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Treatise
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formal writing dealing with a subject (Machiavelli’s The Prince)
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aristotelian tragedy
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writing including a plot (peripetia, recognition, and scene of suffereing), single actino which the whole play revolves around, tragic hero (noble birth and has a hamartia), catharsis
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iambic pentameter
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dah dum dah dum dah dum, what (Petrarchan) sonets are written in
danielle danielle danielle |
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the globe
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round theater where plays were performed, best seats behind the stage, groundlings, more important to hear than see, thatch roof, on the river thames, burnt down when shooting cannon
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metaphor
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implied comparison between two things
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simile
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a comparison between two things using the words like or as
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aside
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one person saying thoughts on stage when others "can't" hear them
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monologue
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one pereson speaking thoughts out loud
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soliloquy
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one person on stage ALONE speaking thoughts out lout
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satire
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the use of mockery, wit, or irony to attack or ridicule something
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incongruity
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something obviously out of place
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exaggeration
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an unrealistically exaggerated act or idae
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paradox
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an inconsisten or contradictory idea or fact. something that can not logically be true
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allusion
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a reference to ou cultural past
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naive narrator
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a narrator which we (the audience) can not trust because he is so gullible and stupid/innocent
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Why is Macbeth considered Machiavellian?
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1. does bad things to get power
2. does really bad things right away, but his flaw there is that he keeps on doing those bad things instead of stopping |
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Who is Macbeth?
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Thane of Cawdor, main character. starts out weak and then gets stronger
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Who is Lady Macbeth
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macbeth's wife, starts out very cruel but then is ruined by guilt
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Who is Duncan
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king of scotland in the beginning, macbeth kills him
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Who is Macduff
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duncan's sun, cesarian section baby "not of woman born" so can kill Macbeth
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Who is Banquo
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father of Fleance, killied by Macbeth, his sons will be the next issue of kings, not Macbeth's sons
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What is the purpose of the witches in Macbeth?
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set the tone - eerie and prophetic, weird, put the idea of being king into Macbeth's head
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what are some themes in MACBETH , explain them.
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appearance vs. reality
light vs. dark disruption of great chain of being |
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name some examples of imagery
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sleep: being disturbed (conscience)
blood: guilt |
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how is gulliver a naiive narrator? what is his purpose?
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gulliver even thinks his captors are doing a good jobof keeping him, he's innocent to the point of stupidity. swifts pupose was to, through him point out flaws
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what is/are swift's messages in this satire, Gullivers travels?
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pointing out problems; what politicians are really like during this time, etc.
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how do we see swift's view of england through gulliver?
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whatever gulliver says is good, we don't trust and know swift to believe the opposite
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What does swift stairize in Gulliver's travels and how does he do it?
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satirizes political leaders such as -- the king, which side to break the egg on (how to worship God)
how -- paradox, irony (like in Gulliver being a naive narrator and saying his captors are all great but they are still his captors) |