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name the main characters in lord of the flies

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-piggy
-ralph
-simon
-jack
-sam and eric
-roger

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who is piggy in lotf?

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-voice of reason
-wears glasses
-has asthma
-fat
-helps ralph
-dies by getting knocked by a boulder from roger towards the end of the book
-his glasses are used to start fire

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who is ralph in lotf?

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-leader
-he is chosen by the boys at first
-they eventually leave him
-in opposition with jack
-wants to maintain order and get rescued
-the boys hunt him at the end of the book

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who is jack in lotf?

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-leader in opposition with ralph
-part of the choir
-wanted to be leader up front but was denied
-leads the hunters before he breaks away
-hunts pigs
-becomes more and more power hungry
-leads the killing of simon and leaves sacrifices for “the beast”

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who is simon in lotf?

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-small boy who follows ralph
-has seizures
-eventually is killed because they think hes the beast
-realizes that the beast isn’t real when he hallucinates the pig head talking
-the “jesus” figure of the book

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who are sam and eric in lotf?

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-twins who follow ralph
-one of the last to leave him
-always do everything together
-think they see the beast at one point
-tell ralph of jack’s plan to kill him and put his head on a stick

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who is roger in lotf?

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-jack’s accomplice
-tortures sam and eric
-kills piggy
-threw stones at kids before jack split

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what are the major plot points in lord of the flies?

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-they crash on the island and ralph and piggy call everyone with the conch shell
-ralph is voted leader and jack the head of the hunters
-they light a fire with piggy’s glasses but it gets out of control
-they try to keep a signal fire and build shelters but the kids don’t like to work
-a ship passes but the hunters let the fire go out because they were catching a pig
-the little boys talk about a beast
-a pilot falls from the sky and his corpse is tangled in the parachute and sam and eric think its the beast
-everyone goes on a hunt for the beast
-jack leaves the group
-they build a new signal fire
-everyone slowly slips away
-the new group kills a pig and leaves its head on a stick for the beast
-they reenact it through their dance and end up killing simon
-jack’s group steals piggy’s glasses
-they go up to reason with him but they take same and eric captive and kill piggy
-they plan a hunt for ralph planning to put his head on a stake
-sam and eric warn ralph
-he evades them until someone comes to rescue them

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what are some main symbols in lotf?

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-conch shell
-glasses
-beast

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what are some main themes in lotf?

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-civilization vs. savagery
-power
-corruption
-loss of innocence
-innate evil in humans

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list the main characters in f451

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-montag
-mildred
-faber
-beatty
-clarisse

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who is montag in f451?

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-main character
-firefighter
-husband to mildred
-eventually wakes up to the problems in society
-hides books
-runs away from society

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who is mildred in f451?

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-wife to montag
-obsessed with the parlor family
-represents typical society
-overdoses in the beginning

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who is faber in f451?

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-old english professor
-talks to montag in a park before the novel begins
-helps montag by putting a seashell in his ear and talking to him
-helps him escape and try to hide books

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who is beatty in f451?

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-firefighter capitan
-talks to montag and comments on society and literature
-has read books himself
-says that books confuse everything because everyone is saying different things

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who is clarisse in f451?

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-montag meets her in the beginning of the book
-seen as odd
-is eventually killed by a car
-thinks about things and talks with her family
-gets montag thinkinng about society and the emptiness of his life

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what are the major plot points in f451?

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-montag comes home from his job as a firefighter (book burner) and encounters clarisse mcellan
-montag finds mildred overdosed
-he gets upset about the unprofessional and nonchalant nature of the people who pump her stomach
-clarisse is killed by a car
-responds to an alarm of an old woman who choses to die with her books
-steals a book
-stays home from work “sick”
-beatty comes to his house and explained how the books ended up being banned
-montag tries to read all the books and goes to visit faber
-they come up with a scheme to copy books and gives him a two way seashell
-montag reads a poem to mildreds friends
-beatty tries to confuse montag
-they go to his house and burn it because he was turned in
-they send the hound on him
-montag kills beatty and knocks the firemen unconcious
-he goes to faber’s house
-faber tells him about a renegade group
-montag finds the renegades
-jets obliterate the city theyre outside of

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how does faber view books vs. beatty?

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-faber argues that books are valuable and people need them
-they have quality
-expose things about life that society finds uncomfortable
-beatty argues that books only confuse people and cause chaos
-he explains that books offend everyone
-they deserve to be incinerated because they do no good and only make people think

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what are some motifs in f451?

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-mirrors: reflecting
-fire: good and bad
-war: state of society/ montag’s life
-snakes: bad
-birds: freedom

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what are some major themes in f451?

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-censorship
-speed of society
-technology
-ignorance vs. knowledge
-empty relationships

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list the major characters in macbeth

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-macbeth
-king duncan
-donaldbain
-malcom
-macduff
-lady macbeth
-banquo
-three witches
-hecate

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who is macbeth?

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-fights for king duncan and scotland
-becomes thane of cawdor
-becomes king of scotland after killing duncan
-kills his two servants to cover it up
-recieves a prophecy from witches which is why he does this
-goes more and more mad and kills anyone in his way

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who is lady macbeth?

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-originally pressures macbeth into killing duncan and doesn’t feel guilty
-goes mad and kills herself by the end

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who is duncan?

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-king of scotland
-killed by macbeth
-had two sons: donaldbain and malcom

25
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who is malcom?

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-originally flees to england after his father’s death
-son of duncan
-heir to the throne
-conspires with macduff and becomes king of scotland after defeating macbeth

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who is macduff?

