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"true Britans" the first inhabitants of Britain, now live in the Highlands of Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and Brittany; influenced English lit. from early ballads to present day
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Celts
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invasion of Caesar brought education and culture, Claudius brought Roman rule to England
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Romans
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love of freedom, consisted of 3 groups: Angles, Saxons, and Jutes, also called Vickings
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Anglo-Saxons
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brought Christianity, vocab, knowledge from India and China, use old and new concepts
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Church
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Julius Caesar invaded Britain
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55 b.c.
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Anglo-Saxons invaded Britain
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449
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Church invaded Britain
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597
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Normans invaded Britain
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1066
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Claudius held a campaign to establish Roman rule in Britain
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43
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introduced the printing press to England around 1476, decided which dialect of English would be published
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William Caxton
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Battle of Wessex, thought to be the best Anglo-Saxon king, returned control of his kingdom at the Battle of Ethandue, used english to create a sense of unity
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King Alfred
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inventory of property
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Domesday Book
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first record of current events
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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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first hand info that has not been evaluated or analyzed by someone else
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primary source
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info that has been organized, evaluated, and analyzed by someone else
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secondary source
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writing info in your own words
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paraphrase
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rules to follow when writing a research paper, formatting (Modern Language Association Handbook)
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MLA
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condenses the author's ideas in your own words
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summarize
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cite sources using author's last name and page number
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parenthetical documentation
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a list that has publishing info about the sources at the end of the report
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works cited
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presenting the ideas or statements of another writer without crediting the original source
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plagiarism
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looking over what needs to be changed
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revising
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going in and changing grammar, punctuation, and other corrections that need to be fixed
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editing
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a record of the books, articles, internet sites, and other sources
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working bibliography
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arrange ideas
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methods of organizations
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a summary of the main parts and ideas that support them
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outline
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a precise idea you will try to prove, expand on, or illustrate in your writing
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thesis statement
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divides nonfiction books into 10 categories: general works, philosophy, religion, social sciences, languages, arts, sciences, technology, literature, and history
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Dewey Decimal System
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divides books into 21 categories represented by a letter
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Library of Congress System
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a long, narrative poem relating deeds of a hero
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epic
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repitition of consonant sounds in words that are close to one another
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alliteration
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poetic synonyms that are of 10 metaphonical compounds
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kinnings
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pause in the middle of the lines
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caesura
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arises from people, passed down through generations by word of mouth; no known authors
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folk epic
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storyteller
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scop
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a character who sets off another character by strong contract that emphasizes the differences between 2 people, bringing out distinctive qualities in each
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foil
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undertake quests to acheive something of tremendous value to themselves or their society
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epic hero
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band of loyal retainers serving a brave leader
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comitatus
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a payment after someone's death the amount paid depended on the person's social rank
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wergild
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social hall center of royal festivities for drinking, eating and entertainment
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mead hall
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fate
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wyrd
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a line of poetry written in 5 iambs
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iambic pentameter
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rhyming lines of iambic pentameter
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heroic couplet
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an introductory narrative within which one or more of the characters proceed to tell a story
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frame story
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Pardoner's tale is an example, and anecdote or example inserted into a sermon to teach a moral lesson
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exemplum
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a narrative in metnal; tales of love, adventure, knightly combat and ceremony
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romance
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a contrast between expectation and reality between what is said and what is really meant
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irony
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the act of ridiculing human vices and follies
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satire
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a person, place, thing or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself
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symbol
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the attitude a writer takes toward the reader, subject, or character
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tone
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an Anglo-Saxon word meaning follower, attendant, retainer, or warrior
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thane
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wars to get Holy land from Muslims
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Crusades
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basis for English constitutional law
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Magna Carta
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series of battles between England and France
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100 Year War
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author of Canterbury tales
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Chaucer
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model for Canterbury tales, both frame stories, within which characters tell their tales based on similar old plots
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Decameron
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social, economic, political and military systems
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feudalism
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caused by fleas from infected rats (Black Death)
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plague
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a system of codes governing the behavior of knights
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chivalry
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social group of people gathered together for same person did cycle plays, drama and trade unions
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guilds
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appointed his friend archbishop of Cantarbury
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Henry II
