The Fly, took matters into hand that most people wouldn't dare to. Although the length was short, the depth of this story carried a great amount of meaning. When the boss dropped the blobs of ink on the fly, it was as if the fly had given itself as a gambit--having none other than its own body to sacrifice. However, it was merely an apocryphal attempt. The fly's end was not so pretty. So weak and helpless, slowly it stopped all movement. Some may think that The Fly has no true meaning or purpose in the story plot. However, the boss's comment on the fly's bravery and courage leads the reader to realize the moral lesson taught through the story. Inveterate:
1. having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change
- veteran: a person who has a long experience in a particular field Pinguid:
1. fat, oily
The pinguid dinner left Mary feeling sick all night. Teleological:
1. relating to the teleology--the explanation of phenomena by the purpose they serve rather than by postulated causes.
2. relating to the doctrine that final causes exist.
3. relating to the doctrine of design and purpose in the material world.
- there is purpose in nature and the way that the world is moving. everything is moving towards some DEFINITE ending.
What stories have followed this pattern?
- The Matrix - the chosen one, Neo.
- Knowing ( movie with Nicholas Cage)
- "Wrong Number" Sophism:
1. a fallacious argument, especially one used to deliberately deceive.
When the author of Tlön discusses the nine coins, and the X, Y, and Z, it creates a sophism of whether or not these objects are really present and we are trying to find something real. Endemic:
1. (of a disease or condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area
- Endemic in most societies today, restricted views on proper teachings at schools influence the learning of children.
- Some teachers may take gambit to allow their students to receive the undisguised information based on sexuality in stories. Inculcate:
1. instill (an attitude, idea, or habit) by persistent instruction Castration:
1. act of removing the testicles of -- a man or male animal whose testicles have been removed
2. deprive of power, vitality, or vigor
- castration anxiety: idea invented by Sigmund Freud that posits a deep-seated fear or anxiety in boys and men said to originate during the phallic stage of sexual development.
From the essay, when the boy sees his mother as 'lacking', the boy gets a sense of castration. He sees his mother not as having a different part, but lacking the part he has. In the process of development, the boy experiences castration anxiety as he questions the reasons for being different. This Freudian idea was a reminder of how men saw women. Therefore, it is important to inculcate the fact that men and women will experience different changes and value things differently. Epicurean:
1. a disciple or student of the Greek philosopher Epicurus
2. a person devoted to sensual enjoyment, especially that derived from fine food and drink Iniquity:
1. immortal or grossly unfair behavior Diaphanous:
1. light, delicate, and translucent (especially of fabric) Rapacious:
1. aggressively greedy of grasping Veneration:
1. regard with great respect; revere Mizzen:
1. the mast aft of a ship's mainmast
2. the lowest sail on a mizzenmast Varnished:
1. applied with gloss (like on wood)
2. 'varnished truth' - hidden Sepulcher:
1. a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried. Emissary:
1. a person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative.
In Marlow's story, Kurtz is mentioned as the emissary. Cipher:
1. a secret or disguised way of writing; a code
Semester 1 Vocabulary
Simulacrum:
1. a slight, unreal or superficial likeness or semblance
2. an effigy, image, or representation
Example: The view of graduation as the start of freedom is merely a simulacrum.
Apocryphal:
1. of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true (spurious, fictitious)
Venal:
1. open to bribery, corruptable
- Background Info: to sell--Venus...sell oneself
- Venereal: STD...
- Venial: pardonable, something to be excused
Gambit:
1. an opening in which a player makes a sacrifice for the sake of some compensating advantage.
2. a device, action, or opening remark, typically one entailing a degree of risk, that is calculated to gain an advantage.
Katherine Mansfield's short story, The Fly, took matters into hand that most people wouldn't dare to. Although the length was short, the depth of this story carried a great amount of meaning. When the boss dropped the blobs of ink on the fly, it was as if the fly had given itself as a gambit--having none other than its own body to sacrifice. However, it was merely an apocryphal attempt. The fly's end was not so pretty. So weak and helpless, slowly it stopped all movement. Some may think that The Fly has no true meaning or purpose in the story plot. However, the boss's comment on the fly's bravery and courage leads the reader to realize the moral lesson taught through the story.
Inveterate:
1. having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change
- veteran: a person who has a long experience in a particular field
Pinguid:
1. fat, oily
The pinguid dinner left Mary feeling sick all night.
Teleological:
1. relating to the teleology--the explanation of phenomena by the purpose they serve rather than by postulated causes.
2. relating to the doctrine that final causes exist.
3. relating to the doctrine of design and purpose in the material world.
- there is purpose in nature and the way that the world is moving. everything is moving towards some DEFINITE ending.
What stories have followed this pattern?
- The Matrix - the chosen one, Neo.
- Knowing ( movie with Nicholas Cage)
- "Wrong Number"
Sophism:
1. a fallacious argument, especially one used to deliberately deceive.
When the author of Tlön discusses the nine coins, and the X, Y, and Z, it creates a sophism of whether or not these objects are really present and we are trying to find something real.
Endemic:
1. (of a disease or condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area
- Endemic in most societies today, restricted views on proper teachings at schools influence the learning of children.
- Some teachers may take gambit to allow their students to receive the undisguised information based on sexuality in stories.
Inculcate:
1. instill (an attitude, idea, or habit) by persistent instruction
Castration:
1. act of removing the testicles of -- a man or male animal whose testicles have been removed
2. deprive of power, vitality, or vigor
- castration anxiety: idea invented by Sigmund Freud that posits a deep-seated fear or anxiety in boys and men said to originate during the phallic stage of sexual development.
From the essay, when the boy sees his mother as 'lacking', the boy gets a sense of castration. He sees his mother not as having a different part, but lacking the part he has. In the process of development, the boy experiences castration anxiety as he questions the reasons for being different. This Freudian idea was a reminder of how men saw women. Therefore, it is important to inculcate the fact that men and women will experience different changes and value things differently.
Epicurean:
1. a disciple or student of the Greek philosopher Epicurus
2. a person devoted to sensual enjoyment, especially that derived from fine food and drink
Iniquity:
1. immortal or grossly unfair behavior
Diaphanous:
1. light, delicate, and translucent (especially of fabric)
Rapacious:
1. aggressively greedy of grasping
Veneration:
1. regard with great respect; revere
Mizzen:
1. the mast aft of a ship's mainmast
2. the lowest sail on a mizzenmast
Varnished:
1. applied with gloss (like on wood)
2. 'varnished truth' - hidden
Sepulcher:
1. a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried.
Emissary:
1. a person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative.
In Marlow's story, Kurtz is mentioned as the emissary.
Cipher:
1. a secret or disguised way of writing; a code