U7 L7 Alexander Pope Flashcards

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Writers from the Glorious revolution to the 1750s felt that only () would solve political, economic, social, and cultural problems

A

common sense

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Who were 2 prominent writers who used satire?

A

Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift

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What is satire?

A

literary manner belittling subject to produce wit and humor

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What was the name Alexander Pope was given because of his ‘harsh attacks’?

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Wicked Wasp of Twickenham

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5
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What was the name of the village Pope resided in?

A

Twickenham

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What is a barb?

A

critical remark

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What is a beau?

A

man who escorts a woman

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What does intimate mean?

A

to suggest

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9
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When was Alexander Pope born?

A

1688

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10
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What religion was Pope born into? Why was this unfortunate?

A
  • Roman Catholic

- born at time Catholic s were discriminated

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What happened to Pope at 12?

A

tuberculosis of spine, made him unattractive/weal

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12
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Who was Pope a close friend to?

A

Jonathan Swift

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13
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What are some of Pope’s famous poems?

A
  • Essay on Criticism
  • The Rape of the Lock
  • Windsor Forest
  • Eloisa to Abelard
  • The Dunciad
  • Imitations of Horace

ETWETI

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14
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What translations did Pope publish?

A

Iliad and Odyssey

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15
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When did Alexander Pope die?

A

1744

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16
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Pope and Jonathan Swift were members of what writers organization?

A

Scriblerus Club

17
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Why was the Scriblerus Club formed?

A

satirize what they felt was foolish

18
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How may an author achieve a ‘ridiculing effect’?

A
  • magnify/exaggerate
  • position
  • irony
  • praise-blame inversion
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What does the magnify/exaggerate contribute to the ridicule effect?

A
  • exaggerate corruption

- most common

20
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What does the position contribute to the ridicule effect?

A
  • put object next to something undignified

- guilt by association

21
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What does irony contribute to the ridicule effect?

A

saying/being one thing while making it clear something different is meant

22
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What does praise-blame subversion contribute to the ridicule effect?

A

author seems to praise but is actually condemning

23
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What does Pope satirize in ‘The Rape of the Lock’?

A
  • polite society

- represents card game disagreement among ladies and beaus as an epic battle

24
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What does The Dunciad record? What is its tone?

A
  • epic games of writers while journeying through London

- bitter, angry

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How does The Dunciad end?
Dulness sitting on her throne in darkness
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What was the perfected poetic form Pope used?
heroic couplet
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What does the heroic couplet consist of?
- two rhyming lines | - iambic pentameter
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What would Pope use the heroic couplet for?
- narrate - present realistic conversation - short satiric barbs - statements on his philosophy
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What is a parody?
humorous imitation