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can be described as dark, and is inhabited bywater creatures |
The Lower World |
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another name for north america |
the great island |
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a creture that comes forward and volunteers to support a pregnant woman and her unborn children |
a large turtle |
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possesses the world where a skywoman descended to |
the great monster |
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wrestles with his brother to prevent him from hurting their mother |
enigorio |
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tries to create like his brother, but his creations fail; he creates an ape instead of a man |
enigon(hahetgea) |
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the realm that is inhabited by the woman and the rest of mankind |
the upper world |
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In the “Iroquois Creation Story,” the sky-woman conceives ____. Her relatives tell her to lie on a _____ because of herdistressed mind. While she is asleep, she __________.The creatures who see her descending are ___________. Thecreatures have a brief meeting to consult amongst themselves what should bedone. First, they appoint someone to get some _____. Next, they needsomething to protect her form that terrible waters that she will eventuallyfall in. A ______ volunteers to support the woman on its back. Asit is supporting the woman, it increases in size and becomes an enormous _______. While she is stressed out by her pregnancy, one of the twinstires to exit her body under the side of the mother’s arm. The mother _______ after the twins are born. One son is named _______, whichmeans the “good mind.” The other son is named ______________,which means the “bad mind.” |
twins/mattress/sinks down towards a dark world/alarmed to see her/earth/large turtle/island of earth/dies soon/enigorio/enigon(hahetgea) |
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The good twin does not want to remain in the naturalstate wherein he and his brother are born, so he creates a great ____ in the obscure world. With his mother’s _____, he creates an orb thatbecomes the sun. He uses the rest of her body to create the __________.After the good twin creates the universe, he creates the two images of _____ that resemble him. The good twin breathes into the ______ of his twocreations and they come alive. The bad twin tries to imitate his brother, buthis human-like creations become _____. The bad twin eventually becomesfed up with following his brother and offers him a ______ to becomethe ruler of the _____. The good twin tells the bad twin that he candefeat him by ___________, and the bad twin reveals that hecan be defeated with ______. |
light/head/moon and stars/dust/nostrils/apes/challenge/universe/whipping him with flags/horns |
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a black and white world, has four snow-capped mountains, and the Pueblo people live here |
fourth world |
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the powerful guardians who protect the east |
water monster |
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a blue world that is barren and flat and is inhabited by swallows |
second world |
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the powerful guardian who protects the west |
frog |
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the powerful guardian of the north who tells spiritual beings ot leave the first world |
white mountain |
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an ancient place that is red in color; its like an island floating in a sea of mist |
first world |
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the powerful guardian that protects the south |
blue heron |
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is a while world inhabited by grasshoppers |
third world |
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spiritual beings in the first world who have the ability to travel like the wind |
nilhi dinee |
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called the glittering qoeld, where the first death takes place, and the inhabitants are aware of their mortality |
fifth world |
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means "a real people", current meaning is indian or indians |
cusik |
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enigon becomes this once he is slain by his brother |
the evil spirit |
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the first to record on his own the myths of his people, the iroquois |
EA-GWE-HOWE |
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In the First World, the Nilchi Dinee exist in the _______ form. The world that they live in is ___ in color. The only source oflight in the First World is the ___. When the eastern sky glows white,it is ____. When the southern sky glows blue, it is ___. When thewestern sky is yellow, it is ________. When the northern sky turns black,it is _____. At the center of the First World is a ________. TheNilchi Dinee are forced to leave the First World because of _________. The guardian of the north, ________, tell them they must leave theFirst World because of their sins. |
spiritual/red/sky/dawn/day/evening/night/fountain/adultery/white mountain |
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Having been told to leave the First World, theNilchi Dinee go ____, and they fly through a _____________ intoa blue world, the Second World. The land is ___________. _______ are sent out to see if anyone inhabits this world. After _____ day, theyreturn saying they cannot find anyone. The Nilchi Dinee eventually meet _________ who are _________. One of the Nilchi Dinee takes libertieswith an important official’s ____, and was asked to leave. After theywander for awhile, a white head appears and tells them to go ______ |
east/narrow opening/barren and flat/scouts/three/blue beings/swallows/wife/south |
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____ lead the Nilchi dinee through a ______ into the Third World, which is _____. This world is inhabited by _______. The Nilchi Dinee _____ to stay in their world. The hosts of the Third World address the Nichi Dinee as _____. Eventually, _____ of the Nilchi Dinee becomes/become ____ and commits _____. Consequently, they are all asked to leave, and they wander until a read head tells the to go ____ |
locusts/crooked opening/whie/grasshoppers/ beg/friends and kin/one/weak/adultery/west |
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voyage that is called the voyage of decadence as columbus, his son, and his brothers are imprisoned |
