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87 Cards in this Set
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The Tempest
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William Shakespeare
England 1623 |
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The interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano
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Olaudah Equiano
Nigeria (Ebo tribe) 1789 |
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No Longer at Ease
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Chinua Achebe
Nigeria (Igbo/Ibo tribe) 1960 |
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Petals of Blood
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Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
Kenya (kikuyu tribe) 1977 |
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Woman at Point Zero
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Nawal El Saadawi
Egypt 1979 |
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I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
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Maryse Conde
Guadeloupe 1982 |
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Duong Thu Houng
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Paradise of the Blind
Vietnam 1988 |
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Prospero
gonzalo sebastian alonso ferdinand antonio ariel caliban trinculo stephano miranda boatswain |
The Tempest
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Equiano
Captain Pascal Gustavus Vassa |
The Interesting Narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano
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Obi
Clara Okeke Joseph Okeke Mr (William) Green Christopher Mr Omo Miss Marie Tomlinson |
No Longer At Ease
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Godfrey Munira
Abdullah Karega Wanja Nderiwa Riera Mukami Nyankinyua Reverend Brown Mzigo Chui Kimeria Nding'uri |
Petals of Blood
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Firdaus
Sharifa Marzouk Uncle Miss Iqbal |
Woman at Point Zero
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Tituba
Abena Darnell Davis Jennifer Davis Betsy, Abigail and Anne Putnam Sarah Good Sarah Osbourne Hester Prin George Burroughs John Indian Benjamin Cohen d'Azevedo Methabel d'Azevedo Abigail d'Azevedo Deodatus Iphigene Chris Ti-Noel |
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
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Hang
Tam Ton Que Chinh |
Paradise of the Blind
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- protagonist
- prior duke of milan - 12 years on an island refining his magic to punish and reconcile with enemies |
Prospero
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- old, honest lord
- optomistic - helped prospero and miranda escape 12 years ago |
Gonzalo
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- alonsos brother
- kills alonso - wicked and underhanded |
Sebastian
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- king of naples
- ferdinands dad - helped antonio overthrow prospero |
Alonso
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- son and heir of alonso
- pure and naive - falls in love with miranda |
Ferdinand
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- prosperos brother
- currant duke of milan - overthrew prospero - powerhungry and murderous |
Antonio
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- prosperos spirit helper
- loyal to prospero - can change shape/form - prosperos rescued her from a tree imprisionment from Sycorax |
Ariel
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- prosperos servant
- believes the island is his - son of Sycorax - coarse and brutal - sometimes eloquent and sensitive |
Caliban
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- jester
- drunken boosting and petty greed deflect quarrels and power struggles |
Trinculo
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- drunken butler
- drunken boosting and petty greed deflect quarrels and power struggles |
Stephano
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- prosperos daughter
- naive and non-judgemental - compassionate and generous - loyal to her father |
Miranda
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- demands practical help
- angers noble characters with foul-mouth and rude remarks |
Boatswain
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- slave turned freed man
- travels to jamaica with dr irving |
Equiano
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- buys equiano
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Captain Pascal
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- equianos pen name
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Gustavus Vassa
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- convicted of taking a bribe
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Obi
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- obis finace
- "osu" (outkast) - met at a dance in london - a nurse |
Clara Okeke
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- Obis old friend
- clerk at survey department |
Joseph Okeke
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- friend of Obi
- "educated" like Obi |
Chris
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- Obi's boss
- old english man |
Mr William Green
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- "old african"
- administrative assistant |
Mr Omo
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- minister of the state
- friend of Clara's - gives Obi money for Clara's abortion |
Sam Okali
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- Mr Green's secretary
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Miss Marie Tomlinson
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- headmaster/schoolteacher at Illmorog New Primary School
- very religious - wants to make a difference in his country - lived in Illmorog for 12 years -witnessed and oath ceremony of the KCO - expelled for starting a strike at sirianna (elite school) - has wife and 2 kids - cheats with wanja |
Godfrey Munira
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- bar owner
- has 7y/o helper(joseph) - former mau mau rebel - lost a leg - hospitalized for serious hand injury |
Abdullah
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- organizes laborers/unions
- Illmorg Theng'eta Breweries Union (ITBU) - peddles fruit and sheepskin to tourists - expelled from sirianna too - school teacher - obsessed with "african" and "the past" |
Karega
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- sleeps with munira
- hardworker - leaves the past behind - "Jezebel" - former prostitute - kills Kimeria - kimeria's ex wife and mom of their child |
Wanja
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- Illmorog's MP/ leader of KCO
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Nderiwa Riera
