Exam 1 Flashcards
Who is the author of “The Vindication of the Rights of Women”?
Mary Wollstonecraft
Who is the author of “The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”?
Frederick Douglass
Who is the author of the “Song of Chun-Hyang”?
it’s a verbal pansori
Who is Chun-hyang in the “Song of chun-hyang”?
the daughter of a kisaeng and aristocrat. She is in love with Master Yi, but the governor wants to marry her instead. She sticks true to her morals and doesn’t give in until Master Yi returns for her
Who is Yi Mong (master Yi) in the “Song of chun-hyang?”
He is the son of the former governor. He is in love with Chun-hyang, but he must leave to prove himself an acceptable governor so that he can be with chun-hyang. In the end he gets with Chun-hyang
Who is the author of “The Journey to the West”?
originally not the work of a single person but the final form is attributed to Wu Ch’eng-en
Who is Tripitaka
He is the most holy of the monks sent on a journey to find scrolls to help end the sufferings of his people. Along the way he grows and meets disciples
Who is Sun Wu-K’ung, Monkey?
He was king of the Mountain of Flowers for several hundred years, after which he set out into the world in search of knowledge that would make him immortal.Although he can never overcome completely the temptation to play tricks, Monkey earns his redemption and receives the Illumination that in the end, after a successful journey to India, allows him to be received into Heaven as a Buddha.
Who is The Bodhisattva?
A potential Buddha helping suffering humanity
Who is Zhu Bajie?
lustful, ever hungry
represents human sensual appetites
boar and he becomes a janitor at the end of the novel
Who is Sha Wujing?
Used to be a general in heaven
exiled to earth as punishment for having broken the Jade Emperor’s vase
Who wrote “A Simple Heart”?
Gustave Flaubert
Who is Felicite Barette?
She’s the main character of Gustave Flaubert’s “A Simple Heart”. She is kind and loyal and is the maid of Madame Aubain. She has a tragic love story, her nephew dies, she has a parrot Loulou, she is left blind, deaf, and old and eventually dies in Madame Aubain’s house
Who is Madame Aubain?
She is the employer of Felicite in Gustave Flaubert’s “A Simple Heart”
Who is Virginie?
She is Madame Aubain’s sickly daughter
Who is Paul?
He is Madame Aubain’s son that is shipped off to school early on
Who is Victor?
Felicite’s nephew. She loved him like a son
Who is Monsieur Bourais?
A friend of Madame Aubain’s (like a secret lover) Was actually a bad man
Who is Theodore?
The man that tried to rape Felicite at the fair. Asked her to marry him and then bailed through a friend
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Frederick Douglass is an African American slave. He is the main character of the “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”
Who is Captain Anthony?
Douglass’s first master and most likely his father. He ran Colonel Lloyd’s plantation. Very cruel
Who is Colonel Edward Lloyd?
Douglass’s first owner. Cruel as well
Who is Lucretia and Thomas Auld?
Anthony’s daughter and her husband. Very cruel towards the slaves. Inherits Douglass after her father’s death
Who is Hugh and Sophia Auld?
The couple that lives in Boston and had care of Douglass for a while. Sophia taught Douglass to read, being nice to him at first, but after a while she was just as cruel.
Who is Edward Covey?
A notorious slave breaker.
What important message does Douglass have about Christianity in the epilogue?
He says that he is a supporter of Christianity, and that if anything in his book came across as anti-religious then it was because that person wasn’t a true Christian. He also says that people are more Christian in the North than in the South
How is ignorance used as a tool for slavery? Or how can education set a slave free?
Learning to read is what started Douglass on the path to freedom. The more his knowledge grew, the more he knew about slavery and how it was wrong. Learning to read and to write directly helped Douglass to escape slavery.
How does slavery negatively impact slaveholders as well?
Sophia Auld was turned into a cruel master, so that she could raise her slave appropriately. Being nice to a slave is looked down upon.
Who is Yu Long?
The horse