1498-1500 |
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called the voyage of recovery as he is trying to recover his dignity and valuable resources |
1502-1504 |
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columbus was eventually granted permission to sail to the "new world," taking the santa maria, the pinta, and the nina |
1492-1493 |
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during these years, columbus and his crew returned to colonize the "new world" and continue exploration to find china and or japan |
1493-1496 |
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fifth island |
isla juana |
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first island |
san salvador |
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third island |
fernandina |
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second island |
isla de santa maria de concepcion |
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fourth island |
isabella |
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what is the criteria for rhetorical analysis |
audience/purpose tone appeals arrangement/organization language/style |
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t |
tactile |
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a |
auditory |
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g |
gustatory |
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o |
olfactory |
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v |
visual |
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thou ill-formed of my feeble brain who after birth didst by my side remain |
the author to her book |
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if ever two were one, then surely we if every man were loved by wife then thee |
to my dear and loving husband |
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thou by old adam was ebgot by my arise is from above whence my dear father i do love |
the flesh and the spirit |
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my head, my heart, mine eyes, my life, nay more, my joy my magazine of earthly store |
a letter to her husband |
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the principal might yield a greater sum yet handled ill amounts but to this crumb |
to her father with some verses |
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total depravity |
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u |
unconditional election |
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l |
limited atonement |
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i |
irrestible grace |
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p |
perserverance of the saints |
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the following mother is being prosecuted |
polly baker |
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in which state is she being prosecuted |
connecticut |
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she is being prosecuted for the ___ time |
fifth |
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her crime is having _____ |
a child out of wedlock |
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the defendant describes herself as a _______ woman |
poor and unhappy |
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she expects the prosecutors to ________ |
not deviate from the usual verdict |
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she hopes that the judges will ________ |
ask the governor to show mercy on her behalf |
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according to the defendant, she has twice ______ and twice she has _______ |
paid heavy fines/been brought to public shame |
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she claims the law is inherently |
unreasonable |
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she claims also that she has lived an ______ life in her neighborhood |
inoffensive |
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she emphasizes that she has not been a burden to the |
town itself |
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she implies that having more children is no crime |
against nature |
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she believes that having children, even out of wedlock, should be |
praised and not punished |
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she suspects that a complaint has been filed against by the Minister of Justice because |
no weeding fee could be collected |
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as for wedlock, she has decided that she is |
still willing to get married |
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she says that _______ the very first proposal of marriage |
she readily consented to |
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she reveals that one of the fathers of her child has |
become a magistrate |
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she had hoped that a certain magistrate would |
have appeared that day on the bench |
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the court of judicature believes that the accused's crime is _____ |
not all that bad |
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the individuals on the stage who provide a visual performance of a written text |
characters |
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the series of episodes, acts, and scenes that reveal a problem |
plot |
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the dialogue or monologe that reveals the actors thoughts feeling and motives |
diction |
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dramatic event that may astonish, sadden, or delights viewers |
spectacle |
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the general idea or ideas that the agents of drama collectively illustrate in the behavior, words, thoughts or actions |
theme |
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sets the tone or mood of a play, generating relevant feelings in the viewer |
music |
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someone is after her money, and she is quite enamored with this unscupulous individual. |
letitia
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this character is naive and gullible believing a "bad girl" is really a good girl |
jonathan |
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this character believes in decorum, and she enjoys the attention of the beaux she often ridicules a family member for not keeping up his appearance |
charlotte |
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this character is from the city and enjoys playing jokes in someone from the coutnry |
