| A | B |
|---|
| nostalgia | longing for something in the past |
| duality | struggle between good and evil |
| ambiguity | unclear; unable to make a decision;vague |
| self-deception | to delude oneself; to trick your self |
| theocracy | government run by religious leaders ; god as the central powers |
| allegiance | to be loyal to; loyalty |
| existential | of or based on existence; I think therefore I am |
| revelation | something disclosed or revealed |
| fatalism/fatalistic | the doctrine that all doctrine that all things are dictated by fate; inevitable |
| genre | a kind, type or class or set of works of literature or arts |
| Proletarian Literature | literature that sympathizes with the working class |
| Romanticism | romantic spirit, outlook; tendency |
| Transcendentalism | divine nature; ideal |
| realism/naturalism | how things are in reality, not sugar coated |
| Theatre of the Absurd | American Dreams and Zoo Story |
| Plastic Theater | use of lights or lighting or magic in stage sets as symbols |
| alienation | withdrawl or estrangement as of the heart or affection |
