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that way." (Huck Finn). In this use of vernacular, it shows how educated Huck Finn is. Even though he is fairly illiterate, one can tell that he has some knowledge of the English language. reader determine someone's nationality. wergild/wyrd Wergild: A person’s to be paid to the person's family by their murderer. Wyrd: The unalterable force of fate (Bustamante 5) Wergild: “Once your father brought about a great feud when he killed Heathoaf with his own hand among the Wulfings.....I then paid to settle the feud for your father.”(Beowulf, lines 459-470) Wyrd: “If battle bears me off, send to Hygelac the best 0f war-garments defending my beast....Wyrd goes ever as it must.”(Beowulf, lines 452-455) In the The Monkey’s Paw, the paw was created by a holy man who, “wanted to show that fate people's lives, and that those who interfered with it did so to their sorrow.” Wergild can also be observed in the same story when Herbert is killed in an accident at work. The company sends his family pounds in compensation. willing suspension of disbelief An acceptance of new or uncommon ideas to better the understanding and appreciation of literary works or theatrical performances; used by audiences (Delgado 5) zeitgeist Literally broken down to “Spirit of the Time or Age." The spirit of the age means what values and trends were sought in a specific time period. It refers mostly to the political, artistic, Inferno outlines the spirit of the age in the various circles of hell where political, artistic, and social trends are taken as being sinful but still occur in Dante’s The Hunger reveals a world where different societies are broken into districts and how they host a universal game that signifies peace for the districts to maintain a
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