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muerte y la brujula

vocab from Borges' story

QuestionAnswer
apodo sobrenombre
la quinta un hotel pequeño y modesto
perspicacia agudeza de entendimiento
Auguste Dupin detective pensativo de Edgar Allen Poe
prever ver de antemano, foresee
cábala una forma mística de explicar los misterios del Talmud o de la Biblia;tiene muchos anagramas y combinaciones de letras que revelarían el mensaje secreto de Dios
tetragramaton una palabra de cuatro letras;ejemplo JHVH, nombre judío de Dios
rabí, rabino título honorífico que se le concede a un judío maestro de las escrituras sagradas
tetrágono un triángulo equilátero con un cuarto punto añadido a la misma extensión de cada línea del triángulo equilátero; Lonnrot piensa usar esta figura para descubrir el sitio del cuarto asesinato
pogroms persecuciones contra los judíos
sigilo precaución
Erik Lonnrot detective
Treviranus jefe de policia
Red Scharlach asesino
Liverpool House bar cerca del segundo asesinato
arlequin patron de forma de diamantes repetidas en dos colores diferentes; un traje de esta tela se llevaba en el teatro italiano comeddia de l'arte
Hotel du Nord hotel poco lujoso donde ocurrio el primer asesinato
Yarmolinsky rabino reconocido por sus estudios de muchos asuntos hebraicos
Azevedo hombre politico de poca importancia que fue el segundo en perderse la vida
Triste-le-Roy quinta al final del cuento
Gryphius llamo a Treviranus para informarle sobre los asesinatos #1 y 2 si recibiera dinero
Ginzburg nombre que uso Gryphius cuando llamo a Treviranus
burdel establecimiento de prostitucion
cosmorama clase de teatro donde proyectan escenas alrededor de uno
Black Finnegan propietario de Liverpool House, taberna en la Rue de Toulon; antiguo criminal irlandes
vertiginoso sin balanza
simulacro representacion de apariencia real, pero que resulta falsa
Created by: profeAPSHS
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