one to one simplistic representation within a defined system  (for example, Faith in Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown")

the expression of an idea that gives more than one meaning and leaves uncertainty as to the intended significance of the idea or statement [adopted from Holman].

  Nietzsche's terms to contrast elements of the Greek god Apollo, reason, culture, and moral rectitude with Dionysus, the god of wine, who stands for the irrational and undisciplined

Poe's terms to contrast stories with an element of wonder (arabesque) with stories that had an element of horror (grotesque)

  knowing God as a "sweet," one can feel thoughts and think feelings; a critical term from T.S. Eliot

literature produced to appeal to the middle class reader.

"a form of comedy characterized by ridiculous exaggeration." [Holman]

  1) total depravity of man, 2) unconditional election, 3) prevenient and irresistible grace, 4) perseverance of the saints, and 5) limited atonement

discussion of covenants, or contracts, between God and man; including the Covenant of Work, the Covenant of Grace, and the Puritan Half-way Covenant

religion based on reason and the study of nature as opposed to "revealed" religion, belief in a "clocklike" universe set in motion by God; not believing in the divinity of Christ or the inspiration of the Bible [adopted from Holman]