Word |
Definition |
Explanation |
Dante |
Lead
character. Clerk at Quick Stop Convenient Stores. |
Opening
scene of the movie, introduces Dante and the beginning of his very
long day. |
Vilification |
The
act of vilifying: abuse |
This
scene is interrupted in the middle by the Jay & Silent Bob
scene. Dante is abused by a Gum representative and his angry mob
over selling cigarettes to the masses. |
Jay
& Silent Bob |
Drug
Dealers who hang out in front of the Quick Stop all day long. |
Introduction
scene, Jay and Silent Bob show up for 'work'. |
Randal |
Second
lead character. Clerk at RST Video Store. |
Final
introduction scene, Randal arrives at work late and immediately comes over
to Quick Stop to visit. A habit which continues all day long. |
Syntax |
The
way in which words are put together to form phrases, clauses, or sentences |
Dante
and Randal talking. Scene illustrates the types of conversations two
clerks on the job tend to have. |
Vagary |
an
eccentric or unpredictable manifestation, action or notion |
Man
sits on the floor and goes through all the eggs, searching for the perfect
dozen. Woman who manually masturbates caged animals for artificial
insemination. |
Purgation |
clearing
of guilt or moral defilement |
Dante
and Randal discuss the woes of dealing with customers and their ignorance. |
Malaise |
a
vague sense of mental or moral ill-being |
Dante
closes the store to play hockey on the roof. Blatantly disregarding
his responsibilities. |
Harbinger |
something
that foreshadows what is to come |
The
old man asks to use the toilet, he eventually dies and Caitlin has sex
with his corpse in the bathroom. |
Perspicacity |
having
a keen or shrewd quality |
Randal
convinces Dante to lend him his car to rent a movie even though he works
at a video store using interesting logic. |
Paradigm |
following
a pattern |
Scene
which sums up Dante's day. Nothing seems to ever go right for him. He gets
fined for selling cigarettes to a minor, even though he didn't; Randal
did. |
Whimsy |
A
whim, a fanciful or fantastic device |
Caitlin
decides to give Dante another chance. Discusses this with Randal . |
Quandary |
a
dilemma or predicament |
Caitlin
has sex with a dead man, goes into shock. |
Lamentation |
act
of crying out in grief |
Dante
is upset that Caitlin had sex with a dead man, that he came into work on
his day off, and that his job sucks. |
Juxtaposition |
the
act of placing two objects side by side-to compare |
Jay
and Dante; Caitlin and Veronica |
Catharsis |
purification
or purgation of emotions, such as fear and tension |
Dante
and Randal fight , each having words against each others shortcomings. |
Denouement |
the
outcome of a complex set of events |
Dante
and Randal close for the night, once again friends. |