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5740913185Beowulf background6th century Denmark oral for 100 years original manuscript saved from fire0
5740988858Beowulf settingDenmark Herot Hall1
5740993160Beowulf charachtersHrothgar - king that ask for help Danes - Hrothagar's people Higlac - Beowulf's king Geats - Beowulf's people Grendel - monster2
5741017863Beowulf: Battle with GrendelHerot Hall fight w/ bare hands crush Grendel's fists & strong grip Geats cannot fight b/c Grendel bewitched swords rips off Grendel's arm; hangs it on Herot's rafters3
5741043480Beowulf: Battle with Grendel's Mothergo to avenge Hrothgar's friend's death bottom of lake; sea hag kills her with sword forged for a giant decapitates Grendel4
5741061045Beowulf: Dragongoes to fight w/ Wiglaf bites Beowulf in neck burn Beowulf's body & bury him with treasures - memorial tower5
5741302959Quote ID: 'And if death does take me, send the hammered/ Mail of my armor to Higlac, return/ The inheritance I had from Hrethel, and he/ From Wayland. Fate will unwind as it must!Beowulf6
5741315831Quote ID: "Twelve winters of grief for Hrothgar, king/ Of the Danes, sorrow heaped at his door/ By hell-forged hands, His misery leaped/ The seas, was told and sung in all/ Men's ears"Beowulf7
5741082713Canterbury Tales (CT) backgroundMiddle Ages pilgrimage to Shrine of St. Thomas author died before he could finish8
5741097475CT authorGeoffrey Chaucer9
5741109016CT settingpilgrimage to Shrine of St. Thomas spring10
5741112284CT charactersPardoner - preach against vice then ask for money Wife of Bath - sassy; gap teeth; had 5 husbands11
5741165617CT Pardoner's Tale Plotthree boys plan to kill Death see Death with gold coins plan to wait draw lots to get bread and wine youngest goes other 2 plan to kill him when he returns youngest poisons drinks12
5741214552CT Wife of Bath's taleknight rapes girl punishment: death one chance to save life must find out what women want most in the world ugly old women reveals answer must marry - knight is saddened Women want to be in charge of their lovers beautiful and unfaithful OR ugly and loyal knight: you decide becomes beautiful AND faithful13
5741290319Hamlet backgroundShakespeare 17th century14
5741355896Hamlet settingDenmark Elsinore The brook15
5741385323Hamlet charactersHamlet King Claudius Queen Gertrude Horatio Polonius Laertes Ophelia16
5741420036Hamlet basic plotHamlet encounters a ghost who claims to be his father -tells Hamlet King Claudius murdered him, and avenge his death Hamlet doesn't know whether or not to act17
5741548195Hamlet Death: Opheliadrowns in brook18
5741554465Hamlet Death: Poloniusstabbed through curtain in Gertrude's room19
5741554466Hamlet Death: Gertrudedrinks poison20
5741556274Hamlet Death: Claudiusstab with poison sword and drink poison21
5741556275Hamlet Death: Laertesstab with poison sword22
5741558817Hamlet Death: Hamletstab with poison sword23
5741465163Quote ID: Oh, that this too, too sullied flesh would meltHamlet24
5741477067Quote ID: The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the kingHamlet25
5741481223Quote ID: "Neither a borrower or a lender be" "This above all to thine self be true"Polonius26
5741493981Quote ID: Something is rotten in the state of DenmarkMarcellus, Hamlet27
5741502106Quote ID: The Lady doth protest to much me thinksQueen Gertrude, Hamlet28
5741508117Quote ID: What a piece of work is a manHamlet29
5741513408Quote ID: There's rosemary, that's for rememberence"Ophelia30
5741520751Quote ID: "the present death of Hamlet - do it England"King Claudius31
5741526967Quote ID: Too much of water hast thou, poor OpheliaLaertes32
5741530836Quote ID: Sweets to the sweetQueen Gertrude33
5741538085Quote ID: Goodnight sweet prince flights of angels send restHoratio34
5741569250Hamlet's MadnessIs he really mad or is it an act to throw off King Claudius?35
5741573472Hamlet and his momAre they more than just family members?36
