The Rape of The Lock Flashcards
when was this written?
1712
what are 2 sylphs names and why?
momentilla (watch)
Crispissa (hair)
this uses _____ and _______ to make fun of epics like…
satire
heroic couplets
aeneid, homer
he followed the french desire for _______
elegant simplicity
who are Ariel and Umbriel?
Sylph and gnome
what are the 4 mystical creatures and what do they represent?
4 bodily humors
sylph (chastity)
gnome
nymph
salamander
Umbriel visits the Queen of the _____, maybe representing ______
Spleen
bodily humor
what is the word for rhetorical loftiness of words?
Zeugma
uses wise saying, otherwise known as
sentientiae
the narrator breaks into narrative and addresses the characters, called ______ and used in _______
epic apostrophe
Paradise Lost
using sentientiae is shown in _____
Nun’s Priest’s Tale
this story catalogues the cards and rooms just like _____
paradise lost
canterbury tales
uses _______ like _______
elevated language
paradise lost
irony involves ____ (provide example)
tensions
Queen Anne talks business but also drinks tea
what does affictation mean?
honor and chaste virtue, reputation over reality
what do Jove’s scales reflect?
Iliad
which story also uses hair?
Donne The Funeral
This story invokes ____ like …
Muses
Paradise Lost, Shakepeare, homer, dante, virgil, ovid
what word describes a human turning into a god?
apotheosis
what to look for in each passage on exam?
who wrote it
when
tone
historical/ cultural context
use info from the text
