English Midterm 2006 Phillips
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- Physignomy
- Physical traits and characteristics being used to determine personality. (voice, hair color, face shape, --> attitude, patience, etc...)
- Wyrd
- The anglo-saxon belief of fate, (where we get the word 'weird')
- Personification
- Giving human qualities to objects that are not alive
- Imminent
- about to occur; impending
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Medieval Romance
(6 major points) -
1) idealizes chivalry
2) idealizes knight and his heroic deeds
3) uses knight's love and respect for his lady
4) setting is vague and vast
5) derives mystery/suspense from supernatural
6) uses concealed or disguised identities - toque
- a woman's small, brimmless (usually fur) hat
- Situational irony
- an example of irony when the story takes a completely different turn from the expected
- Shrift
- the act of confession, or being absolved of sins by a holy figure
- Hostelry
- Inn
- Kenning
- A riddling metaphor used by anglo sakons
- Eminent
- towering or standing above others, in a sense of social power, or in a physical sense
- Retainers
- a servant or attendant in a house of someone of high rank or wealth
- Vagrant
- a wanderer, a person of the street that is considered a general nuisance
- Chivalry
- The qualities idealized by knighthood, such as bravery, courtesy, honor, and gallantry toward women
- didactic
- intended to instruct morally in a story or lesson
- Metaphor
- comparing two things that would normally be considered unsimilar without using like or as
- Thane
- a feudal lord or vassal
- Resolute
- firm or determined; unwavering
- Ballad
- A narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung, consisting of simple stanzas and usually having a refrain
- dramatic irony
- And example of irony when the audience knows something that the characters do not know
- carriage
- someone's manner of walking or carrying themselves
- Haggard
- Appearing worn and exhausted; gaunt
- comitatus
- a loyalty bond
- Simile
- comparing two unlike things using like or as
- Alliterative
- having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable; "alliterative verse"
- epic
- An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero
- fallible
- Capable of making an error
- conceit
- A favorable and especially unduly high opinion of one's own abilities or worth
- Absolution
- The formal remission of sin imparted by a priest, as in the sacrament of penance
- Ironic Approval
- using satire to make it seem that you approve of something, when you really don't. (employs sarcasm... duh)
- Caesura
- A grand pause or line break inbetween the text
- Satire
- Irony, sarcasm, or caustic wit used to attack or expose folly, vice, or stupidity
- Verbal irony
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an example of irony which is verbally spoken by a character
(death is dead) - Feudalism
- A political and economic system of Europe from the 9th to about the 15th century, based on the holding of all land in fief or fee and the resulting relation of lord to vassal and characterized by homage, legal and military service of tenants, and forfeiture
- Humors
- One of the four fluids of the body, blood, phlegm, choler, and black bile, whose relative proportions were thought in ancient and medieval physiology to determine a person's disposition and general health
- Which character in the Canterubury tales wears a brooch with the letter A on it?
- The nun
- Which pilgrim has an ulcer on their knee?
- The Cook
- Which pilgrim is a lover cadet
- The Squire
- Which pilgrim has a lisp... and he begs only to the rich
- The Friar
- Which pilgrim has a nasty face covered in pimples and carbuncles?
- The summoner
- Which pilgrim has a battle-stained fustian tunic?
- the Knight
- Which pilgrim is deaf in one ear, specializes in making textiles?
- The worthy woman of bath
- Which pilgrim has a greyhound dog that helps him hunt?
- The monk
- The host is the owner of which Inn in the Canturbury tales?
- The Tabbard Inn
- Who is Sir Thomas a Beckett?
- The saint the pilgrims are going to worship at his shrine in the Canturbury Tales
- What class does the pardoner, summoner, and friar belong to?
- The Church
- Which class does the cook, skipper, manicple and cleric belong to?
- The city
- Who is in the feudal class?
- The knight, squire, plowman...
- Which class is the reeve in?