jessamy |
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this flat character is mistake for a deacon's daughter by someone not too familiar with city life |
the harlot |
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this character is considered honest, honorable, and traditional; he ends up with someone of his liking |
colonel h manly |
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this character uses books to improve her mind; she has given her hand but not her heart to a certain man |
maria |
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this character becomes exceedingly angry with someone who kisses her |
jenny |
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this character has a copy of chesterfield's letters to his son; he reads the letters to gain knowledge of how to understand and deal with women |
billy dimple dumpling |
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this character throws away his daughter's books, insisting that she'll marry a man of her choice |
mr van rough |
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"My brother is the very counterpart andreverse of me: I am gay, he is grave; I am airy, he is solid; I am everselecting the most pleasing objects for my laughter, he has a tear for everypitiful one." |
Charlotte |
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"Mighty well! Very fine indeed!--ladies andgentlemen, I take my leave, and you will please to observe, in the case of mydeportment, the contrast between a gentleman, who has read Chesterfield andreceived the polish of Europe, and an unpolished, untraveled American." |
dimple |
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"They used to say when I was a young man,that if a woman knew how to make a pudding, and to keep herself out of fire andwater, she knew enough for a wife." |
mr van rough |
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"I hope, Sir, that it is not criminal toimprove my mind with books; or to divert my melancholy with singing at myleisure hours." |
maria |
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"My honored mother, Sir, had no motive tomelancholy; she married the man of her choice." |
maria |
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". . . If you won't make young Van Dumplingthe man of your choice, you shall marry him as the man of my choice." |
mr van rough |
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"I know my father loves me tenderly, whenthen do I reluctantly obey him?" |
maria |
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"If she breaks up, or wishes to break, withMr. Dimple, depend upon it, she has some other man in her eye." |
charlotte |
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"I have the honor to be Mr. Dimple'sservant, or, if you please, waiter." |
Jessamy |
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"The son of my old friend can't have actedso unadvisedly. Seventeen thousand pounds! in bills!--Mr. Transfer musthave been mistaken." |
mr van rough |
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"Mercy on my soul! was that young woman aharlot!--Well, if this is New York Holy Ground, what must the Holy-day Groundbe!" |
jonathan |
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"Why, yes; there's Tabitha Wymen, thedeacon's daughter, at home, she and I have been courting a great while, andfolks say as how were are to be married." |
jonathan |
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"How sweet will the contrast be, betweenthe blundering Jonathan, and the courtly and accomplished Jessamy." |
jessamy |
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"A fighting brother is a cursed appendageto a fine girl. Egad! I just stopped in time; had he not discovered himself, intwo minutes more I should have told him how well I was with his sister" |
dimple |
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"He was not strictly handsome, but he spokethe language of sentiment, and his eyes looked tenderness andhonor." |
maria |
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"I took her to be the deacon's daughter,and she looked so kind, and so obliging, that I thought I would go and ask herthe way to lecture, and would you think it--she called me dear, and sweeting,and honey, just as if we were married." |
jonathan |
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"Turn , villain! and defendyourself.--" |
colonel manly |
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"No, no, Mr. Jonathan; there must be someother cause: I never yet new a woman angry at being kissed." |
jessamy |
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"Begone, Sir! By your delusions you had lulledmy honor asleep” |
charlotte |
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"You may find a son-in-law of more fortune,but you can never meet with one who is richer in love for her (Maria), orrespect for you.” |
colonel manly |
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a comparison that does not use like or as to show the similarities between two subjects |
metaphor |
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the repetition of internal or ending consonant sounds of words close together in poetry |
consonance |
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the repetition of vowel sounds |
assonance |
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a brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art |
allusion |
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the repeition of initial sounds in neighboring words |
alliteration |
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comparison that uses like or as |
simile |
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attributing human qualities or characteristics to inanimate objects |
personification |
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exists when two words have identical or similar vowel sounds |
rhyme |
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exaggeration used ot highlight an imporant point |
hyperbole |
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collection of images in a poem |
imagery |
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if they could turn this river into wine theyd be filthy rich |
hyperbole |
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they say his grape cost eight dollars |
assonance |
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the wrestler jumped from the table like a frog to stop his opponent |
simile |
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the rain in spain stays mainly on the plain |
