TERMS 2

Question 1

foot

Answer 1

1) The basic unit of measurement of accentual-syllabic meter.
2) usually contains one stressed syllable and at least one unstressed syllable.

Question 2

fetishism

Answer 2

fetishism恋物癖 is the emic attribution of inherent value or powers to an object.
“Lear’s Fetishism”
so basically that he thinks he can give away his land and still be entitled to the status and power of king
I think what the prof is trying to say is that gold= land, and gold/ land has value only if they are spent
so Lear giving away his land is him spending his gold so that he gives away his power. H/W he hoards贮藏 this power and thinks that he still has the authority of a king eventho he has just gave them away to his daughters.
fetishism as “Lear hoards power that he gives away”

*Lear holds the idealist belief that even if he gives away all his land and power, some mystical 居住 of kinship will somehow return with him.
His delusions错觉 about kinship

Question 4

foul papers

Answer 4

A dramatist’s original, manuscript drafts, as distinct from a fair copy.

Question 5

feminine ending

Answer 5

when there are one or more unaccented syllables after the fifth stress.

Question 5

First Folio 2

Answer 5

1) the 1623 published collection of William Shakespeare’s plays
2) containing 36 plays

Question 6

Geoffrey of Monmouth

Answer 6

Author of Historia Regum Britanniae. Shkp might have consulted work to write King Lear.

Question 7

Gunpowder Plot

Answer 7

A catholic scheme to murder James I and his parliament in 1605.

James I later introduce Anti-Regicide Discourse: if a king is a good King, great; if bad, tolerate it because God is testing you. So anything against King is illegal.
Apply to M: Duncan’s soul haunted Macbeth; lady M gets crazy and her bloody hands; M’s tragic end.

Question 8

Guy Fawkes

Answer 8

English conspirator for the gun powder plot.

Question 9

Heminge and Condell

Answer 9

actor (Condell) and editors (both) of Shkp’s first folio.

Question 10

Henslowe

Answer 10

built the Rose Theatre

Question 11

Herodotus

Answer 11

author of “Description of Egypt” that Shkp consulted in writing Antony and Cleopatra.

Question 12

hierarchy

Answer 12

A type of social organization in which individuals are ranked according to their status or dominance relative to other group members.
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Question 13

Historia Regum Britanniae

Answer 13

work of Geoffrey of Monmouth. Shkp might have consulted text to write King Lear.

Question 14

Holinshed 2

Answer 14

1) English chronicler. Holinshed wrote the Historie of England.
2) providing material for Macbeth and King Lear

Question 15

humours

Answer 15

In medieval times, they are 4 types of bodily floods responsible for a person’s character.
Macbeth: when lady M takes about replacing her milk for gall

Question 16

iamb

Answer 16

A metrical foot of verse, having one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable

Question 17

intentional fallacy 2.

Answer 17

1) an assertion that the intended meaning of the author is not the only or most important meaning
2) a fallacy involving an assessment of a literary work based on the author’s intended meaning rather than on actual response to the work.
3) ex

Question 18

Jacobean

Answer 18

relating to the reign (1603–25) of James I of England

Question 19

King Duff

Answer 19

A character in Holinshed’s “Duff and Duncan” that Shkp consulted to write Macbeth.

Question 20

King Leir

Answer 20

A play entered into the Stationers’ Register and published anonymously. A source for King Lear.