Literature

folklore

to compose songs

sea monster

water witch

to devour

a magic weapon

a huge sword

to sacrifice one's life

glorious youth

to become master of their own destiny

to symbolize

crucial

feast

arrogance

violence

compassion

sinful

to subdue one's passions

plunder

religious poetry

conquer

to praise

pilgrimage

prologue

from all ranks of

shrine

to sum up

serfs

to show a true picture

broad-minded

crafty

curiously

flashy

conference

present wit

to make an important contribution

to invent

sonnet

to be accused

high treason

manage to get free

to be undermined

cruel torture

to bring to perfection

sonnet cycle

Renaissance ideology

to depict characters

to outshine

a leading shareholder

the principal playwright

immortal

dramatic technique

the source of the plot

chronicle

to perish

to remain faithful to one's ideas

to rule the universe autocratically

serpent

to persuade

to banish

a life of toil and woe

tyranny

to go bankrupt

literary career

satire in verse

fiction

to be picked by

inexperienced youth

shipwreck

despondency

to have confidence in

to be supported

anti-religious satire

the spirit of the time

miserable conditions

sensation

famine

to depopulate

unburied corpses

disappointment

to undermine one's health

fictitious travels

under the cloak of

imaginary voyages

convicting

believable

censorship

to expose social evils

genius

to ridicule

to be aсcussed of

corrupting influence

gossip

pillar

most-quoted

harsh

widespread

the Chartist movement

unbearable conditions

vices of the society

to reconcile

accusation

street sketches

exaggeration of facts

to unmask

hypocrisy

to draw cartoons

to outlive

prelude

reconciliation

realistic approach

pettifogging

virtuous person

hypocritical world

to hinder the development

spiritual degradation

the realm of beauty

cult of beauty

to be preoccupied

to be accused of immorality

innocent man

immoral life

urban manufacturing centers

brevity

social legislation

appreciate

outer form

at all costs

irregular meters

sharply contradicting characters

sarcasm

to expose the vices

human psychology

to breathe life into

the physiological aspects of a person's speech

to bet with

to teach somebody manners

to be introduced into society

social tracts

a forward-looking habit

evil aims

economic breach

to keep up traditions

stagnation of thought

to reveal a similar philosophy

to deal with burning problems of life

to express one's indignation

artistic approach

social and political order

to regard as one's literary teacher

complicated plot

keen observer of life and individuals

mature period

outstanding incidents

to affect

to bring misfortune to

to come in touch with

logically developed

a new generation of realist writers

mythological images

a crime against life and beauty

an extremely gloomy novel

to face an alternative

to prosper at somebody's expense

to be doomed to poverty

the central conflict

quite evident

the democratic layers of the society

to penetrate into

to comprehend

spiritual crisis

to reveal the truth of life

to convince a reader

to remain neutral

to deserve respect

to expose

to wage war

to convey an idea

to take sides

to unravel a crime

posthumously

violence

compilation

perception

a free-lance writer

a reviewer

a versatile talent

an essayist

religious conviction

a screenwriter