Basic Info about Shakespeare Flashcards
1
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precocious
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intellectually ahead of their chronological age
2
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genre
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kind, type, format of expression in any medium
3
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What happened in 1066 AD?
A
Norman conquest of Britain changing the English language
4
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logos
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words, mind, reason
5
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drama
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Dialogue and scenario with conflict between the objective world and the self
6
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fresco
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painting on not quite dry plaster, done so that the colors would sink into the plaster and become permanent
7
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Shakespeare’s greatest period
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1585-1610
8
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synthesis
A
classical, Greco-Roman dramatic tradition, late medieval RC tradition
9
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Renaissance
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1500, rebirth of Classical Greek/Roman view, ended in 1800
10
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D=RxF
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D is individual Destiny, R is responsibility, and F is fate
11
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Fate
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inscrutable, capricious, fickle, cruel, indifferent
