Restoration Test Flashcards
appearance; image
semblance
light up
illumine
violate a law or command
transgress
artful trickery
guile
stubborn
obdurate
turbulent; stormy
tempestuous
exceeding beyond all limits
transcendent
humiliation; dishonor
ignominy
a commoner
plebeian
a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings
stoic
Author of Paradise Lost
John Milton
2 authors best known for satire
Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift
Neoclassic literature was modeled after what?
Modeled after Latin works. Hence the name meaning “new classic”.
define elegy
a mournful poem, usually written in remembrance of a lost one for a funeral or as a lament.
define ode
a classical poem that has a specific structure and is aimed at an object or person; expresses high praise
define satire
A kind of writing that ridicules human weakness, vice, or folly in order to bring about social reform
Who is considered the founder of English Prose?
William Tyndale?
The author of “Gulliver’s travels”
Jonathan Swift
define omber
card game played in The Rape of the Lock
define mock epic
A long humorous narrative poem that takes something unimportant and elevates it by using the styles of true epics.
List three appeals used in satire
Logical appeal (facts and statistics), emotional appeal (strong feelings), and Ethical appeal (sincere and qualified)
Tell two ways that “Rape of the Locke” is similar to “The Odyssey” in format/structure
Gods and goddesses are involved in the action, There is a Muse, Epic Similes, Hero/Heroine, elaborate descriptions, boasting speeches. Both are epics that rhyme. Epic similes or homeric similes, which are elaborate comparisons.
Tell one of the allusions to “The Odyssey” in “Rape of the Locke”
It calls on a muse to guide the story.
The card game is presented as an epic war. Belinda is described in masculine terms. The baron has 3 attempts to take the lock. The number 3 is prevalent in epics. In the Rape of The Lock it represents the attempts to overthrow Troy. The taking of the lock represents the taking of Helen. (Helen is in the Odyssey) (the odyssey takes place after the fall of Troy, which Odysseus was involved in)
According to Satan in Paradise Lost, why does good exist
? God brings forth good out of evil
Name two of the benefits outlined in “A Modest Proposal”.
- It would lessen the number of Papists being the being the principal breeders of the nation as well as their most dangerous enemies.
- The poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own. (bearing children) and can pay rent to their landlords
- The nation’s stock will increase because of the amount of children, and the money will circulate, besides the profit of a new dish introduced to gentlemen of all fortune, because the goods are of their own growth and manufacture.
- The constant breeders, besides the gain of money by the sale of their children, will be rid of the charge of maintaining their children after the first year.
- The food will bring great customs to taverns, and recipes will be made to perfection, as the taverns will be visited by fine gentlemen who value themselves on their knowledge in good eating. A skillful cook will make the dishes as expensive as he pleases.
- It would bring a great inducement to marriages. It would increase the care and tenderness of mothers toward their children. Men would become as fond of their wives during the time of their pregnancy
- There will be less demand for beef and pork because a child will taste better.
