Ballads Flashcards
Characteristics of ballads
meant to be sung tell stories of everyday life rhyme abcb refrains/repetition dialogue-Q and A format sometimes Topics-everyday life: jealousy, revenge, disaster anonymous and common everyday ppl
When does Get up and Bar the Door take place
November 11-Martinmas (feast of St. Martin)
What type of story did Get up and Bar the Door first introduce
First written that introduces the battle of the sexes
what is the setting of Get up and Bar the Door
Setting-House of man and wife late in the day around Martinmas time. She was preparing food for it
in Get up and Bar the Door what does the husband tell the wife to do and what is her reply
He tells the wife to lock the door
her response: she’s busy doing chores “hussyfskap” that he can do it
what is the pact in Get up and Bar the Door
Pact: Whoever talks first has to close the door
what bad event happens in Get up and Bar the Door
robbers come
what do the bad people do in Get up and Bar the Door
eat their food, try to shave off the husbands face with the hot pudding, say they’ll kiss his wife
who speaks first in Get up and Bar the Door and why
husband b/c he’s angry that the robbers want to kiss his wife
what does the winner do
the wife dances and wins and tells him to shut the door
in Lord Randall who is speaking
mother and son
Where has Lord Randall been
woods
What has Lord Randall been doing
hunting
what is the format of Lord Randall
question and answer
where and with who did Lord Randall dine
his true love at her house
characteristics of Lord Randall
rhyme scheme, repetition, refrain
what did Lord Randall eat with her and what is significant about the meal
boiled eels in broth
snake= evil
what has happened to Lord Randall
mom thinks he’s been poisoned
what happened to Lord Randall hunting dogs
they swelled up and died
What connection is suggested with Randall’s tiredness and the dogs dying?
he may be dying of what his dogs died of
Does Randall think he has been poisoned
yes
Who does the story imply poisoned him
his love or someone at her house
how does Randall feel?
sick at the heart, betrayed that his love would do this, heartbroken
Do we know who killed Randall?
no but it’s implied it was his GF
Characteristics of ballads shown
Tragic subject matter, omission of details, sensational events