assonance |
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the sum is a lonely traveler, always taking the same journey |
personificaiton |
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make sure you don't lose your head on halloween |
hyperbole |
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float like a butterfuly and sting like a bee |
simile |
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hate is a bloody knife that cuts into the soul |
metaphor |
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gary goldman gave gree grapes to the gorillas |
alliteration |
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the evening stars applauded the rising moon |
personificaiton |
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According to Olaudah Equiano he was born in a valenamed _______, His father was styled _______, which signifiesdistinction in their culture. The chief men receive a mark that is made bycutting the skin on top of the _______. The chief men or Embrenchedecided __________ Equiano remarks that his people area nation of ___________. He comes from a family of atleast ______, of which he is the _______ of the sons. Equianorelates that one day from a _________ he sees someone comeinto the yard of their neighbor _________. Later, he relatesthat he and his _______ were at home when they were abducted bykidnappers. |
Essaka/Embrenche/forehead/disputes and punished crimes/dancers, musicians, and poets/seven/youngest/a tree in their yard/to kidnap someone/only sister |
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Equianoremarks that after he and a sibling are kidnapped, they have a greater sorrowwhen __________. A _______ with severalwives and some children becomes his master. The master’s ____ wife islike a mother to him. One morning, he throws a ____ and kills a ____.He tells an old slave the truth about killing the animal because his _____ would not tolerate him telling a lie. When the old slave tells the mistress ofthe house what Equiano has done, he fears that he will be instantly ______, |
he and his sister are torn apart/chieftain /first/pebble/chicken/mother/flogged |
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To escape any punishment, he runs into a _____ where he hides. When he hears frequent rustlings among the leaves, he thinksthe creatures are _____. The master’s only _____ dies, and hebecomes ______, but he is _____ and _____ so thathe does not succeed. He eventually _____ and Equiano is sold again.During this time, he acquires ______ different African languages.Leaving the chieftain’s home, having been sold again, Equiano comes to a towncalled _______, |
thicket/snakes/daughter / suicidal/watched /prevented/recovers/ two or three/Tinmah |
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which according to him is the most beautiful countryhe has ever seen. In this town, he is sold for ____ little white shells.It is also in this town that he sees and tastes _______ for the first time. A merchant of this town sells Equiano to a wealthy _____ and her only son. He is hurried away from the wealthy patron’s home and is soldyet again—this time to Europeans. He notices that they do not _______ before eating. |
172/cocoa nuts and sugar cane/widow/wash their hands |
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what is pestilence |
a fatal epidemic disease especially bubonic plague |
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what are the symptoms or signs of the red death |
blood from every pore, sharp pains, sudden dizziness, seizures |
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what are the stages of this disease |
30 minutes of the symptoms then death |
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who is prince prospero? what are some adjectives that describe him? |
the hostess of the party. happy/dauntless/sagacious/bizaree |
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what is an abbey? describe the abbey where he, his courtiers, and his friends are |
a monistary. castle like with 7 different rooms and a Gothic architecture, iron gates |
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who are among his courtiers |
knights and dames, bafoons, musicians, improvisation, dancers |
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what resolution has prospero and the courtiers made |
to leave means neither of ingress or egree to the sudden impulses of despair from without or of frenzy within |
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why is it folly to think about the external world, the world outside fortifies abbey |
because everyone maybe dead or infected from the incurable red death |
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what are some of the appliances of pleasure used to keep his guests from thinking about the pestilence and what is going on in the world outside of the fortified abbey |
he invited an array of entertainers like dancers buffoons improvisations and musicians. cards and wine |
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around what time does prospero entertain his one thousand friends at a masked ball |
the end of the 5th or 6th month of the infection |
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how many rooms are in the imperial suite where the masquerade is being held |
7 |
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describe each room, considering the significance of the color of each room |
blue, purple, green, orange, white, violet, black with scarlet window |
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when you compare the seventh room to the other six rooms what distinguishes it from them? |
it is in all black with scarlet windows and no one entered the room |
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describe the lighting in the apartments |
there was no kinds of lights in the rooms but the corridors were lit through the windows |
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describe the gigantic clock that is situated against the western wall of the suite |
on the western wall large clangs at the minute |
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what effect does the clock have on the participants when it resounds? |
everyone stops, what they are doing momentarily |
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explain why some people would think that prospero is mad and why his followers would think that he is not |
that they thought he had a barbaric lustre. they disagree of course because he has shown only good qualities like to plan such a magnificent masquerade |
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prospero is the director and host of the masquerade what do you learn about him and his tastes as an organizer director |