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-nobleman of scotland
-against macbeth
-macbeth kills his family after he learns he has fled the country
-macduff kills macbeth because he was born from a c section so he’s not born of woman
-motivated by the murder of his family
-conspires with malcom to defeat macbeth

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who is banquo?

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-fights with macbeth in the beginning and recieves a prophecy from the witches that his sons will be kings
-killed by macbeth’s murderers

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what prophecy do the 3 witches give macbeth?

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-he will be thane of cawdor
-he will be king
-his sons will not be king
-banquo’s sons will be king

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what messages do visions give macbeth/ how do these come true?

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-he will not be defeated until the forrest marches up the hill
-the army uses branches to hide their numbers
-he will not be defeated by a man who is woman- born
-macduff is born by c section

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what are the major plot points of macbeth?

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-duncan and men talk about the battle
-macbeth and banquo recieve the prophecy
-they go to duncan and his men
-lady macbeth reads macbeth’s letter
-duncan comes to stay with them
-lady macbeth comes up with a plan and convinces macbeth to murder duncan
-they get the guards drunk and kill duncan
-macbeth kills the guards
-he becomes king
-he sends murdereres to kill banquo and fleance
-fleance escapes
-macbeth goes to the witches and they give him visions
-macduff flees the country
-macbeth sends murderers to kill macduffs family
-lady macbeth goes mad
-macduff and malcom conspire and raise troops
-they march the army against macbeth
-lady macbeth kills herself
-they defeat him
-malcom becomes king

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what are the 3 visions macbeth sees from the witches and what do they say?

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-an armed head, beware macduff
-a bloody child, no man who is woman born can harm you
-a crowned child, you won’t be harmed until the woods march up the hill to your castle

32
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list the main characters in much ado about nothing

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-beatrice
-benedick
-hero
-claudio
-don john
-don perdo
-leonato
-lady margret
-borachio (henchman of don pedro)
-dogberry (farce character, idiot)

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what are the main plot points in much ado about nothing?

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-don john and crew come to stay with leonato and crew after coming back from war
-claudio sees hero and likes her
-beatrice and benedick make fun of each other
-claudio and don john come up with a plan to get him hero
-don pedro hears this and he plots to tell claudio that don john is wooing her for himself
-masqerade party
-claudio and hero get engaged
-claudio, hero, don john, and leonato convince benedick and beatrice they are in love with each other
-don pedro makes it seem like hero is being unfaithful but its really borachio and margaret
-claudio calls hero out at the wedding
-they fake her death
-beatrice and benedick confess their love for each other
-beatricce asks benedick to challenge claudio
-dogberry helps them find out don pedros plot
-hero and claudio get married
-beatrice and benedick get married

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who are the main characters in oedipus?

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-oedipus
-jocasta
-teriesias
-messenger
-chorus
-creon
-shepherd

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what are the main events in oedipus?

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-priest of zeus talks to oedipus and asks him to find out what’s happening in the city
-creon comes back with a message from the oracle to find out who is the murderer and get rid of them
-tiresias accuses oedipus
-oedipus accuses tiresias and creon
-messenger tells him his father is dead and he is now king of corinth too
-he talks with the shepherd who tells the story of saving him and bringing him to the messenger
-he talks with jocasta who tells her side
-oedipus puts the pieces together that he ran away from home and killed the old man on the road
-jocasta kills herself
-oedipus blinds hiimself

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what are the 3 types of irony shown in oedipus? give examples

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-situational: tiresias is literally blind but oedipus can see and is blidn to the truth, oedipus came into the city a rich man and leaves a poor one
-verbal: cron makes snide remarks about not making decisions without consulting the gods but means i wont do it like you did oedipus
-dramatic: oedipus runs away to avoid his fate but really runs towards it

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who are the main characters in antigone?

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-antigone
-ismene
-creon
-tiresias
-haemon

38
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what are the main events in antigone?

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-antigone decides to bury polyneices
-she asks ismene to help her but she refuses
-creon punishes antigone by putting her in a cave
-haimon tries to change his dad’s mind
-tiresias tells creon hes wrong
-he tries to make it right but finds antigone and haimon dead

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what are the characteristics of a tragic hero?

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-start out dignified and courageous
-high ranking in society
-have a tragic flaw
-reversal
-recognition
-catharsis
-often hubris

40
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what is a metaphor?

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-comparing something concrete to something abstract without using like or as

41
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what is the tenor/vehicle/ground in a metaphor?

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-tenor is the thing you are describing
-vehicle is the imaginative thing you compare it to
-ground is the thing they have in common

42
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aside

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-short speech in a play meant to only be heard by the audience not other characters
-almost like the characters thoughts

43
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soliloquy

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-monolouge but alone

44
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monologue

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-long speech where only 1 character is talking

45
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apostrophe

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-when they talk to something that can’t respond
-character that is dead or not in the room
-nature
-inanimate object

46
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irony

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-what is expected vs what happens
-situational, verbal, dramatic

47
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motif

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-thematic symbol that reoccurs and represents something
-ex. water, fire

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polysyntendon

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-using a bunch of conjunctions in a row
-ex. we have ships and men and money and time

49
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asyntendon

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-absence of conjunction between parts of a sentence

50
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in flander’s fields

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-about war
-poppys
-keep fighting for our cause

51
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dulce et decorum est

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-war is bad
-don’t say its honoring and encourage people to fighte

52
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pathedy of manners

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-girl who gives up her intelligence to fit in with society and upper class

53
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out out

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-speech from macbeth when lady macbeth dies
-boy cuts himself with a saw and dies

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