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What is true about Stuart Literature?
- more personal than tudor
- artistic success results from didactic conception
- its ideals emphasize clarity and simplicity
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Another name for Commonwealth Period?
The Interrugnum
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Who came to the throne as a result of the Glorious Revolution?
William and Mary
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Donne converted from what to what?
Catholic to Anglican
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Donne severely hampered his chances for career advancement by doing what?
marrying an underage girl of superior rank
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virute which "Lecture upon a Shadow" most stresses
Constancy
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"the anniversary" lovers live in the eternal...
present
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Donne's epigrmas do not exemplify
the conceit
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outstanding feature of Jonsons poetry is its
concealed artistry
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Poet asks Celia to leave what in his cup?
a kiss
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"song of celia" implies:
- her gaze is better than heavenly drink
- dead flowers revive at celias breath
- flowers retain Celia's frangrance
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"still to be neat" the poet prefers his lady to be less
artificial
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vow at the end of "On My First Son"
never become fond of anyone ever again
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"redemption" what situation provides allegory of Christian redemption
landlord-tenant relationship
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Herbert is the best english writer of what poetry?
devotional
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"love" Christ functions as a what?
host
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"aaron" : herbert does not say that Christ is in his
Priest
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"denial" is a prayer for
Restoration of Fellowship
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who taskmaster in Sonnet 7?
Christ
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Sonnet 7: Milton is complaining about lack of
Maturity
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"still to be neat" : what "adulteries of art does Jonson criticize?
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best expresses Sonnet 7
Satisfaction comes from personal submission to God's will
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Milton say about Time in sonnet7?
time has stolen away his youth.
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Followers of Ben Jonson are called what?
Cavalier Poets
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According to some modern critics, man enjoyed a __ life, and society was at its best.
simple
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stopped the advance of the Danes, and then his children reconquered the Danelaw.
Alfred the Great
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Roman influence on England thru what?
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1016, Danish (successful) under king canute make england part of the __ empire
scndinavian
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scands brought __ into England
paganism
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Irish catholics..was introduced by what British celt?
Patrick
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Middle Ages lasted from 450-
1485
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middle ages was a time of
constant change
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romans brought what to england?
christianity
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monks and minstrels were called what?
scops
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three defining qualities of an epic
- long poem
- tells a story
- hero
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4 anglo saxon earthly virtues
- bravery
- loyalty
- generosity
- friendship
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4 qualifications of an Epic Hero
- glorified
- on a quest
- ethical
- strong
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mood of neoclassical era favored
rationalism
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rationalism definition
rule of reason in all areas of life
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characteristics of neoclassical taste
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what contributed to swift's growing bitterness
- boyhood
- explotation of irish
- blocking of his appt to an English bishopric
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irony of swift donating money to first mental hospital?
he was mental
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opening of GT begins with
gullivers bio sketch
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swift showed the absurdity of englands conflicts by
- satirizing trivial issue
- breaking of an egg result in extreme consequence
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people of lilliput only aware of whom?
blefuscu
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who represented England and France in GT?
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what made Burns an instant celeb?
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
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Burns classified as what?
a nationalist poet
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"TAM" and "TAL" share
- dialect
- stanza form
- moralization
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poetic device in TAM and TAL
apostrophe
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Johnson was best known for what?
dictionary of English
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Ram No.4 advice "to initiate youth by mock encounters in the art of necessary defense....is presenting what principle?
inoculation
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least tolerable of the tenants in Ram No.161
the author
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Cowper poetry marked end of
neoclassicism
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"light shining out of darkness" addressed to whom?
believers
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appropriate reply to "Castaway"
"light shining out of darkness"
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tone of "castaway"
dismal
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tudor lit is
- highly artificial
- unfamiliar in its pastoralism
- academic
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sonnet line has how many feet
five
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poet responsible for the creation of blank verse
Surrey
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"Farwell, Love" : Wyatt compares earthly love to
decaying tree limbs
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"farewell..." ends with the poet turning from what to what?
emotional to intellectual pursuits
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Raleigh was beheaded because of an unsuccessful enterprise in a settlement belonging whom?
the spanish
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Raleigh's poem, "Pilgrimage" , the travelers enter heaven in what condition?
thirsty
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"pilgrim.." raleigh says he will obtain eternal what?
head
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"what is our life" what are compared to closed curtains?
graves
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Sidney addresses one of his sonnets to which of the following?
The moon
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"O grammer rules" concludes that Stella
accepts the poet
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suggested reasons in Sonnet 41 for Astrophil's having won the tournament
- strength
- chance/luck
- inherited skill/nature
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tone of "What is Our Life"
glooomy
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"the faerie Queene" what does Ulna represent?
truth
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where is the enemy's den located in "Faerie..."
Wandering Wood
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Red Cross is almost overcome by what?
the smell
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shakespearean sonnets in the text cover
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major virture praised in Sonnet 116
constancy
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images in Sonnet 146 center on what?
real estate
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themes of Shakespearean sonnets
- immortality of verse
- duration of genuine love
- frequent spiritual gain from physical decline
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2 reasons why conditions in england were ideal for the lit achievment of the tudor period?
- peace and prosperity
- printing press
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to teach and to delight is called
didactic
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variety of sources
eclectic
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elaborate comparison/metaphor
conceit
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sonnet how many lines?
14
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king at beginning of Macbeth?
Duncan
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how does lady MB find out about MB promotion?
letter from MB
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beginning of play, witches predict who will become KING?
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first prediction for MB to come true?
MB became Thane of Cawdor
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decided it was their duty to see to the murder of Duncan?
Lady MB
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why to MB and Lady MB fight?
she wants for sure kill Duncan and he is unsure.
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what is the murder plan for Duncan?
get servants drunk, kill duncan while sleeping
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what events shows a lack of order as a result of the kings death? in MB
horses eat each other
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who was supposed to be killed and was not? (MB)
Fleance
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overall message of "unsex me now" soli...
she wishes she had the qualities of a man
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why does MB feel so sure of himself and invincible?
- feels safe since none of the prophecies can come true
- malcom is gone, wont be around to interfere
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why cut down forest in MB?
using trees to disguise the # of people they had
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MB soli...what does life signify?
nothing
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how does life meaning nothing help with MB guilt?
murders he commited dont mean anything
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who does MB encounter on battlefield?
Macduff
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3 aparitions in MB
- bloody child
- armed head
- baby with crown holding tree
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hallucinations in MB
- floating dagger
- LADY MB try to wash "blood" off her hands
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meaning of apparitions
- beware macduff
- none born from a woman can harm him
- he will not be killed until burnam wood moves to Dunsanane hill
- baby with crown holding
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