he has a fine eye for color and effect bold and fiery even uses the rooms to his advantages |
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who are the stalkers in the seven chambers? what happens to these stalkers when they hear the voice of the clock |
dreams. when the clock goes off they pause then lightly laugh and disappear |
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what do the twelve strokes of the bell of the clock signify |
midnight |
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what do many of the revelers become aware of when the last echo of the last chime dies away |
a masque appears |
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how do the revelers react to the presence of the masked figure |
it caused everyone to murmur in conversation inquiring who it was |
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describe the masked figure explain why he would cause the revelers to react disapprovingly of him |
he was wearing all black and a red masque it looked like he was going to a funeral not a masquerade |
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whats a murmer and why is the term used to describe the masked figure |
a preformer who does not speak |
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what is proseros initial reaction to the spectral image of the masked figure |
he was scared at first then approuched it demanding who it was |
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how does he respond after getting over the initial reaction of the masked figure |
his brow reddened with rage |
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what happens when prospero waves his hand and what does the wave of the hand say about his authoritative role |
the band silences. it shows he is in ultimate control of everything at the masquerade |
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why does prospero rush hurriedly through the six chambers |
he is trying to escape the masque |
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why dont the others follow prospero as he is rushing the rooms |
because he is being pursued by the masque |
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what is a dagger and what is prospero planning to do with |
a small sword. to strike his pursuer the red masque |
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why was there a sharp cry and what happened to the prince prospero |
because he was face to face he was infected then died |
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what does untenanted by any tangible form mean |
one who does not truly live. the masque is not a person it is the red death itself |
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a thief in the night is a biblical allusion; explain the allusion indicating what relevance it has here in this short story |
the thief in the night is death it steals away people in their sleep taking their life |
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which three forces hold limited power over all |
darkness decay and red death |
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how many years had passed away before jacobs became aware that she was a slave |
6 |
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describe jacobs father |
carpenter, could hire himself out skilled smart had a house and his own familt |
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what were the conditions of him being allowed to work at his trade |
pay 200 a year and support himself |
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what was her father's strongest wish |
purchase his children |
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describe a mulatto |
mixed child between slave and owner |
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explain what jacobs means that she was fondly shielded as a child |
she lived comfortably never knew she was a slave she was protectede |
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who is jacobs brother describe him |
william 2 year younger bright and affectionate |
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describe jacobs maternal grandmother |
daughter of a planter greate woman indespensable |
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what was the purpose of her maternal grandmothers midnight baking |
to earn money to free her children |
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how many children did her maternal grandmother have? when the grandmothers master died how was his wealth distributed? |
5/ between the children |
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describe benjamin, jacobs uncle. how old was he and how much was he worth in dollars |
brotherly bright handsome nearly white, 10 years old, 720 dollars |
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how much money did her maternal grandmother save up and what happened to it>? |
300 and the mistress loaned it |
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what happened when jacobs was nearly twelve yeas old? describe the relationship between jacobs and her mistress |
mistress died, good relationship |
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what does jacobs say about the memory of a faithful slave |
doesnt save her children from the auction block |
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what does jacob discover when the will of her mistress is read |
goes to her sisters daughter |
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what precepts of God had the mistress taught jacobs before she died? what else did the mistress teach jacobs |
love thy neighbor as thyself, do unto men as they do you read and spell |
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jacobs mentions the hand of violence and the hand of death what does she mean by them and which of them does she prefer |
the hands of slave owners/ hand of death |
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describe the man whom jacobs wishes to marry |
young colored carpenter |
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why doesnt jacobs new mistress, dr flints wife, think that slaves have the right to family ties |
meant to serve |
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what did the new mistress do to a slave girl who wanted to marry a colored man |
beat her |
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besides her grandmother, who else does jacob go to tell about the young carpenters proposal for marriage? why is Jacobs convinced that this person can help her? |
Friend of Dr. Flint, thought she could influence him |