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- munira's sister
- commited suicide |
Mukami
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- wanja's grandmother
- shits on muniras house/lawn |
Nyankinyua
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- only gives prayers
(no real medical help) |
Reverend Brown
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- one of the three "victims" who died in the fire
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Mzigo
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- headmaster of sirianna
- founding father of the KCO - one of the three "victims" who died in the fire |
Chui
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- wants Wanja back
- killed by Wanja - founding father of the KCO - Wanja's ex-husband and father of their child - one of the three "victims" who died in the fire |
Kimeria
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- Karega's brother
- Abdullah's comrad in arms - mau mau rebel |
Nding'uri
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- raped, abused, used, "sold"
- longs for freedom |
Firdaus
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- female pimp
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Sharifa
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- male pimp
- Firdaus murders with a knife |
Marzouk
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- rapes Firdaus
- sends her to school - lives with her - marries her off |
Uncle
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- teacher she falls in love with
- "female-mother" figure |
Miss Iqbal
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- black "witch"
- persecuted - "slut" - from Ashanti/Asante tribe |
Tituba
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- Tituba's mom
- raped and had Tituba |
Abena
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- Abena's plantation owner
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Darnell Davis
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- Darnell Davis's wife
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Jennifer Davis
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- 3 "victims" of Tituba's "witchery"
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Betsy Putnam
Abigail Putnam Anne Putnam |
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- commits suicide in jail
- young, beautiful 20 y/o - feminist - pregnant - scarlet letter reference/character |
Hester Prin
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- minister of Salem
- had "meetings with Satan" |
George Burroughs
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- Tituba's FIRST lover
- plays victim and acts like little girl |
John Indian
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- Tituba's SECOND lover
- buys Tituba - widowed - came from portugal - has 9 kids from prior marriage |
Benjamin Cohen d'Azevedo
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- eldest daughter of Ben
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Methahebel Cohen d'Azevedo
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- former wife of Ben
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Abigail Cohen d'Azevedo
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- helps Tituba in Barbados
- sneaks food for Tituba - slave Tituba meets on ship to Barbados |
Deodatus
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- Tituba's FOURTH lover
- dies because of her |
Iphigene
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- Tituba's THIRD lover
- 40 y/o leader of the maroons - "rapes her" (sex with no meaning/ feelings) |
Chris
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- narrator
- the "promise" - grows up lonely - longs for love |
Hang
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- Hang's aunt
- Ton's sister - gives everything to/for Hang - "obsessed" with ancestors |
Tam
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- Hang's dad
- commits suicide because ex-wife won't let him see his daughter |
Ton
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- Hang's mom
- street vendor - Puts brother, Chinh before daughter |
Que
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- Hang's uncle
- Que's brother - communist party official - land reformer |
Chinh
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setting:
an island off the Meditterrian Sea (probably off Italy) |
The Tempest
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setting:
Middle Passage (ship) New World (America) Old World (England) |
The Interseting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
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setting:
courtroom Umuofia (Eastern Nigeria) - Ikoyi and Lagos London, England |
No Longer at Ease
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setting:
Illmorog on a journey |
Petals of Blood
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setting:
Egypt (muslim dominated land) |
Woman at Point Zero
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setting:
Barbados (jungle) Middle Passage (ship) Salem, Massachusetts Ipswich (prison) Almshouse in Salem (asylum) |
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
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setting:
flip flops between - Moscow, Russia (train ride) - Hanoi, North Vietnam ("home") |
Paradise of the Blind
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primary theme:
- Old World vs New World "savage" vs "educated" - Utopia (perfect world) - Fratricide (killing one's own brother) - illusion of justice |
The Tempest
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primary theme:
- tradition vs progression - paternalism (men/father's = "head hancho") - colonialism ( civilizing mission of the british) |
No Longer at Ease
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primary theme:
- FIRE * wanja's room gets set on fire multiple times * men burnt alive * Wanja's aunt gets set on fire * Karega offers to burn Kimeria * Wanja survives the fire and come out pregnant (cleansing/fresh start) - "Who killed who" - "Nothing in Illmorog is free" |
Petals of Blood
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primary theme:
- freedom * lack of * false feeling of/ illusion of - "fire" in eyes (when its there and when its not) |
Woman at Point Zero
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primary theme:
- lack of freedom |
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
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primary theme:
- patriarch/ confucian family * men most important (daughter's marry and leave son's marry and continue "tree") |
Paradise of the Blind
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primary theme:
- freedom * lack of * longing for |
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
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