final exam Flashcards
what is the story of Bislavret
man goes into the woods once a moth to turn into wolf. needs clothes to turn back human. wife takes his clothes so he cant become human so she can have ana affair. he is stuck as a wolf and goes to live with the king. king finds out he’s a human trapped as a wolf and gives him back his clothes
what does clothing represent in bisclavret
clothing equals civilization. animals dont wear clothes and the clothes are what allow him to change back to a human.
what is a frame story
a story that contains other stories
what is the frame story for the heptameron
10 teens stuck in an abbey and decide to do what they do in decameron (tell a story each day), to help past the time but the catch was that they could not write any story that wasn’t truthful
what were the 3 things that made a story truthful in the heptameron
the stories had to be
- about their own life
-from reliable sources
-teach a moral lesson
how did Christine build the city of women in the book of the city of ladies?
she took the trowel of her men which meant to ‘Take the trowel of your pen” which meant to build the city with her words, with your witing.
She reclaims/restored women by writing stories about great women
what were the 3 points lady reason made to Christine?
- Philosophers have made mistakes in the past?
- Poets sometimes say the opposite of what they mean. They use antiphrases: interpreting something negative in a positive light or vice versa
- Consider the reality of your own experience
what did pertarch create in rhyme sparse
he created sonnets which meant little song
how does petrarch and his gf relate to daphne and apollo
Laura is Pertarch’s girlfriend, using the story of apollo and daphne where daph is turnedinto a laurel tree. Petrarch believes the image of Laura racing out to block the sun is beautiful bc it mimicked a laurel tree and its branches
why do women complete men in popul vuh
with their women, the men now really care alive because their woman contributed a combination of being in love, they can have sex and can create a lineage, they complete the men and the creation of people
why did the twins defeat the 7 macaw in popol vuh
the twins saw the evil in their pride and Seven Macaw’s ambition to become the Sun and Moon and, therefore, the leader of the gods
how did the twins defeat the 7 macaw in popol vuh
The twins play a trick on him where they pluck him of his teeth and the metal from his eyes, which deprived him of the things that make him a lord. so he died of shame
