TKAM Part 2

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;…”