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72 Cards in this Set
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List invaders of Great Britian |
Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Normandy |
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Celtic religion characteristics |
NOT worship of Ancient Greek gods of wisdom |
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What was Anglo-Saxon life dominated by? |
Close allowance between leaders and their followers |
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Why were Anglo-Saxon poets/bards honored? |
Preserved heroic deeds in collective memory |
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Why does Beowulf come to kill Grendel? |
The adventure would give him new glory. |
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What last thoughts does Beowulf express as he is dying? |
Sadness that heroes like him and England are a dying breed |
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Why is Beowulf an epic hero? |
He embodies the ideals of Anglo-Saxon society |
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Describe Beowulf. |
NOT mild-tempered and modest |
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What epics do epic heroes follow? |
Brave, clever, fair, patience, wisdom; ethics of a good warrior |
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Why did Beowulf go to aid the Danes? What was his connection? |
To get new glory and adventure; father is related to the king, distant family. |
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What murderous biblical figure is Grendel related to? |
Cain |
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Beowulf is praised for what virtues after his death? |
Bravery and fairness. |
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What makes Beowulf an important literary work? |
First great work of national literature |
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Who is Unferth? Brecca? |
Unferth is the man of Dane who challenges Beowulf because he envies his courage and fame; Brecca is Beowulf's friend that raced him in their famous and dangerous swimming match |
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How does Beowulf kill Grendel? His mother? |
Twists off Grendel's arm and stabs him with it; cut off his mothers head |
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How did England change after William the Conqueror triumphed at the Battle of Hastings? |
Adaption of Norman social system and French words to English language |
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Explain Feudalism's religious concept of hierarchy. |
Caste system of overlords, vassals and serfs |
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What effect did the Black Death have in feudalism? Why? |
Freedom for seeds and greater power for lower classes |
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What is Chauncer's main objective to writing the Prologue? |
Introduce cast of characters |
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Why are the pilgrims traveling to Canterbury? |
To see the shrine of Saint Thomas a'Becket. |
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Why do the pilgrims agree to tell tales during the journey? |
Win a free meal and entertain one another to pass time |
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Which member of the clergy receives the most admiring, flattering description? |
The parson |
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Which pilgrim apparently knows and uses potions? |
The wife of bath |
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Chauncer's characterizations of the Prioress, the monk, and the others connected with the church are mainly what? |
Satirical |
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In "the Pardoner's Tale" why is it ironic that the Pardoner preaches against avarice? |
He is especially greedy himself |
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How is death portrayed? |
Skeletal figure and an evil angel |
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Why do the rioters go looking for death? |
Avenge death of their friends |
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In "sir gawain and the green knight" why does gawain take a green sash? |
He hopes it will keep him alive, his lover (the lady) gives it to him. |
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Why does the green knight taunt sir gawain and how? |
Flinches at the sight of a descending ax; sharpens ax from afar and repeatedly swings and purposely miss |
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Why is this work considered a romance? |
A brave knight on a dangerous journey |
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What is the main thing that Gawain gains from his experiences with the lord, his lady, and the Green Knight? |
Punishment of deceit |
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In Le Morte Darthur the two armies begin the battle because what happened? |
Modred is a traitor |
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How (weapon) does Arthur kill Modred? |
His spear |
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Why doesn't Bedivere throw Excalibur into the lake at first? |
Knows it's important and valuable |
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What does Arthur's epitaph imply? |
He will return to England if needed. |
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Who becomes king in the end? |
Malcolm |
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Details of Banquo's murder. |
Ambushes Banquo and his son while walking home, Banquo killed, Fleance escape. |
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Are the Thanes loyal to Macbeth in the end? |
No they act because they are scared an Macbeth is a tyrant |
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What are the things the witches prophesize? |
Macbeth the thane of Cawdor and king, banquos sons will be king but not him, beware Macduff, no one but not born of a woman can kill Macbeth, Macbeth will remain king until Birnam wood comes up Dunsindane hill. |
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Banquo's ghost-who sees it? |
Macbeth only |
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How does Lady Macbeth die? What is her problem in Act V? |
Guilt consumes her and she kills herself; she starts sleepwalking every night |
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Is Duncan ever suspicious of Macbeth? |
No |
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What is the point of the porter scene? |
Comic relief after king is murdered. |
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How would you describe Macbeth in the end? |
Scared. |
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What is his reaction to his wife's death? |
Anger, terrible timing, bound to happen. |
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How does Macbeth die? |
Macduff (who's mother died before his birth) killed him and cut his head off. |
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Who is Hecate? Macdonwald? Fleance? Macduff? |
Hecate is "queen" or leader of the witches; Macdonwald is the traitor of Scotland from the beginning and was called "merciless"; Fleance is Banquo's son; Macduff is a thane who flees Scotland to find Malcolm to get help to save Scotland and have Malcolm back as king, he also kills Macbeth |
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How are the thanes of Glamis? Fife? Inverness? |
Glamis is Macbeth as well as Inverness; Fife is Macduff |
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What does Macbeth hallucinate in Act I? Lady Macbeth in Act V? |
Macbeth sees a dagger leading him to the king's chamber to murder him; Lady Macbeth sleepwalks and sees blood on her hands that can not be washed off. |
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Clerval |
Victor's childhood friend, nurses him to health |
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Felix |
DeLacy son, in love with Safie. |
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Walton |
Letters from beginning, aided Frankenstein and heard from him his story. |
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Kremp |
professor of natural philosophy, victor dislikes |
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Justine |
Servant and adopted into Frankenstein family; framed for murder. |
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Agatha |
DeLacy daughter, sister to Felix. |
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Safie |
came and found felix, in love with him |
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DeLacey |
Family the monster watches, father is blind |
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Elizabeth |
Victor grew up with, beautiful, adopted in family, Victor loves and intends to marry. |
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William |
Victor's youngest brother, strangled in woods by the monster |
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Maragret |
Sister of Walton he writes to her on the ship telling her of Frankenstein's story. |
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Beatrice |
Hero's cousin; witty |
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Benedick |
Soldier under Don Pedro; witty; love affair with Beatrice |
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Claudio |
Soldier under Don Pedro; in love with Hero |
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Hero |
Daughter of Leonato; beautiful and kind; in love with Claudio |
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Don Pedro |
prince; friend of Leonato |
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Leonato |
successful, governor, elderly, well loved |
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Don John |
Brother of Don Pedro; evil villain |
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Margaret |
hero's servant mistaken as hero |
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Berachio and Conrad |
Don Johns evil helpers |
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Dogberry |
the fool; in charge of the watch |
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Verges |
deputy to dogberry |
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Antonio |
Beatrice's father |
