unit 4 parts 3-4

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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

Question 2

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

Question 3

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

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persona

Question 4

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

Question 6

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

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

Answer 10

curtal sonnet

Question 11

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

Question 12

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

Question 13

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

Question 14

what did Robert and Elizabeth Browing present

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

Question 15

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

Question 16

who was responsible for the theory of social darwinism

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herbert spencer was responsible for the theory of social darwinism

Question 17

thomas hardy wrote about what extending what

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

Question 18

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

Question 19

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

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elizabth browning

Question 20

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

Question 21

what does “sonnet 43” organizes

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

Question 22

“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

Question 23

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

Question 25

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

Question 27

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"

Question 28

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

Question 29

what is the thesis of "sign of times"

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"free in hand and foot,we are shackled in heart and soul"

Question 30

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"

Question 31

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

Question 34

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"

Question 35

"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"

Question 36

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

Question 38

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

Question 39

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

Question 40

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

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is that education has no effect on english society

Question 41

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

Question 42

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"

Question 43

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

Question 45

according to the doctor, McGoggines conversion was the cause

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

Question 46

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