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discuss what happens when jacobs eventually comes before flint to discuss the carpenters propsoal |
hits her |
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what threats does flint make and how does he view jacobs arguments |
kills her/ he has no right to |
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after dr flints physical and mental abuse how much time transpires before he speaks to jacobs |
14 days` |
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what does jacobs mean when she says no animal ever watched its prey more narrowly than he watched me |
he was constantly watchin ready to attack |
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what is written in the note that dr flint gives to ameliorate the hostility between them |
go to la with thim |
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when jacobs reads flints note does she give him the response that he expects |
no |
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what does jacobs mean when she says that the lamp of hope had gone out |
her lover left she had no more light or good left in her life |
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what fears does she have about her brother william? how would you describe their relationship |
love, taken away from her, still loving, missing one another |
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what exactly is dr flints newly contrived plan |
to build a house away from his property for her |
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what is the gossip about in the incidents of a slave girl |
persecutions and wifes jealousy |
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what does jacobs mean when she says that she made a plunge into the abyss |
she gave up all her morals to achieve her goal |
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what confession does jacobs find painful to relate |
lost her virginity |
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what role does a white unmarried gentleman play in jacobs life |
took her virginity |
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how old is jacobs when her unmarried suitor seeks opportunities to see her |
15 |
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what characteristics of the unmarried suitor does jacob appreciate |
generous educated sympathy flattered |
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what does jacobs mean by it is less degrading to give ones self than to submit to compulsion |
her choice |
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what do you think jacobs means when she says that the condition of a slave confuses all principles of morality |
as a slave owner you have no morals/therefore the slave cannot settle on morals since they abide the master |
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what does jacobs feel a triumph and satisfaction in telling dr flint |
cant have her |
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does she really feel triumphantly happy |
no |
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what does mrs flint accuse jacobs of and what is jacobs grandmothers response |
being with her husband/gets upset |
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what does her grandmother order her to do |
to go not come back to her housew |
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where does jacobs go when she leaves her grandmothers |
a friend of her moms |
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what does the friend of Jacobs mother tell jacobs when she comes looking for forgivenes |
to call for her grandmother |
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what does dr fling rave about |
to be removed from his power |
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who does mrs flint vow if jacobs come back to her house |
to kill her |
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what does dr flint labor to convince jacobs of |
that she had lowered herself |
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what is the ever present witness of jacobs shame |
her child |
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what figure of speech is jacobs using when she says slavery still held me in its poisonous grasp |
she could never return to equal respect |
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what does it mean that the child will follow the condition of the mother |
be a slave |
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what horrible visions passed through jacobs mind |
baby is left to die like a dog |
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describe dr flints reaction to discovering the jacobs pregnant for a second time |
to cut her hair |
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what had dr flint done to jacobs some months before he cuts off fine head of hair |
throw her down stairs |
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what did he promise her after that violent incident |
not to raise his hands to her |
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what does dr flint swear to do when jacobs commits a new crime against him |
make her suffer till her last day |
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what does jacobs do in the midst of dr flints vituperations? what are vituperations? |
faint/ abusive language |
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at what age would jacobs have gladly been released by death |
19 |
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what religious ritual does jacobs want for her children |
to be christened/baptized |
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what idea has entered the narrator's mind and has haunted him night and day |
to kill the old man |
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what reason does the narrator dismiss as being motives for him killing the old man |
the man has never wronged him, no passion, never insulted him and he didnt even want to steal from him |
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describe the old mans eye as the narrator presents it |
eye of a vulture, pale blue with a film over it |
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how does the narrator react to the eye |
his blood runs cold repulsed obsessed shudder |
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explain the narrators method for not being detected by the old man |
over a span of a few weeks he slowly inched his way to the door, then opening it and sticking his head slowly |
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when did the narrator usually spy on the old man |
