english- great expectations

prose

ordinary writing, using normal words and sentences

realism

showing things as they are in reality without exaggerating them

Bildungsroman

novel that shows how the main character grows up and changes over time

mise en scène

everything seen on the screen in a film, such as actors and lighting

long shot

type of camera shot that shows the full length of the subject

mid shot

type of camera shot that shows the subject from around the waist up

close up

type of camera shot that tightly frames a person

extreme close up

type of camera shot that frames a person, object, or detail taking up most or all of the frame

construal

the ability to perceive things in different ways

trajector

the most prominent entity or object in a relationship

landmark

the secondary or background focus in a relationship

symbolism

When a writer uses an object, person, or event to represent a deeper meaning or idea.

specificity

the more detail in a piece

prominence

the idea that some things stand out more than others

implicit

something that is not stated directly

what did you have to be to be a victorian gentleman?

they had access to the best schools and universities, they avoid actions that cause pain and harm to others, to be polite to everyone he met, especially women and children, influential in the public sphere such as politics, business, law, science, art or literature

Machiavellian

using clever but dishonest methods to deceive people and gain power or control

industrialisation

the process of social and economic change that transforms a tradition

idealisation

regarding something as perfect or better than reality

ameliorate

to improve/ make something better

pathetic fallacy

putting human emotions to things that are not human

romanticism

a literary movement during 1790-1850

what was romanticism characterised by

the celebration of nature, a focus on individual experience, an idealisation of women, and an embrace of isolation and melachonly

how did romanticts see nature

as a teacher and a source of infinite beauty, idealising it through pathetic fallacy and personification

personification

the attribution of human qualities to non human things

sublime

a meeting of the emotional and the natural world

juxtaposition

when 2 unsimilar things are placed near each other

anthropomorphism

literal attribution of human characteristics to animals and non-human things