- City
- In what season/month does the Canturbury tales take place?
- Spring, April
- What happens to Lord Randal?
- He is poisoned by his lover
- How does Lord Randal know he is dying?
- His dogs died from the food
- What is the name of the ballad where the man kills his father?
- Edward
- Why does Edward kill his father?
- His mother tells him to
- The Wife of Usher's Well loses what?
- Her 3 sons
- The Twa Corbies is about what?
- Two birds talking about a knight that is dead and deserted... how they're going to eat his body
- What happens in The Three Ravens?
- 3 birds talk about a slain knight who is burried by his lady
- Subordinate (dependant clauses)
- WHEN I LEFT YOU, I thought you followed me
- Ballad Form
-
4 line stanza rhyme scheme, (abcb)
sometimes:
question-answer format
Refrain
repetition of words phrases, whole lines
dialougue... - Themes of a Balld (8)
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1) domestic tragedy
2) False love
3) true love
4) revenge
5)death
6)supernatural
7)humor
8)betrayal - Example of parallel structure:
- "... trying to get to the other until their held BREATHS BURST OUT, and lancelot DIZZIED, FOUND THE DOOR, and BLUNDERED DOWN THE STAIRS,"
- The middle ages was around what time?
- 1066-1485
- Which important event marks the beginning of the middle ages?
- The Battle of Hastings
- The Social, economic, and political system of the middle agtes is
- Feudalism
- Who was responsible for bringing feudalism into england?
- William the Conqeror
- The Normans were from:
- France
- Military expeditions to recapture Jerusalem from the Moslems were
- The Crusades
- The language of the Church and therefore most of the literature duing the middle ages was
- latin
- Did chivalry consit of learning to fight without armor?
- umm... no
- The literature that was a blend of chivalry with touches of love, magic, and marvels was teh
- Romance
- Who was responsible for working the land under feudalism?
- Serfs
- What does the green knight enter king arthur's court carrying?
- A holly branch and an axe
- What is the sound that gawain hears as he approaches the green chapel?
- the whir of a grindstone
- The name of King Arthur's court is..
- Camelot
- How long does gawain have to seek out the green knight and accept his blow?
- a year and a day
- gawain discovers hautdesert's castle after...
- praying to the virgin mary
- the host of the castle gives gawain...
- a deer, a boar, and a fox
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was composed by
- the pearl poet
- The green baldric eventually is worn by all the knights of the round table to symbolize
- humility, honor, and truth
- Morgan le Fay is jealous of
- Guenever
- After each day's hunt, hautdesert does what to the dogs?
- feeds the dogs
- Is gawain the first to accept the green knight's challenge?
- no, king arthuer
- Is morgan le fay gawain's half sister?
- no, she's arthurs
- when does gawain accept the green knight's challenge?
- christmas
- is gawain dedicated to christian ideals?
- yes
- how many days does gawain spend at the castle?
- about 3-4?
- what is on gawain's shield
- the Virgin Mary, and the pentangle
- Who is the ugly old lady in Gawain's court?
- Morgan le Faye
- Who is gringolet?
- Gawain's horse
- How many times does the green knight let the axe fall on gawain?
- 3 times
- Where is the green knight's castle found?
- Wirral Forest in wales
- What is the color green symbolize in Gawain's story?
- the eternal life through Christ
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What is the dependent clause in this sentence?
"While i parked the car nick picked up our tickets at the box office" - While i parked the car,
- What is the green knight's name?
- Bertilak
- What does Red symbolize in Gawain?
- The blood red represents salvation, passion
- What does the white represent in gawain?
- Snow represents purity and innocence
- What are the 5 points of the pentangle?
- 5 wounds of christ, 5 joys of mary, 5 senses, 5 fingers, 5 knightly virtues
- The Bob and Wheel is used in what work?
- Sir Gawain and the green knight
- What is the generosity of the ring-giver in order to obtain the loyalty of his thanes?
