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1
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Alliteration

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A line of poetry in which there is repetition of the constant sounds at the beginning of words

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Metaphor

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Comparing things by using is

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3
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Sonnet

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14 line poem

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Symbol

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A thing that represents or stands for something else especially a concrete object representing something abstract

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5
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Conceit

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Jealousy or envy

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Rhyme scheme

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The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines of the poem or verse

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7
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Paraphrase

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To sum up in a few words

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Quatrain

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Four line stanza

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9
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Magna Carta

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Document that established right to a trial by jury for commoners

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Epic

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Long stylized narrative poem that tells a story about hero

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Couplet

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Two lines of poetry in which the end words rhyme

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Anthology

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Book made up of smaller stories

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Magnum opus

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Greatest work

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14
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Tone

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The feeling you get from the what author writes or what words they used to describe a character

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Personification

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The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman

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16
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Foreshadowing

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A literary hint at what will happen later in the story

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17
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Digression

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In literature when the narrator temporarily departs from the main storyline

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18
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Mock epic

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Epic that uses irony and sarcasm and satire

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Allusion

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A reference to another story

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20
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Ballad

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Poem telling a story

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21
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Soliloquy

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Monologue given by character directly to the audience

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22
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What language was Beowulf written in

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Germanic English

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23
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What is didactic

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Intended to teach

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24
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Lesson of Beowulf

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Importance of personal sacrifice for the good of humanity

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25
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Who was Grendel

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A monster that was the personification of evil

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26
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Grendel was the offspring of

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Cain

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27
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Who was Grendel attacking

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The Danes

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28
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Why did hrothgar welcome Beowulf and his buddies

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He knew Beowulf’s lineage and reputation

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29
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What was Beowulf’s philosophy concerning his attempt to beat Grendel

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God will decide who wins my fate is in God’s hands

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30
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What weapons did Beowulf choose to fight Grendel

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His hands

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31
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Where did the battle between Beowulf and Grendel take place

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The mead hall. Heorot

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32
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What is wyrd

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Fate

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33
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How did Beowulf defeat Grendel

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Wrestled until forearm ripped off

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34
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How did Beowulf proclaim his victory

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Put Grendel’s arm beneath the roof of the hall

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35
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What is the literary theme in Beowulf

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Good v. evil

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36
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Who wrote Beowulf

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Unknown author

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37
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What is a kenning

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Another way of referring to something

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38
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Who wrote Canterbury tales

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Geoffrey Chaucer

39
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What language was Canterbury tales written in

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Middle English

40
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What kind of a book is Canterbury tales

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Frame story, satiric social commentary on the times, gallery of literary portraits, anthology

41
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What are the three classes of society represented in the Canterbury tales

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Nobility clergy commoners

42
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What month does the pilgrimage take place

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April

43
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To what shrine are the pilgrims traveling

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The shrine of Thomas Becket

44
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Where did the pilgrims meet before the pilgrimage

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An inn

45
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Who suggest the contest

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The innkeeper

46
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Who is Epicurus

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Philosopher who said main goal in life is to be happy by eating good food but don’t overdo it

47
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The pardoners tale begins where

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The tavern or bar

48
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The people in the town where death is supposed to live were probably understood to have died of

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Plague

49
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The idea that the men can seek out and kill death is primarily a result of what

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Drunkenness

50
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Who is the mother of the old man

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Mother earth

51
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The first of the roisters is killed when the other two

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Stab him

52
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Philosophically speaking what kills the three men

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Avarice

53
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What is the theme of the pardoners tale

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The love of money is the root of all evil

54
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What abstract concepts personified in the stories we read

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Death

55
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Chaucer’s known as the father of what

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English literature

56
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Why is Chaucer known as the father of English literature

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Chaucer wrote in English even though the nobility language was French making English more popular

57
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How does Chaucer use irony in the pardoners tale

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The three risers were looking for death and they found him

58
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What are the characteristics of a ballad

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Tragedy action in Kantorei unknown author short and simply constructed moves rapidly

59
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The typical valid consists of four-line stanzas called

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Quatrains

60
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What is sir Patrick spends reaction to the letter he receives

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First he laughs then he cries

61
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Sir Patrick spends sets sail because of what

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His loyalty to duty

62
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What reward does Sir Patrick spens receive for his voyage

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Death

63
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From where was the author of sir Patrick spens

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Scotland

64
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In the twa corbies what were they talking about

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What to have for dinner

65
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In the wife of ushers well how do we know that the boys are dead

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They wear hats made of Birch

66
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In the wife of washers well why does the woman sitting at the bedside of her sons

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She fears they are not really alive and may leave her

67
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What governmental system controlled the Middle Ages

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Feudalism

68
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Who wrote the story of King Arthur

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Sir Thomas Mallory

69
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The title le Morte d Arthur means

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The death of Arthur

70
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Who was Arthurs mentor

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Merlin

71
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What was the purpose of the sword in the stone in the church yard

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It showed gods divine approval of Arthurs kingship

72
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What was the reasoning behind the round table

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It promoted equality among the knights

73
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What was the prize of the archery tournament

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A Golden arrow

74
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Who is Arthur’s father

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Uther Pendragon

75
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What language did the Norman kings speak

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French

76
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What changes did the printing press bring about

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Encourage the use of the Bible people didn’t rely on priests

77
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How many lines does a sonnet have

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14

78
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What’s the difference between Italian and an English sonnet

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English – four quatrains plus a couplet

Italian – octet plus sestet

79
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In Elizabethan drama there’s less importance on what and more importance on what

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Words appearance action

80
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More separation between the play and

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Reality

81
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Characters are not seen as real people but what real people

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Symbolize

82
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What three ways are there to gain insight to the play

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What the characters say, what others say about them, what they do

83
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What does the villain represent

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Evil

84
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A raging storm is metaphoric for

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Conflict

85
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What’s another word for unrhymed iambic pentameter

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Blank verse

86
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What are heroic couplets

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Couplets in iambic pentameter

87
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What’s an aside

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When the character speaks his or her thoughts aloud and the other characters can’t hear it

88
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What is the great chain of being

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A representation of a divinely ordained hierarchy beginning with the simplest elements to the king to God

89
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What is a tragedy

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And imitation of an action not real life. A person of importance and power basically good fails through a tragic flaw the persons fall must affect many people in order to be significant

90
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When was Shakespeare’s born and died

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1554 to 1616

91
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Where did Shakespeare’s plays get performed

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The globe in Stratford England

92
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Four themes of Macbeth

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Great chain of being, ambition, corruption, things not as they appear

93
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Four symbols of Macbeth

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Blood, weather, hallucination, sleep/lack of it

94
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Opposites and reversals in the play of Macbeth

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Lady Macbeth doing jobs of her husband, Macbeth commits regicide, horses eating each other, owl eating a hawk

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