Key Vocab

• Microcosm


  A miniature version of society
• Allegory


  Something which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning
• Id, ego and superego


  The innate, balanced and moral parts of the brain (Freud)
• Transubstantiation


  The act of converting bread and wine to Jesus’ flesh and blood
• Zoomorphism


  Giving animalistic features to something
• Social Darwinism


  Survival of the fittest
• Cyclical


  Cycling back to the beginning