"Gallia est omna divisa in partes tres"
"Gaul is a whole divided into three parts," from Caesar's Gallic Wars, Book 1.
"The Daemon Lover"
An English ballad about a man named James Harris who, scorned by his first love, returns to steal her away from her husband and takes her to hell.
alienation
feeling or experience of detachment
ambiguity
a confusing, unclear, or two-sided term or condition
belligerent
aggressive; warlike
codeine
a drug similar to morphine used to treat pain
colloquy
conversation; dialogue
decorum
civil, proper behavior
headwaiter
the chief of the dining staff
inflection
nuances or special characteristics of speech or expression
paraphernalia
accessories or various associated items
petulant
ill-humored, often to the point of being rude
pillar of salt
a biblical reference to the fate of Lot's wife. Against God's orders in Genesis, she turned to look back at the destruction of Sodom and was punished by being turned into a pillar of salt. Salt may represent tears of loss.
psychosomatic
concerning emotional troubles embodied in bodily symptoms
R. H. Macy
Rowland Hussey Macy Sr., the founder of the department store Macy's
renegade
unconventional dissenter
segregate
to separate into groups
The Charterhouse of Parma
an 1839 novel written by Stendhal, a French writer
ventriloquism
the art of making it seem that one is not speaking when one really is, often making use of a doll or "dummy" made to seem to be the speaker
William Butler Yeats
a famous Irish poet and dramatist (he received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1923)
