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71 Cards in this Set
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who are the 2 characters in hell during the telling of the story
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Beelzebub
Satan |
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who is satan's vendetta against
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god
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at the end who wants to give up the fight against god
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beelzebub
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what advice does lord chesterfield give his son
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-don't be socially awkward
-dont act strangely when around company -tell a beautiful women she is smart and tell an ugly woman she is beautiful -always observe the action of others to improve yourself |
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why does lady montague recommend that her grand daughter be educated
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-she is to be educated so she stays happy
- and is able to entertain herself with or without a husband. |
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what classes will be offered at defoe's academy
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music dancing language speech reading history
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the chimney sweeper
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song of innocence
-the young boys mom dies and his father sends him to work as a chimney sweeper his dreams give him hope and he knows when he dies he will be set free |
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london
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songs of experience
-walks around the city and all he sees is sadnnes and depression he says how its the kings responsibility but he isn't doing anything to make it a better place diseases are getting spread in the streets |
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human abstract
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songs of experience
- we need both bad and good to have a balance in life have to have poor people to have rich people we wouldn't have certain emotions if everyone was well off in their lives and everyone is in a way afraid of dying |
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lines composed a few miles above tintern abbey
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nature offers him peace
he comes back 5 years later and everything he experienced before comes back to him and he remembers it like the time before |
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i wandered lonely as a cloud
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he is in a day dream and reminiscing about nature and its aspects that give him joy. all he has to do is recall the memories and he is back in that happy place
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metaphysical poetry
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john donne and group of 17th century poets
discussed love, religion, and death analyzed these topics logically and philosophically used colloquial |
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metaphysical conciet
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A "metaphysical conceit" is a particular type of poetic metaphor of the sort developed by the so-called "metaphysical poets" -- a group of 17th century British poets, including John Donne, who challenged many lyrical conventions (e.g., imagery, meter)
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allusion
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reference to fictional or historic person, place, or event with which the reader is assumed to know
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nonfiction writing
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the branch of literature comprising works of narrative prose dealing with or offering opinions or conjectures upon facts and reality, including biography, history, and the essay ( opposed to fiction and distinguished from poetry and drama ).
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informal essays
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presents an opinion on a subject but not in a completely serious or formal tone
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formal essays
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examines a topic in a thorough , serious and highly organized manner
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letters and diaries
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diaries- writers personal day to day account of his or her own experiences or impressions
letters- refers to the written correspondence exchanged between acquaintances, friends, or family members |
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romanticism
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literary movement that flourished in Britain and Europe in he 19th century
looked to nature for their inspiration |
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neoclassical
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songs of innocence/experience
- written so more people could understand it . -in is in between metaphysical and romanticism |
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victor
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-dr. Frankenstein
-creates the monster -main character |
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elizabeth
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-adopted daughter of caroline and alphonse
- was a present for vistor -later became victor's wife |
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alphonse
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-victor's father
-marries his best friends (beaufort) daughter (caroline) |
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henry
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- victors best friend
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william
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-victors youngest brother
-killed by the creation |
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justine
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- neighbor
- good friend of the family -framed in the murder of william by the creation |
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robert walton
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- going on a ship to north america
- writes to his sister about his expedition - finds victor and befriends him |
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beaufort
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-caroline's father
-best friend of alphonse |
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caroline beaufort
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-daughter of beaufort
- marries her fathers best friend alphonse -victors mother her dying wish is for victor to marry elizabeth |
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john donne
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the flea
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john milton
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paradise lost
His life was marked with personal trajedy and public controversy had paradise lost transcribed. So someone else wrote it for him as he spoke. |
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margret cavendish
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female orations
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mary wollstonecraft
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- A vindication of the rights of women.
-says that women aren't naturally inferior to men, but appearr to be only because they lack education. suggests that men and woman be treated as rational beings and imagines a social order found on reason. -daughter Mary Shelley, would become an accomplished writer herself. -married William Godwin. |
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william blake
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- 1738 1st poetry is published. he didn’t have the money friends raised it for him.
-1789 27 plate finished for songs of innocence -1794 songs of experience completed |
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william wordsworth
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-Falls in love with Annette vallon war between France and Brittain separate their love. She bares him a child he never is really a father to the child.
-tintern abbey -I wandered lonely as a cloud |
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jane austen
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19th century
-pride and prejudice |
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mary shelley
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-frankenstein
-married percy shelley -daughter of mary wollstonecraft and william godwin |
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insightful
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discerning; perceptive
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integrity
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uprightness wholeness
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intricacy
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complexity; knottiness
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judicious
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sound in judgement; wise
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malice
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hatred; spite
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meek
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quiet and obedient; spiritless
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nostalgia
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homesickness; longing for the past
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optimist
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person who looks at the good side
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pacify
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soothe; make calm or quiet; subdue
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patronize
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support; act superior toward
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perjury
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false testimony under oath
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phenomena
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observable facts or events
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potency
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power; effectiveness
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predator
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creature that seizes and devours another animal
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profound
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deep; not superficial
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prophetic
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fortelling the future
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prosperity
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good fortune
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provocative
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arousing anger or interest
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random
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without definite purpose or plan
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rejuvenate
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make young again
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ruthless
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pitiless; cruel
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satirize
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mock
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seclusion
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isolation; solitude
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superfluous
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excessive unnecessary
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surpass
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exceed
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suppress
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crush;subdue
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trepidation
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fear; nervous apprehension
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toxic
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poisonous
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volatile
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changeable; explosive
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taciturn
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habitually silent
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lay- set down
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lie- to recline
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sit- rest in an upright position
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set- put down
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who- interrogative pronoun
Who is going to the party? |
whom- direct object
To whom should i address? |
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good- adjective
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well- adverb
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