TEST UNI 5 Flashcards
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EEN TIJDPERK
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an age/an era
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een samenleving
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a society
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een kroning
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a coronation
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een omgeving
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an environment
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een tijdgenoort
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a contemporary
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een doopsel
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a baptisme / to baptise
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een begrafenis
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a burial : to bury
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een pensioen
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a retirement
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een regel
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a line
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een strofe
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a stanza
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een metrum
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a meter
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een lettergreep dat..
benadrukt en onbenadrukt is
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a syllable that’s stressed or unstressed
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een rijmschema
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a rhyme scheme
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een stijlfiguur
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a figure of speech
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beeldspraak
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imagery
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een opdracht/ een toewijding
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a dedication / to dedicate to
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een toegangsprijs
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a price of admission
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een vrijetijdsbesteding
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a pastime
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aanstormend / opkomend
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upcoming
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een toneelschrijver
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a playwright
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een opvoering
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a performance
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een schamele troost
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cold comfort
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het is chinees voor mij
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It’s greek t me
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onbezonnen jeugdjaren/ terug in mijne tijd
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salad days
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in een hachelijke situatie
in a pickle
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in een droomwereld
in a fool's paradise
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daar zijn we ook weer vanaf. Goed ding
good riddance
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In het niets verdwijnen
to vanish into thin air
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een wederdienst , iets in ruil
a pound of flesh
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het hart op de tong dragen, heel openhartig zijn
to wear one's heart on one's sleeve
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de cirkel is rond
to come full circle
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farewell
adieu
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unfortunately
alas/alack
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shortly
anon
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clothing
apparel
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(you) ARE
(thou) art
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to wait for
attend on
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always/forever
aye
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beauty
fair
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to happen/to occur
to befall
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to deny
to forswear
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to admit
to grant
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painful
heavy
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here
hither
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a mood
a humour
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does
doth
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a servant/ a fool
a knave
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morning
morrow
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nothing
nought
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maybe
perchance
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said
quoth
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You (subject)
You (object)
your
yours
thou , thee , thy , thine
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ruined , destroy
undone
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to lack
to want
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that/those
yonder
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The Bard
Nickname for shakespeare
Derived from scottish gaelic word for Poet. These were travelling poets who wrote and recited stories or poems in exchange for money
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The Sweet Swan Of Avon
Nickname given by Ben Jonson for shakespeare after shakespeares death in 1616 at age 52. from birds that could be heard singing a wonderful final song right before they died. The second part refers to the river in shakespeares hometown
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The Upstart Crow
Nickname for shakespeare
Robet Greene who was not impressed of shakespeare. He claimed he was nothing but a lowly uneducated actor who thinks he can write as well as educated playwrights
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the Immortal One
Nickname for shakespeare
inspired by Ben Jonson's poem which claimed that shakespeare was not of an age but for all time.
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in which historical context was shakespeare born in?
in a time of revolution in the mid 16th century which had been started by henry VIII which was the national religious change
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Why has shakespeares works survived through the ages and remained popular?
he has his way of saying things that have never been bettered. Thanks to STYLOMETRY = characteristiscs that remain fairly uniform among individual works. for example order or average word length...
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why do some people believe Shakespeare did not write the plays that bear his name?
Because only lords write that stuff and a common man didn't have that sort of power in the brain
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What was Shakespeares nickname, monarch , hometown , workplace , when was he born and when did he die
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Describe a shakespeares play
a shakespeare play is devided into acts and scenes, every play has 5 acts while the number of scenes in every act can vary. This division was not shakespeares original idea but only after his death did they add structure to the texts. His plays were normally continious and any divisions or pauses depended on a change of location or the characters
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What was the effect of the opening prologue on the rest of the play of HAMLET
It sets the stage for tragic events that will unfold throughout the play. It introduces the audience to the central conflict between the two feuding families.
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How does the opening scene of hamelet different from the prologue of romeo and juliet
Both establish tension and set the tone for the rest of the play but in different ways. In hamelet tension is created through the mysterious appearance of a Ghostand the sense of unease in the characters . Romeo and juliet create tension through the revelation of the tragic outcome of the story.W
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Who are bernado and Fransisco
Soldiers who are stationed at the castle of Elsinore in Denmark. On guard duty at night
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What is striking about the Ghost's appearance?
because it is in the form of the recently deceased King Hamlet and it's wearing an armor.
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What do we learn from the prologue of hamlet about the current state of the kingdom?
That there is an atmosphere of unease and tension in the kingdom. It might indicate to unrest within the royal family.
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What does Horatio think the manifestation of the ghost means?
as a bad warning of trouble. He suggests that it's a sign that something significant is about to happen in the kingdom.
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What is odd about the fact that Claudius is on the throne right now?
he has ascended to the throne by marrying hamlets mother Queen Gertrude shortly after the death of Hamlet's father king Hamlet. The rapid succesion of events suggests that Claudias may have played a role in KING HAMLETS death.
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What advice do claudius and Gertrude give to prince hamlet?
stop mourning his fathers death and move on in life and urge him to accept claudius as the new king. Also encourages him to stay in Denmark
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why do so many shakesperean plays are concerend about the transfer of power from monarch to another
Because he lived in the final years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth who had been the monarch of England for +40 years but then elizabeths death and she had no children so the power was transfered to James of Scotland
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The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing, end them
Is it better to put up with the nasty things that luck throws your way or to fight against your misery but putting an end to it once and fr all?
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The thousand natural shocks, that flesh is heir to
ends all the sadness and distress.
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What does an Undiscovered country mean
it symbolizes death and afterlife from which no traveler returns
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Whats the vehicle and whats the tenor
Vehicle : Object describing the tenor
Tenor: object being described
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