allegory

a short moral story

despicable

morally reprehensible

ferocity

the property of being wild or turbulent

misanthrope

someone who dislikes people in general

protagonist

the principal character in a work of fiction

conjecture

to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

dissolute

unrestrained by convention or morality

incongruous

lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness

prologue

an introduction to a play

terse

brief and to the point