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108 Cards in this Set
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also known as the great charter
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Magna Carta
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green, clad, small landowners, backbone of England's army
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yeoman
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this ended the power of the knights in battle
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long bow
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year the middle ages began
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1066
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Archbishop of Canterbury
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Thomas a becket
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another name for the bubonic plague
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Black death
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the portion of england killed by the black death
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one-third
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event that began the middle ages
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Battle of Hastings
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Middle ages ended in this year
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1485
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in England, the magna carta is the basis for this
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constitutional law
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Holy wars
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Crusades
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aristocratic, dependent tenant who received land from a lord
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vassals
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peasants who worked on a nd were bound to vassals' lands
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serfs
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a narrative telling of the adventures of a brave knight or other hero
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romance
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ida that an adoring lady would make a knight braver and nobler
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courtly love
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armored warriors
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knights
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had a heavy thumb
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miller
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hospitable; based on the sheriff of lincolnshire
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Franklin
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all those who worked under him, feared him
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reeve
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loved to hunt; couldnt be bothered with work
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Monk
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had silver embellishments on knives
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guildsmen
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made a delicious creamy blancmange
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cook
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no one knew he was really in debt
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merchant
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spent all of his money on books
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Oxford cleric
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kept his equipment in top shape
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Yeoman
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ran a scam with the pharmacists
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Doctor
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knew loves oldest dances
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wife of bath
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sang love songs throughout the day
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Squire
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was "modest as a maid"; highly respected
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Knight
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though an illiterate man, he was smarter than his educated masters
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manciple
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though poor, served god and other
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plowman
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wore a coral love charm
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nun
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taught what he caught of gods word
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parson
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didnt have enough time to take care of the poor and sick, but had plenty of time to eat and drink
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Friar
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stole wine from the traders
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shipman/ skipper
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wasnt as busy as he seemed
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Lawyer
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4 basic methods of characterization
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looks/dresses
thinks/feels acts/speaks response from others |
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Feudalism systems
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military
class property |
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an archeological dig at ____ uncovered a viking burial ship
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sutton hoo
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the romans built ____ to protect Roman-held land in great britain from invaders
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hadrians wall
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the roman occupation of britain began in ____
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55 b.c.
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the roman occupation of britain ended in
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409 a.d.
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the angles and saxons were invaders from ____
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Germany
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the jutes were invaders form ___
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Denmark
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the romans left behind ____ and ____
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roads and public baths
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it was under this strongly christian leader, _____ that england first truly became a nation
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alfred the great
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the ____ sang songs of gods and heros and were valued in anglo-saxon society
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bards/ scops
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the center of learning during anglo-saxon times was the ____
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monastery
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the _____ was instituted during the reign of alfred the great and kept a history of england until 1154
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anglo-saxon chronicle
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the bringer of christianity to ireland was ____
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st. patrick
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the first british historian was known as ____
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Venerable bede
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A herdsman that was given, through a dream, the gift of praising god in song was ____
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Caedmon
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the briton queen who lead a revolt against the romans was_____
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Bodicea
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Ireland was converted to christianity in ___
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432
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Christianity united britain under a common ___
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ethical code
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____ are a form of anglo-saxon literature that encouraged warriors to show their intellectual strength
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riddles
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the Anglo-saxon custom of making reparations for the deaths
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wergild
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The group of old wise counselors
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witan
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the anglo-saxon belief taht fate controlled destiny is known as ___
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wyrd
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___ is language that appeals to the senses.
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imagry
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___a pattern that appears in literature cross cultures and is repeated through the ages is a ____ this can be a character, a plot, an image, or a setting
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archetype
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in anglo-saxon poetry, a metaphorical phrase of compound word used to name a person, place, thing, or event indirectly is known as a ____
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kenning
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an ____ is a reference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science, or popular culture
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allusion
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a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things WITHOUT using a connective word such as like, as, than, or resembles is known as a ___
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metaphor
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a ___ is a character who sets off another character by strong contrast
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foil
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a ___ is a pause or break within a line of poetry, usually indicated by the natural rhythm of the language
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caesura
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the repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to one another is known as ___
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alliteration
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____ is a kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman or nonliving thing or quality i talked about as if it were human or had life.