5741675014Macbeth backgroundShakespeare37
5741833159Macbeth charactersMacbeth Lady Macbeth Three Witches Banquo Fleance King Duncan Macduff38
5744985175Macbeth Death: Lady Macbethkills herself39
5744985176Macbeth Death: Macbethkilled by Macduff40
5744987115Macbeth Death: King Duncanstabbed in his sleep by Macbeth41
5744988020Macbeth Death: Banquokilled by murderers sent by Macbeth42
5741853658Macbeth basic plotAfter battle Macbeth and his buddy Banquo receive a prophecy. They come true. Lady Macbeth encourages Macbeth to murder King Duncan and eventually Banquo to secure power. This leads to his madness and eventual death by Macduff43
5742102973John Donnemetaphysical poet 17th century less formal tone, simple words love, death, man's relationship with God44
5742121417literary paradoximages or description that appear to be contradictory but reveal deeper truth45
5742130229A Valediction Forbidding MourningJohn Donne lay people won't understand our love our love is superior bond is spiritual not just physical so it can handle parting conceit: compare a compass to their love -division only spreads their love -shifts like compass -you move when I move -you are the foot in my compass - love centers me -i will eventually return46
5742137395conceitpoet compares 2 *very* unlike things in a long extended comparison47
5742205278Meditation 17John Donne "No man is an island" "When the bell tolls, it for thee" everyone is connected; Catholic church48
5742223631Death Be Not ProudJohn Donne Death isn't that strong No one dies, they go to heaven sleep is like death Paradox: Death thou shalt die -we live in heaven so death is defeated49
5742250661A Modest ProposalJohn Swift need to shrink the number of poverty sooo... we eat babies -or turn skin into gloves this would... lower number of Roman Catholics provide source of income and food encourage parents to take care of kids50
5742323260satire vs parodysatire is exaggerated humor to make a serious pont parody just makes fun51
5742335631An Essay on Man authorAlexander Pope52
5742337973An Essay on Man meaningyou'll never understand God belief v skepticism, logic v feeling, body v mind all die and make mistakes53
5742363215"half to rise and half to fall"An Essay on Man54
5742363216"The glory jest and riddle of the world"An Essay on Man55
5742368382Auld Lang Syne authorRobert Burns56
5742375195Auld Lang Syne meaningScottish dialect talk and drink with old friends New Year's song57
5742384192Chimney Sweeper authorWilliam Blake58
5742384193Chimney Sweeper meaninginnocence:dream of "coffins of black"; bite your tongue, be happy in heaven experience: depressed, pretend to be ok, parents at Church59
5742403051Lamb/Tyger authorWilliam Blake60
5742405634Lamb/Tyger meaningLamb: God made you little guy Tyger: God as a blacksmith good v evil; lambs v tigers61
5742418076She Walks in Beauty authorLord Byron62
5742424283She Walks in Beauty meaninginnocent pure love , like the night in moonlight good person beautiful thoughts lead to beautiful face63
5742436957Ozymandias authorPercy Byshhe Shelley64
5742442266Ozymandias meaninglegs and head of statue in desert dictator wanted to be immortalized sculpted to look mean once in front of great city65
5742453931Ode on a Grecian Urn authorJohn Keats66
5742457129Ode on a Grecian Urn meaningartifact vase -boy about to kiss girl, forever young and happy -cow with wreath of flowers being led through empty town -flutist playing songs under tree, forever happy reminds him of eternity67
5742632379"Beauty is truth, truth beauty"Ode on a Grecian Urn68
5742653725To an Athlete Dying Young authorA. E. Housman69
5742655939To an Athlete Dying Young meaningbest way to die never ruined/lost name not witness loss of your record people still know your glory "laureled head"70
5742682327Jabberwocky authorLewis Caroll71
5742682328Jabberwocky meaningdangerous monster in woods kid kills it, returns to father he is proud72

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