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unit 4 parts 3-4 Flashcards

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originally any poem of solemn mediation. Now traditionally refers to longer,formal poem lamenting the loss of a particular person (or loss in a more general sense) or meditating on the subject death itself

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elegy

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a lyric poem in which a character (not the author) speaks to a silent audience about a critical moment in his life

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dramatic monologue

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the person created by the author to tell the story affecting the way a story is told

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persona

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a nonfiction prose composition (usually of shorter length) that explores a subject

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essay

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argues for a thesis but that is not intended to address a subject in its enterty

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argumentative essay

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a term applied to a particular genre of works (most often novels) that are genreally medieval in setting;gloomy mysterious and nightmarish in atmosphere and suspenseful and often supernatural in plot

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gothic

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realistic fiction that emphasizes characterization by focusing on underlying thought processes and motivations

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pychological realism

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the belief that certain biological principles applied not only plants and animals but also to humans and their society

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social darwinism

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an invention of Gerard Manley Hopkins it is a variation of strong stress meter.Strong stresses may directly follow each other or be interrupted by one to three lesser stresses

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sprung rhythm

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a curtailed version of the italian sonnet.It reduces the octave to 6 lines and the sestet to four and a half lines

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curtal sonnet

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a kind of comedy that satirizes the social customs of a sophisticated society and often has love as its subject

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comedy of manners

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what was the attitude of early victorian England toward the future

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the early victorian england seemed generally hopful that England was on the verge of prosperity and advancement

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what did the authors of the victorian era exhibited

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they exhibted an unprecedented degree of social mobility in achieving literary success

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what did Robert and Elizabeth Browing present

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robert and elizabeth browning present a general traditional christian viewpoint in their writing

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how did alfred lord tennyson tried to salvage religious faith

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alfred lord tennyson tried to salvage religious faith by blending transcendentalism with traditional christianity to provide basis for his comfort and hopes

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who was responsible for the theory of social darwinism

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herbert spencer was responsible for the theory of social darwinism

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thomas hardy wrote about what extending what

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thomas hardy wrote about naturalism extending darwinism into literature as a movement

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what did robert browning examine

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he examined the heart and inner struggles of man in developing his signature poetic form -the dramatic monologue

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who remains profoundly influential and she inspired authors such as George Eliot,Emily Dickinson,and Virginia

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elizabth browning

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Elizabeth browning began to experience what

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at 15 she bagan to experience health problems that would dog her for the rest of her life

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what does “sonnet 43” organizes

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the poem organizes time in the aspect of past,present,and future

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“i love thee freely,as men strive for right;i love thee purely as they turn from praise” an example of

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an example of simile

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what is thomas carlyle

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scottish historian and essayist

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who is thomas carlyle

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master converstationalist who influenced a number of intellectual and adhered to perspective that embraced transcendatal,diestic religion and eschewed materalism

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what does carlyle claims England’s poor condition is

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england’s poor condition is not caused by it’s lack of wealth but by England’s lack of properly using its resource

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what does Carlyle uses in “the condition of england”

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carlyle uses the allusion of midas to soldify his argument

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what does “signs of the times” define the dawning victorain era

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defines the dawning victorian era as the “age of machinery”

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what does Carlyle claim in “sign of times”

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Carlyle claims the England’s progress has not closed the gap between social classes

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what is the thesis of “sign of times”

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“free in hand and foot,we are shackled in heart and soul”

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according to Carlyle the victorian age transitioned

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according to Carlyle the victorian age transitioned in virtue formely was “ a worship of the beautiful and good” but became “a calculation of the profitable”

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what was charles dickens

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he was one of england’s leading novelists

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what did charles dickens sought to use

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he sought to use his writings to express injustices and encourage reforms

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where did charles dickens expertise in his subject matter come from

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his expertise in his subject matter came from personal experience both as a common person and as a journalist telling England’s tale

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what did Charles dickens say about society

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according to dickens “only thing that can save his society is love and duty”

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“never wonder, by means of addition, subtractions, multiplications and division settle everything somehow and never wonder” what does means

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dickens writers about the fact that the following statement reflects the message carlyle gives in “sign of the times”

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where was oscar wilde educated

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he was educated at portora royal school and then trinity college,dublin, where he fell in love with classical languages and won the award for the best students in greek

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what were many of oscar wilde works

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many of his works none so gently satrized victorian social mores

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what is “the importance of of being ernest” about

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to have as one’s ideal the goal of loving a person named Ernest is ridiculous.It communicates a high level of shallowness and intimates that gwendolen has few goals or purposed for her life.She cannot give a well reasoned defense for her true love for ernest

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why did Oscar wilde purposed to include lady bracknell’s character

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lady bracknell’s character into to the play to voice the shallow priniples of victorian high society

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according to lady bracknell,the consequence of public education in england

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is that education has no effect on english society

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who was rudyard kipling

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he was the last british writer of fiction and poetry to appeal to all levels of society

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rudyard kipling was a what that matstered what

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he was an internationally-born brition that mastered the short story but is best known for his novels -for example “the jungle book”

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what did rudyard kipling decline

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he declined poet laureateship of england

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what was rudyard kipling known for

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was the 1st nobel prize winner in english language literature

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according to the doctor, McGoggines conversion was the cause

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according to doctor,McGoggin’es converion was cause by overwork

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What doesn’t McGoggin believe in and why

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McGoggin doesn’t believe in an afterlife or in the spirtualitu of man.This is a result of his postivism (which denies sources of knowledge outside of man’s obervations) and his naturalism (which denies the supernatural). This does not line up with a biblical worlview

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