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denoted
indicated; designated
austere
severe; strict
formidable
dreadful; intimidating
prerogative
exclusive right, privilege
obliquely
indirectly; in a roundabout way
elusive
difficult to catch or achieve
resilient
strong; able to recover quickly
infallible
unerring; unfailing
invoke
to call on; to appeal to
fortitude
strength of mind;
begrudge
to take exception to'; to object to
affliction
malady; distress
encumbered
hindered; constrained
elucidate
to explain; to make clear
sundry
various; assorted
unobtrusive
inconspicuous; unnoticeable
convened
assembled; summoned
import
meaning; gist, sense
acrimonious
harsh; bitter in language and tone
benignly
gently; kindly
mollified
appeased; assorted
evoked
elicited; called forth
volition
choice; decision
predicament
difficult situation; mess
impudent
disrespectful; offensively bold
expunge
to eliminate completely; to erase
unmitigated
not softened or lessoned; unrelieved
temerity
reckless boldness
indignant
angry; offended
acquit
to find one not guilty; to exonerate
demurred
objected; took issue with
impassive
showing little emotion; expressionless
bleakly
gloomily; somberly
ruefuly
expressing sorrow or regret
furtive
secretive; done by stealth
vividly
distinctly; with clear perception
tactics
strategies; plans
adjourned
suspended; postponed
apprehension
anxiety; fear
impertinence
rudeness; disrespect
Calpurnia
“It’s the same God, ain’t it?
Lula at the First Purchase Church
“You ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillun here—”
a silk banner in First Purchase Church
God Is Love
Aunt Alexandra
“________ was one of the best of her kind: she had a river boat…”
perhaps illustrates Harper Lee’s hope for her country in her time
“He said if enough ppl—a stadium full, maybe—were to concentrate on one thing…”
Aunt Alexandra’s primary agenda when she comes to stay
To impress upon them their family history of gentility, “gentle breeding.”
onomatopoeia
“Punk, Punk, Punk, her needle broke the taut circle.”
refers to Dill
“Beautiful things float around in his dreamy land..”
metaphor and personification
“I felt the starched walls of the ink cotton penitentiary closing in on me…”
Mr. Braxton Underwood
the owner and editor of The Maycomb Tribune
why grown men in Maycomb usually stand in the front yard
death and politics
antithesis
“…but not for preserving polite fiction at the expense of human life.”
John Taylor
The judge at Tom’s trial; he appoints Atticus to defend Tom
Mr. Dolphus Raymond
A citizen who lives in the outskirts of town with African Americans. He has several mixed-race children
symbolism and adianoeta
“It was necessary to turn on the lights in the daytime..”
symbolism
“From the other side, however, Greek revival columns clashed with a big nineteenth-century clock tower…”
Mr. Heck Tate
the town sheriff
Could well symbolize that there is some goodness in everybody, no matter how depraved they may be, or appear to be
“Against the fence, in a line, were six chipped-enamel slop jars…”
Mr. Link Deas
Tom and Helen Robinson’s employer.
Some people are immoral, some lie, and some are not to be trusted
“But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men.”
in the court of law
The one place in the country where Atticus says all men are created equal
why Mr. Dolphus shared his deepest secret
“…because you’re children and you can understand it.”
a way of defining the court
“…is only as sound as its jury, and a jury is only as sound as the men who make it up.”
onomatopoeia used to convey the feelings of those present in the courtroom.
“The old courthouse clock suffered its preliminary strain and struck the hour…”
Miss Maudie
“Atticus Finch won’t win, he can’t win, but he’s the only man in these parts who can keep a jury out…”
the presence of hypocrisy
“It’s just as much Maycomb County as missionary teas.”
epiphany
a moment of insight, discovery or revelation
the passion of prejudice and hatred
“Those are twelve reasonable men in everyday life, Tom’s jury, but you saw something come between them and reason.”
hope
What Tom loses the day they take him to prison
what Miss Maudie says “the handful of people” believe
“that fair play is not marked White Only;…”
