THE SYMBOLISM OF GARDENS Flashcards
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The Garden of Eden is also known as Paradise
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The Garden of Eden is symbolically linked to temptation and sin.
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January realises that Damyan is the ‘naddre’ (the serpent) in the garden.
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Adam and Eve’s story is also known as The Fall of Man
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The idea that mankind inherits Eve’s sin is known as “original virtue”
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The ‘Song of Songs’ is a popular courtly love poem.
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The ‘Song of Songs’ criticises erotic love and sex as ungodly and impure
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The ‘Song of Songs’ can be interpreted as allegorical, representing the love between Christ and the Church
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The ‘Song of Songs’ references Mary’s immaculate conception and purity
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The ‘Song of Songs’ sets out God’s teachings for mankind about marriage
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Three features of Locus amoenus?
A site for romantic, erotic love
The setting of the lover’s quest in ‘The Romance of the Rose’
Symbolic of beauty and a natural idyll
One feature of Hortus conclusus?
Symbolic of purity
Two features of Locus terribilis?
Symbolic of corruption
A site of disruption and violence
