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03/16/2009

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theological virtues
Definition
Faith, Hope & Charity (because they need grace)
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cardinal virtues
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Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude, and Wisdom (because they need reason)
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Why is Charissa the only married sister?
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Faith and Hope give way when you die; they're useless once you see God. Charity is multiplied and multiplied.
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Utopia uses ____ reasoning
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Inductive - move from thieves to universal cause of problems in society.
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According to Raphael, what is the cause of all their problems?
Definition
Private property and pride.
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What do the Utopians base their society on?
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Reason and necessity.
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What is the only religion/belief that Utopians do not tolerate?
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Atheism (unreasonable - faith is supported by reason) and those who believe animals have rational souls (they can't see universals)
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Why is euthanasia acceptable, but not suicide, in Utopia?
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Euthanasia is a decision made by the individual to help the community. Suicide is a decision made by the individual to help the individual.
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Who are slaves in Utopia?
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People seeking asylum in Utopia, POWs, runaway Utopians, those condemned in other countries
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What are the three types of people in Ireland during Spenser's time?
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Irish (savage Roman Catholics), Old English (went pre-Tudors, assimilated to Irish ways of life, even intermarried some), and New English (militant Protestants)
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What are the four senses in allegory?
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Literal (to the letter), allegorical/typological (people represent other people), moral/tropological (moral lesson to be learned), and eschatological/anagological (the last things, apocalypse
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What are the two types of predestination?
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Predestination (God knows who will be saved) and Double Predestination (God has destined the saved and the reprobate - can't lose God's grace)
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The three faculties of the soul are
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the will, memory, and intellect
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Define the Marlovian Overreacher.
Definition
A character who is not content with society boundaries. Their desire to overreach usually blinds them to their "hamartia".
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What is the role of Wagner, Robin, and Rafe?
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Their subplot mirrors Faust's. They start with opposite goals and end up in the same place at the end. Ultimately, we see the boys are better magicians than the great Faustus.
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What is the cycle Faustus constantly goes through?
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Gets desperate --> repent (uncommited) --> interruption & distraction --> desperate again
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What is the main difference between Marlowe's A & B texts?
Definition
The B text, which we are reading, questions culpability more.
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Athens is a ____ society?
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Patriarchal
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What are Hermia's three options?
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Marry Demetrius, die, or commit to a convent.
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Describe how Shakespeare structures his comedies.
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Play begins under Old Order. Characters flee into Green World (more freedom to explore and form identity). The characters then return to the Old World and instigate a reformation.
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In a Midsummer Night's Dream, which characters get what they want in the end?
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Hermia, Lysander, Theseus, Helena, and Oberon.
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When Bottom says he will sing his ballad "at her death", who is the 'her'?
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Titania --> Faery Queen --> mortal Elizabeth I
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What is the metatheatrical moment in Midsummer Night's Dream?
Definition
The performance of the Rude Mechanic's play.
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John Donne is famously grouped with _____ poets.
Definition
metaphysical
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The defining characteristic of John Donne's poetry is _______ _______.
Definition
metaphysical conceit
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How does Despair know of RCK's sin?
Definition
He forfeited his earthly fame with Duessa.
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According to Sidney, why can't poets be liars?
Definition
They affirm nothing, therefore they cannot lie.
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Through poetry, reason overcomes ___ and achieves ________.
Definition
sin, perfection
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According to the Poetics, poetry is _____ ___. (Mimesis)
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imitative art
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What are the three kinds of poets?
Definition
Vatics (the Makers), historics, and divine.
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What are poetasters?
Definition
Wannabe poets, but the antithesis of poets
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What is the difference between philosophy and literature?
Definition
Philosophy deals in generals. Literature applies those generals to particulars.
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What are common themes in Petrarchan sonnets?
Definition
Petrarchan mistress, unrequited love, always conflicted
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What are points for the Low Church movement?
Definition
No emphasis on ceremony; no visual art.
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What are points for the High Church?
Definition
Ornate, gorgeous cathedrals, like any classical cathedral. Emphasis on ceremony/ritual.
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Anti-Calvanists supported the ___ Church movement.
Definition
High
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What are the three sections of Death's Duel?
Definition
from death, in death, and through death
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Through An Anatomy of the World, what is John Donne seeking?
Definition
Patronage from Sir Drury
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What are the three trinities in Paradise Lost?
Definition
Adam-Eve-Man, God-Son-Spirit, and Satan-Sin-Death
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What are Eve's punishments?
Definition
Painful childbirth, experience death, be subservient to Adam
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Hamartia
Definition
the inherent defect/shortcoming of a tragic hero, who is in all other respects a superior being favored by fortune
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Peripeteia
Definition
the turning point in a drama, after which the plot moves steadily to its denouement
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Anagnorisis
Definition
the startling discovery that produces a change from ignorance to knowledge
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Conceit
Definition
an unusual and sometime elaborately sustained comparison between two dissimilar things
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Heroic couplet
Definition
couplet of iambic pentameter with the same end rhymes and forms a logical whole
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Internal Rhyme
Definition
a rhyme between one word within a line and another word, either at the end of that line or in another line.
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Slant (Near) Rhyme
Definition
a distinctive system/pattern of metrical structure and verse composition in which two words have only their final consonant sounds in common
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Chiasmus
Definition
the repetition of ideas or grammatical structures in inverted order
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Anaphora
Definition
repetition of the same word/group of words at the beginning of successive clauses/sentences/lines
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Correctio
Definition
the amending of a term/phrase just employed
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
the use of a word that resembles the sound it denotes
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Dramatic Monologue
Definition
a lyric poem, performed by a persona created by the poet; the speaker unintentionally reveals their character through their attitudes in the dramatic situation
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Consonance
Definition
the repetition of the same consonant sounds preceded by different vowel sounds
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Assonance
Definition
repetition of internal vowel sounds in nearby words that do not end the same (asleep under a tree)
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Theodicy
Definition
justification for why an otherwise almighty, good god would permit evil
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Catharsis
Definition
the purification/purgation of emotion primarily through art
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Epic
Definition
a long, narrative poem written in elevated style. it usually involves legendary/divine characters and deals with an event significant to a society.
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Metadrama & metafiction
Definition
self-reflexive modes of writing used in literature
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masculine rhyme
Definition
monosyllabic rhymes
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feminine rhyme
Definition
rhyme of two or more syllables
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Denoument
Definition
unraveling, resolution of a plot after the climax
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Euphemism
Definition
the use of a more socially acceptable term in place of a pejorative one
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Circumlocution
Definition
talking around something
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Zeugma
Definition
when one part of speech (usually the verb) governs two or more other parts of speech
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Sonnet
Definition
a lyric poem consisting of 14 lines
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Prosopopeia
Definition
attribution of human characteristics to nonhuman things
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Metonymy
Definition
metaphor, in which one refers to an object associated with a subject to substitute it, such as "crown" for "king"
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Synechdoche
Definition
referring to a part in talking about the whole (as in "nice wheels!), and vice versa
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Metaphor
Definition
comparison of two unlike things sans "like"/"as"
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Epiphany
Definition
a sudden realization experienced in an ordinary, rather than melodramatic, moment
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Enjambment
Definition
run-on line
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Blank verse
Definition
unrhymed iambic pentameter
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Alliteration
Definition
the repetition of the same consonant sounds in a series of words, usually at the beginning or stressed syllable of the word
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Allegory
Definition
a narration or description that is usually restricted to a single meaning, because its characters/events/plot signify specific abstractions or ideas
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