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personification
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in literature, a word, a character, an object, an image, a metaphor, or an idea that recurs in a work or in several works is a ____
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motif
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a ___ is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things by USING a connective word such as like, as, than, or resembles
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simile
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a short reflective poem that deals with loss and the need for consolation are ___
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elegies
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a ___is a story in which the characters, settings, and events stand for abstract or moral concepts
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allegory
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KNOW THE EXAMPLES OF A KENNING, ALLITERATION, CAESURA, FOIL, IMAGRY, PERSONIFICATION, AND ALLUSION
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ON THE "ANGLO-SAXON AGE AND BEOWULF" TEST
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the "sin-stained" demon
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Grendel
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the warrior who challenged beowulf's reputation
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unferth
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the sword lost in the battle with grendel's mother
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hrunting
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king of the danes
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Hrothgar
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king of the geats
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Higlac
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our massive, super hero
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beowulf
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the greatest of all mead halls
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Herot
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the loyal geatish warrior
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wiglaf
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sir thomas malory was a ___
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member of parliament
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the character of arthur in le morte d'arthur was based on ____
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the myths and legends of great Britain and the European continent
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Le morte d'arthur is called a "swan song of the middle ages" because ___
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the death of arthur symbolizes the end of the age
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examples of the mysteries surrounding Arthur's death
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he ws never actually seen as being dead, he implied that he would come back, he was taken away on a boat by mysterious women
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characteristics of an Epic hero
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is significant and glorified, is on a quest, has superhuman strength, intelligence, courage, is ethical, risks death for glory or for the greater good of society, performs brave deeds, strong leader, feflects the ideals of a society, high status, fateful actions, courageous deeds
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the seafarer is an example of a ___
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ellogy
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the chronicles of Narnia is an example of a __
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allegory
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___ is a kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman or nonliving thing or quality is talked about as if it were human or "had life"
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personification
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____ is a contrast or a discrepancy between expectations and reality
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irony
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one of the rioters saying to the other while they plot the murder of the third, " you know you can trust me as a brother" is an example of ___
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verbal irony
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the three rioters are told that death is waiting for them under a tree, but, when they arrive, they instead find a pile of gold coins. these gold coins, in turn, lead to their deaths. this scenario is an example of ____
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situational irony
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a ___ is a verse narrative that traces the adventures of a brave knight or other hero who has to overcome danger for the love of a noble lady or some other high ideal
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Moral tales
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___ are tales that teach a lesson
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moral tales
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a verse narrative that traces the adventures of a brave knight or other hero has overcome danger for the love of a noble lady or some other high ideal is a ____
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romance
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a pattern that appears in literature across cultures and is repeated through the ages is a ____
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archetype
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in the "pardoner's tale" death is personified either by rioters or by the workers at the tavern in these ways..
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a privy thief, person who spears people through the heart, murderer of a village
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the old man personifies death as a ___
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mother
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in the "pardoners tale" chaucer characterizes the rioters as being ___
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blasphemers, and disrespectful
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the significance of arthur being buried at Glastonbury is ____
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Glastonbury was one of the first places that England converted to christianity and Henry 2nd's workers found a tomb containing a body with a sever head wound
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faithful follower
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bedivere
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wise old man
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archbishop of caterberry
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dreams
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dont fight mordred, 1 month peace
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the #3
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sword waved 3 times, 3 men left standing, 3 queens on the boat
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magic
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excalibur, ladies of the lake
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test of followers
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bedivere sent to cast excalibur into the lake
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betrayel
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mordred leads an army against his father, Arthur
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what does HIC ARTHURUS, REX QUONDAM REXQUE FUTURUS mean
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here lies Arthur, once and future king
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