- Largesse
- What was important in anglo saxon times because it was a dare to destiny and a commitment to courageous action?
- boasting
- Beowulf was written in what language
- old english
- What verse is the form of anglo saxons?
- alliterative
- What was the great mead hall in beowulf?
- Herot
- What is a wegild
- the price paide by murderer's to the victim's kin
- What is hrothgar's homeland?
- Denmark
- The Geats are from what country?
- Sweden
- Beowulf ends on what kind of mournful note?
- Elegiac
- Hermod is a ___ to siegmund
- Foil
- What is a poet singer in anglo-saxon times?
- Scop
- Who is hrothgar's herald/messenger?
- Wulfur
- Who is hrothgar's queen?
- Wealtheow
- Who is killed by grendel's mother?
- Escher
- Who is the first great danish king, buried at sea?
- Scyld Schaefing
- Who is the shepherd of evil?
- Grendel
- Who is Beowulf's uncle?
- Higlac
- Who is jealous of beowulf, his foil
- Unferth
- Who challeged beowulf to a swimming contest?
- Brecca
- Who is healfdene's son?
- hrothgar
- who sotle the cup from the firedragon's cave?
- a slave
- Who is beowulf's cousin that helped him fight the dragon?
- Wiglaf
- What is mead?
- a drink made from fermented honey
- beowulf has the strength of how many men?
- 30
- Who is the author of beowulf?
- unknown
- What is beowulf's sword?
- Naegling
- Who is thryth?
- an evil queen used as a foil in beowulf
- What is a barrow?
- a pit dug for burrial, a grave
- Beowulf is what kind of story?
- an epic
- The Seafarer is what type of story?
- a lyric
- Barbara Allen is what type of story?
- Ballad
- The Pardoner's tale is what type of story?
- Exemplum
- The Canturbury Tales is what kind of story
- a frame story
- Sir Gawain is what type of story?
- Medieval Romance
- Name one pagean element, and one christian element in beowulf
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Pagean - Supernatural themes and animal worship
Christian - Belief in God's protection, Cain and Abel -
Prounoun antecedent agreement... chose the correct pronoun
"None of the early plays had (their, it's) openings at the Globe" - Their
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Pronoun antecedent agreement...
"Nobody in Avon suspected that one day (his or her, their) friend would be famous" - His or her
- What are 3 themes of The Seafarer?
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Alienation and lonliness,
The human condition,
Memory and reminiscence - What ios the pagan belief in spirits inhabiting aspects of nature?
- Animism
- What are intermediaries between gods and people?
- Druieds
- Who are the britons, who first inhabited england?
- Celts
- Who was the roman emperor who built a wall across northern england to drive back the picts?
- Hadrian
- Who was a monk/missionary who became the first archbishop of canterubry?
- St. Augustine
- Who wrote the Ecclesiastical History and is known as the father of the english language?
- Venerable Bede
- Who wrote the anglo-saxon chronicles, and was the first to claim soverignty over england?
- King Alfred
- Who was the norman king who invaded england in 1066 at the battle of hastings?
- William the conqeror
- What are the 3 german tribes that invaded england in the 5th century?
- Ango, Saxon, Jutes
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after 1066, what languages did the following groups speak in england?
Commoners/peasants
Royal Courts
Roman Catholic Church -
commoners/peasants- german
royan courts - french
roman catholic church - latin - Who was the first roman to invade enland in 54 bc?
- Julius Cesar
- What is the only surviving narrative epic sung in old english?
- Beowulf
- The romans remained in england for around how many years until germanic invasions in italy forced them to return to rome?
- 300 years
- What time period was the anglo-saxon age?
- 499-1066
- Name the characters in The Pardoner's Tale
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3 drunk rioters,
old man,
dead friend,
tavern worker - What is the theme of the Pardoner's Tale?
- Money is the root of all evil, Averice leads to death