at about midnight |
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what is the narrators behavior toward the old man the following morning after having spied on him during the night |
come to his chamber, he would speak confidently to him calling his name in a positive voice and asking him how he slept to make sure the old man didnt know he was visiting him at night |
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what happens in the story that creates a moment of crisis for the narrator |
the old man woke up startled asking if anyone was there |
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how does the old man react during this moment of crisis? what does the narrator do to not get caught? |
he sprang up asking who was there then he sat still trying to hear any other noise he then tries to rationalize that the noise was the wind or a mouse or a cricket the narrator remains still and silences himself |
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explain how the narrator is empathetic toward the old man as the old man feels terrified by the noise that the narrator has made |
because he realizes that the old man is terrified of death their both really nervous |
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according to the narrator what does the old man do to assuage his mortal fear |
the old man tells himslef that it may be the wind a mouse or a cricket that made the noise |
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poe not only personifies death but he also personifies deaths shadow. discuss his use of personification |
the shadows of deah are something that always follows someone for the old man the shadows are creeping towards him like his demise because in the darkness the shadows disappear and the truth exposes |
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what increases the narrators fury and stimulates him to murder the old man eventually |
that when he showed the light on the old mans eye is wide open |
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how does he murder the old man |
he suffactes the old man with a mattress |
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describe the narrators method for getting rid of the body |
he cut apart the body in a bath tub and then through seperating the head and limbs and put it under 3 floor boards |
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what happens around 4 am after the narrator has concelaed the body |
he finished hiding the body. 3 men rung the doorbell |
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does he have to clean up any blood stains |
no used the bath tub to catch the blood |
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what does he do to indicate that hes confident that the officers will not find the body |
he had them search every room very well. even had them rest where he had the body |
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what are some obvious lies that he tells the officers |
that the scream was him when he woke from the dream |
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what does the narrator mean by perfect triumoh |
that he killed the old man and that the 3 men havent found any clues or dead body |
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what irritating noise eventually gets to the narrator |
the old mans heart beat |
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are the officers really mocking him |
no |
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explain the narrators breaking point |
he continues to hear the heartbeat and thinks that the men are mocking him and then he outright confesses and rips open the floor boards to reveal the old mans separated body |
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suitor of a coquette and uses scare tactics to intimidate a rival suitor |
brom bones |
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is a daughter of a rich farmer who throws a feast or party to entertain his guests |
katrina |
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the name of a horse that a certain teacher borrows to go to a party has the glam of genuine devil in one of his eyes |
gunpowder |
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dreams of being married to a rich mans daughter to eventually share the wealth her |
ichabod |
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is a rich farmer who has an only daughter to eventually share the wealth with her |
ichabod |
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is a rich farmer who has an only daughter who is pursued by several suitors |
balt van tassel |
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complains about her husband's laziness around the house |
dame van winkle |
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the horse of one of the young miss van tassels suitors |
daredevil |
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the canine of one who has slept for twenty years |
wolf |
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recognizes her father who left home a number a years ago |
judith gardiener |
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is comically invented character from new york and who was curious about the dutch history of new york |
Diedrich Knickerbocker |
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helps a young student of letters to find his way into an exotic garden |
lisabetta |
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is a historical figure mentioned in a narrative told by a professor of medicine |
alexander |
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is scientist who wants to improve the appearance of his wife by removing a horrendous mark |
alymer |
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is the setting of a story about poisonous flowers |
padua |
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becomes negatively affected by a physical blemish or defect |
georgiana |
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is considered by one professor of medicine to be dedicated to science, caring more for science than mankind |
giacomo |
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falls in love with a beautiful signora who has a deadly secret |
giovanni |
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is an assistant who would look past any physical blemishes or defects of an extremely beautiful woman |
aminidab |
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is the eve of her fathers garden |
beatrice |
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is a professor of medicine at the university of padua |
baglioni |