Shakespeare Final Terms

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James I/Jacobean

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ruled after Elizabeth (1603-25), obsessed with witchcraft, scottish,
Relevance: MacBeth may be tribute to him

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Gunpowder Plot/Guy Fawkes

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1605, Catholic group of terrorists planned to blow up building in London/leader of the group.
Relevance: treason and regicide

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Regicide

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Killing of a king or queen
Ex: MacBeth killing Duncan

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casulistry

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trype of argument that avoids direct answers, seems to give answer, but no real answer, uses logic in clever ways. Ex: Witches in MacBeth

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Hollinshed

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16th century historian who writes about the history of England (source of MacBeth)

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interpellation

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putting someone in a role by hailing them, calling them in a way that defines them in a role. (maybe a role they don't deserve)
Ex: MacBeth by the witches

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wyrd/weird (sisters)

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dealing with 3 fates, share 1 eye.
Ex: MacBeth's fate (how does what they say control?)

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Daemonology

Back 8

book by James 1, witches

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nihilism

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disregard for morals and ethics, reject laws, skeptic, destructive, rebellious
Ex: MacBeth

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predication

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blank means blank, clear, attaching an attribute to a subject, info about a subject in a sentence, absolute can be dangerous
Ex: MacBeth is ambitions, maybe/maybe not

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endstopping/enjabment

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say one thought, break, new thought vs. one thought leading right into the next, no break

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War of the Roses

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1450-1485 b/t Lancaster (red) and York (white). Started by Henry V killing Richard II

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Aristotle (3 Unities)

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Greek philosopher-
1. Time
2. Place
3. Action
Ex: Henry V in many places

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simulacrum

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version or copy of original

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Machiavell

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pragmatic view of power, become good leader not by being good, but by appearing to look good.

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Machiavel

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character, bad guy, parody, schemer

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hubris

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excessive pride, arrogence

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onomatopoeia

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word that has a sound that represents what the word is

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copulatio (axa)

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repetition of a word w/ some other words in b/t

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epizeuxis (aa)

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repetition of same word w/out other words in b/t
-creates emphasis, makes you think about other potential meanings

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story v. plot

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basic events v. how arranged and told

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othering

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social and political process of distinguishing someone different than you as an enemy, often by demonizing, sometimes builds national unity
-can also involve taking something from other and making it your own
Ex: Henry V, the french

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pastiche

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collage, things that normally don't go together
Ex: Slaughterhouse 5, sci fi, war etc.

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neoplatonism

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develops concept of magician

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post-modernism

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style of parody, cultural sensibility, not connected to master rulers (church, stable snese of heroism)
-culture of pastiche

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genre

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literary form or type
-shows values, communication (tells you what to expect), can violate expectations

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subgenre

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smaller type, more specific

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tetralogy

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second=Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V

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Tudor Myth

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theory about history that praises the Tudor family by suggesting that all unhappy events in previous century were resolved when Tudors took over

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epic

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long literary text, generally about heroism, one principle plot, usually large geographical range, classical tradition
Ex: Illiad, Faerie Queen

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speech act

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theory that we should study language that's uttered, how language works, speech has effects. can use to talk about themes, characters
-speech as an action

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magus

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magician, powerful character, developed as somebody good (white) or evil, demonic (black)
Ex: Prospero

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wild man/green man

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unlearned, uncivilized, uncultured
Ex: Caliban

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Edward Spencer

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16th century english poet, wrote a long epic, Faerie Queen-colonialism
Advocated that Irish be under marshall law and burn cross to starve them into submission

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Utopia

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island, ideal, political and all issues solved. fantasy, travel, etc. Contemporary political debates, second guess, does it really work?
Ex: Tempest-only Utopia for Propero, others not free

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Utopian Literature

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imagines an ideal place, government and society function perfectly, but at what cost? (Freedom)

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Thomas More

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philosopher, religious, ficticious, writing, martyr, catholic faith
-Wrote Utopia

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republicanism

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no king/monarch or king's power should be controlled

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romance

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literary form w/ predetermined characteristics-mood, plot structure-quests, character, events (tragedy and comedy)
-Shakespeare:family, bring child home, virginal daughter, finding what is lost

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masque

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type of dramatic production put on in court (not public)-elaborate, involves a lot of music, B&W characters, stresses spectacle, fancy sets
Ex: Tempest- Ariel's party for Miranda

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anti-masque

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episode in a masque when bad guys come in and try to overthrow
Ex: Tempest-Caliban and boys

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pastoral

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setting for romance, country, out in nature, alone, little competition

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Virgil

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Latin poet, author if Aeneid

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sprezzatur

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make a difficult task look easy
Ex: MacBeth or Cawdor dying, no big deal