Final Exam: Sir Patrick Spens, Robin Hood Ballads, & Le Morte d'Arthur

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one charged with keeping the law in both forest and manor

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yeoman

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“The untying of the knot”; the resolution that follows the climax

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conclusion

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sparkling; glittering

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glistering

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giving someone (or something) a name that reflects an important quality or characteristic; dedicating ceremonially

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christning (christening)

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The part of a plot which complicates the action. It begins with the exciting force, gains in interest and power as the opposing individual(s) or forces come into conflict, and proceeds to the climax, or turning point.

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rising action

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a statement written in memory of one who has died

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epitaph

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strength of spirit; fortitude

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mettle

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to cause to change places with each other

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transpose

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suggests; gives evidence of

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bespeaks

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trust; faith

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affiance

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a unit of length equal to six feet

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fathom

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to wander; to journey

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rove

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the moment of highest and greatest tension in the story

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climax

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to put for acceptance; to offer

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proffer

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conveyed; carried; transmitted

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conducted

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anger

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ire

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anxiety created by the writer to make the reader wonder what will happen next

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suspense

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to glimpse; to catch sight of

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espy

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The region in the East Midlands of England made famous for its involvement with the Robin Hood legend. The region includes Sherwood Forest.

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Nottingham-shire

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A song, transmitted orally, that tells a story. Its meter features a four-line stanza with the second and fourth line that rhyme (abcb); the first and third lines having four accented syllables and the second and fourth lines having three accented syllables.

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ballad (also known as the folk ballad or traditional ballad)

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favor; request

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boon

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a simple song with a repeating phrase or line (a refrain)

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roundelay

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provisions of food and clothing

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livery

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fainted from extreme emotion

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swooned

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lifted or hauled with great effort

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heaved

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shows; indicates

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betokens

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believing

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deeming

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put in the earth or tomb; burried

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interred

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immeasureable; incalculable

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inestimable

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contain elements such as knights, kings, honor, love, the supernatural, and battles between good and evil

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medieval romances

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“By the faith of my body, “ then Robin said, “This cloath doth make thee a man.”

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making Little John Bishop for the wedding

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comes upon a hermitage of the Archbishop of Canterbury; decides to become a hermit

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Sir Bedevere

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“O lang, lang my their ladies sit, / Wi’ their fans into their hand”

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suspense

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introduced printing into England

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William Caxton

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where Robin Hood is said to have died

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Kirkleys Priory

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“You blooded by me shall be.”

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Robin Hood’s death

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a knight of the Round Table and half-brother of Sir Gawain who rebelled against the king

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Sir Mordred

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“Late, late yestre’en I saw the new moon / Wi’ the auld moon in hir arm”

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a bad omen

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“Yesterday I should have married a maid, / But she is now from me tane, / And chose to be an old night’s delight, / Whereby my poor heart is slain.”

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Allin a Dale

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“This ill deed done to me, / To send me out this time o’ the year.”

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why a tear blinds Sir Patrick’s eye

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locked in the Tower of London to prevent marriage

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Guenever

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“For they’ll see them na mair.”

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climax

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His name has been heard since the sixth century, and by the ninth century, he had become a folk hero. In these medieval histories and romances, he defended Britain against the Saxon invaders in the late fifth/early sixth centuries.

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King Arthur

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where he will get a good sailor to sail his ship

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the king’s concern in “Sir Patrick Spens”

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a “bold harper” there to perform

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tricks the bishop

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“mak hast, mak haste … Our guid ship sails the morn.”

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Sir Patrick’s response to the king

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“Now here on the bridge we will play; / Whoever falls in, the other shall win / The battle, and so we’ll away.”

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Robin Hood in his first interaction with Little John

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“Half o’er, half o’er to Aberdour / It’s fifty fadom deep, / And there lies guid Sir Patrick Spens / Wi’ the Scots lords at his feet.”

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dénouement

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at his death, he repents, forgives Launcelot, and makes amends

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Sir Gawaine

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Hic jacet Arthurus, Rex quondam, Rexque futurus

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“Here lies Arthur, king once, and king to be.”