Savran D. Clah
Vocabulary
P. 308-9 Androgynous
*drog"y*nous, Androgynal *drog"y*nal, a. [L.
androgynus, Gr. ?; 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + gynh` woman: cf. F. androgyne.] 1.
Uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in
nature both male and female; hermaphroditic. --Owen.
The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous. --Coleridge.
2. (Bot.) Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same
cluster.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Androgynous: adj : having both male and female characteristics [ant: male, female]
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
Androgynous; androgynous: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary
Source: On-line Medical Dictionary, © 1997-98 Academic Medical Publishing & CancerWEB
P. 388 Tarmac
adj : covered with paving material [syn: asphalt, macadam, macadamized, tarmacadam] n 1: a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving [syn: tarmacadam] 2: a surface paved with compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar [syn: tarmacadam, macadam] v : surface with macadam, of a road [syn: macadamize]
P. 389 al·le·go·ry ( P ) Pronunciation Key (l-gôr, -gr)
n. pl. al·le·go·ries
a.The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or
events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form.
b.A story, picture, or play employing such representation. John Bunyan's
Pilgrim's Progress and Herman Melville's Moby Dick are allegories.
2.A symbolic representation: The blindfolded figure with scales is an allegory
of justice.
[Middle English allegorie, from Latin allgoria, from Greek, from allgorein, to interpret allegorically : allos, other; see al-1 in Indo-European Roots + agoreuein, to speak publicly (from agora, marketplace. See ger- in Indo-European Roots).] alle·gorist n.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Allegory
"le*go*ry, n.; pl. Allegories. [L. allegoria, Gr. ?,
description of one thing under the image of another; ? other + ? to speak in the
assembly, harangue, ? place of assembly, fr. ? to assemble: cf. F. all['e]gorie.]
1. A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is
described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances.
The real subject is thus kept out of view, and we are left to collect the
intentions of the writer or speaker by the resemblance of the secondary to the
primary subject.
2. Anything which represents by suggestive resemblance; an emblem.
3. (Paint. & Sculpt.) A figure representation which has a meaning beyond
notion directly conveyed by the object painted or sculptured.
Syn: Metaphor; fable.
Usage: Allegory, Parable. ``An allegory differs both from fable and parable, in
that the properties of persons are fictitiously represented as attached to
things, to which they are as it were transferred. . . . A figure of Peace and
Victory crowning some historical personage is an allegory. ``I am the Vine, ye
are the branches'' [--John xv. 1-6] is a spoken allegory. In the parable there
is no transference of properties. The parable of the sower [--Matt.. xiii. 3-23]
represents all things as according to their proper nature. In the allegory
quoted above the properties of the vine and the relation of the branches are
transferred to the person of Christ and His apostles and disciples.'' --C. J.
Smith.
Analysis
At some point of time, it has become important to include the thoughts of both men and women. It provides different perspectives and ideas that will help the progression process of each issue. Well, the text mentions something about the androgynous factor of the story. There are male and female characteristics in most things, if not everything. For example, probably a bad one, some men are very muscular and look like body builders. Some of them could have a soft side like they can cook, which is associated to be a characteristic of women in the old days. But as we know know, time has moved on and things have changed. Nowadays, men and women do a lot of things that is associated in both male and female categories.
Response
Langdon has received so much help from Sophie throughout their journey of solving the mystery. It has been said that men cannot live without women. It has also been said that women in most cases are stronger than men, that is in authority. And statistics have shown that women are more mature than men. Of course, the is evident even today. We see and witness a ratio of more women than men to attend college and achieve a high degree in a certain field.