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martyr killed by knights of Henry II
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Thomas a Becket
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October 14, 1066; Norman conquest of England
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Battle of Hastings
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italian writer who influenced Geoffrey Chaucer
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Boccaccio
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written by Geoffrey Chaucer, first collection of short stories; shows different class and how they lived
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Canterbury Tales
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tells of the death of King Arthur
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Morte D'Arthur
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the hero undertakes a perilous journey in search of something of value
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quest
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how something looks; appears to people
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imagery
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fromal satire in which the speaker attacks rise and error with contempt and indignation
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Juvenalian
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voice is indulgent, tolerant, amused, and witty
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Horation
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hero, Geat; strength of 30 men; 3 major battles of his life, battled and defeated Grendal, Grendal's mother, and the Dragon; killed in the fight against the dragon
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Beowulf
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setting: Camelot; tells the story of King Arthur's death and he's dieing he tells one of his knights to throw his sword, Excalibur, in the lake
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Morte D'Arthur
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Arthur's nephew; bravest of his knights; takes the green knights challenge; setting: Camelot, the wilderness, Bertilaks Castle, Green Chapel
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Sir Gawain
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120 stories, but only 24 were finished; 30 pilgrims, each telling 4 stories
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Canterbury Tales original plan
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lawyer and humanist, author of Utopia
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Thomas More
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book written by Thomas More; impractical social systems; meaning "no where" because that place doesn't exist
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Utopia
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divorced his first wife Catherine though it was illegal for Anne Boleyn
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Henry VIII
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known as "Bloody Mary" because she burned 300 subjects at stake; restored pope's power in England
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Mary Tudor
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heir to the throne, but was killed by Elizabeth for plotting against her
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Mary Stuart
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person having a strong interest in old Latin and Greek classics to discover new answers
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Humanist
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married to Henry VIII, mother of Mary Tudor, was sentenced to house arrest because she refused to accept annulment of her marriage
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Catherine of Aragon
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"rebirth" particularly to renewed interest in classical learning
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Renaissance
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vast fleet of warships
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Spanish Armada
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focused on the Bible stories with accompanying antiphonal song
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mystery plays
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taught people stories from the Bible and saints' legends
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miracle plays
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taught people how to live and how to die
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moralities
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most notable play of the Renaissance peropd based on a Dutch original
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Everyman
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the father of Shakespeare's partner and fellow actor Richard Burbage; built the first publice theater called "The Theater"
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James Burbage
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Shakespear dedicated the poems "Venus and Adonis" and "The Rape of Lucrece" to this rich and extravagant nobleman
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Earl of Southampton
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eighteen plays published in small books Shakespeare's partner collected and published after his death
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"first folio"
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one of Shakespeare and the King's Men's theaters
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Blackfriar's Hall
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Shakespeare's company of actors
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King's Men
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the 1st theater built by James Burbage
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The Theater
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when all the theaters were burned a drawing of this remained; the only way the people knew how to rebuild the theaters
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The Swan
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a kind of play in which human action have inevitable consequences, in which the characters' bad deeds, errors, mistakes and crimes are never forgiven
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tragedy
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implies that tragedy purges, removes, or unclogs negative emotions such as pity and fear that build up within the human spirit
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catharsis
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tragedy is the immitation of an action that is serious, complete and of a certain magnitude, in laguage embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in separate parts of the play....through pity and fear effecting the proper purgationof these emotions
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Poetics/Aristotle
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english actor who was a major figure of the Elizabethan Theater and founder of Dulwich College
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Edward Alleyn
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Renaissance structure as an interconnected web of greater and lesser links
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Great Chain of Being
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the third book of Gesta Danorum
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Historia Danica
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the story of Hamlet told by an unknown author
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Ur-Hamlet
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the author of the Spanish Tragedy and one of the most important figures in the development of Elizabethan drama
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Thomas Kyd
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play in the murder mysery genre; twist ending
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"mouse-trap"
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Hamlet's most trusting friend whom he shares all his secrets to
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Horatio
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the New King and tells Hamlet that grieing for his father isn't right
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Claudius
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the Castle in Denmark
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Oedipus Rex
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genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance
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gothic
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produced a story called "The Vampyre"; gave prototype vampire as a nobleman, allof, brilliant, chilling, fastingating to women, cooly evil
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Polidori
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there was a compotition between author's about the characteristics of vampires and frankenstein
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Mary Shelley/Frankenstein
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15th century Transylvanian prince; extreme sadism and bloodlust; other names: Dracula, son of Dracul, devil; impaling was fine art and meant slow deaths for victims
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Vlad Dracul
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close friends of Percy and Mary Shelley; wrote ghost stories; had an alcoholic addiction
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Lord Byron
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setting for "Dracula"; where Vlad Dracul impaled victims and Elisabeth Bathory soaked in human blood
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Transylvania
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stage and film actor best known for his portrayal of Count Dracula in the American Broadway production
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Bela Lugosi
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unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area
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Jack the Ripper
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mythological beings that are deceased yet behame as if alive; the original title for "Dracula"
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The Undead
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must be driven straight through the heart to kill vampires
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oak stake
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