Quiz 3 Flashcards
who was PM & Deputy PM at time of 9/11
Tony Blair & John Prescott
Buildings hit in 9/11
World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania
Byzantine business
something is very complicated, secret, and hard to understand
3 members of administration under stress
O’Neill, Rumsfield, Powell
what happened at camp david
ruralretreat in maryland blair and bush met
what is the G8
group of advanced economies that meet annually to discuss global issues: energy, terrorism, and crises (meeting genoa italy)
Kyoto Agreement
intl treaty setting legally binding targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions
pauline conversion
the conversion of Paul the Apostle to Christianity. any life-changing event that significantly alters one’s views
chequers
country home of the serving Prime Minister
David Manning
foreign policy adviser to Blair
mayor 9/11
Rudolph Giuliani
where was prince charles during 9/11
shooting at balmoral. prince andrew
uk in/with NY
promoting british business in NY
what is article 5 of nato
if one or more NATO members are attacked, each member will provide assistance as they deem necessary
alasair campbell
former journalist turned strategist and spokesman for Tony Blair and New Labour
what was bush goingt o read at the church service
thornton wild the bridge at san luis rey
Head-stave
the first word that receives full stress in the second half-line in a line of Old English poetry. The head-stave determines the alliteration for the entire line.
Act I, Scene 1, lines 135-139
Peace, Kent
Come not between the dragon and his wrath.
I loved her most and thought to set my rest
On her kind nursery. (To Cordelia.) Hence and avoid
my sight!—
kents disguise name
Caius
“Thou, nature, art my goddess; to thy law
My services are bound.”
Edmund feels more aligned with nature than societal standards.
Edmund figuratively asks Nature why society sees him as inferior to his brother Edgar because he is illegitimate.
He invokes “nature” because only in the natural world can one of such low birth achieve his goals.
The laws of nature are different to the laws of society - survival of the fittest.
he later says that men uses heavenly forces as an excuse to be villainous “we make guilty of our disasters the sun the moon and the stars”
blank verse
poetry that has unrhymed lines that are all in the same meter. The meter is usually iambic pentameter, which is made up of five iambs. Iambs are groups of two syllables that follow an “unstressed-stressed” pattern.
Sigemund digression
Earliest known account of the Volsung saga; Sigemund the first to slay a dragon; comparison between the two warriors; Beowulf’s life a reflection of his predecessor; fame and fortune through courage; have to be courageous to be a hero
enkidu
Companion and friend of Gilgamesh. Hairy-bodied and brawny, he was raised by animals. Even after he joins the civilized world, he retains many of his undomesticated characteristics. He looks much like Gilgamesh and is almost his physical equal. He aspires to be Gilgamesh’s rival but instead becomes his soul mate.
Humbaba
The fearsome demon who guards the Cedar Forest forbidden to mortals. Humbaba’s seven garments produce an aura that paralyzes with fear anyone who would withstand him.
In his very last moments he acquires personality and pathos, when he pleads cunningly for his life.
Bull of Heaven
sent by Ishtar and Anu down to Earth to harm Gilgamesh and Enkidu. Killed by them, then Enkidu is killed as punishment.
Ishtar
goddess of love and fertility and war
volsunga saga
Old Norse epic saga that recounts the legendary saga of the Volsungs, a mythic Norse family
King Siggeir of the Goths
Went to meet Volsung and prayed to wife his daughter signy
Signy weds king Siggeir and he becomes king
There is a feast
There is a tree
A man unknown to all men comes in and sinks his sword into the tree
Sigmund, Signy and Siggeir’s son pulls it loose
Sigmund offends Siggeir and they are attacked and ties to oak tree
Nine nights came the she-wolf of at midnight and kills the brethren one by one
On the Tenth night the she wolf does not kill Sigmund
Sigmund bites off her tongue and kills her
Some say the she-wolf was the mother of king Siggeir
In what century is the play set?
8th century bc
Which characters speak in a language rich in imagery?
Which characters do not?
the fool, cordelia
I stumbled when I saw
gloucester led by an old man - when he had his sight, he was unable to see the deceit of his younger son
king cole
King Cole, theoretically around the time of King Leir
date for gilgamesh
2100 BC
gilg setting
uruk
Prologue and paean.
King Gilgamesh tyrannizes the people ofUruk, who complain
to the gods. To divert his superhuman energies the gods create his counterpart,
the wild man Enkidu, who is brought up by the animals of the wild. Enkidu is
spotted by a trapper, who lures him away from the herd with a prostitute. The
prostitute shows him her arts and proposes to take him to Uruk, where Gilgamesh
has been seeing him in dreams.
Eanna
Eanna was a temple complex dedicated to the goddess Ishtar, who was the goddess of love, fertility, and war
gilg mortal?
two-thirds of him god and one third human.
enkidus creation
The goddess Aruru, she washed her hands,
took a pinch of clay, threw it down in the wild
In the wild she created Enkidu, the hero,
the harlot
shamhat
dreams
Gilgamesh in Uruk was seeing you in dreams.
he also dreamed of an axe in the town square
g’s mother
(Wild-Cow) ninsun
homoeroticism in gilgamesh
They kissed each other and formed a friendship.
anu
father of ishtar
how did the bull of heaven kill enkidu
it snorted three pits to hell
who is Ur-shanabi
Uta-napishti’s ferryman,
how to gain immortality
go without sleep for a week
coral
Uta-napishti tells Gilgamesh how, deep under the sea, a
plant-like coral grows that has the property of rejuvenation
Stopping at a
welcoming pool, Gilgamesh bathes in its water, and a snake seizes on his
inattention to steal the precious ‘plant
gilg language
Found on tablets in Akkadian language - but possibly a historical king of the Sumerian city-state of Uruk
unmovic
United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission
1441
gave Iraq a final chance to comply with its disarmament obligations and established an enhanced inspection regime
rice
secretary of state - later presidents national security advisor
Sigmund is introduced as the son of Volsung, a legendary king.
Encounter with Fafnir: Sigmund and his brother, Signy, set out to slay the dragon Fafnir and claim its treasure.
During the battle with Fafnir, Signy is killed, and Sigmund is gravely wounded.
Despite his injuries, Sigmund continues to fight and eventually defeats the dragon.
Death of Sigmund: Sigmund dies shortly after defeating Fafnir, succumbing to his wounds.
