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Name the TWO works and their AUTHORS based off of the provided clues:
Clues:
1. Hrothgar
2. Bertilak
Beowulf: Written by an unknown author
Sir Gawain and The Green Knight: Written by an unknown author
Name the TWO works and their AUTHORS based off of the provided clues:
Clues:
1. One central theme of this work is femininity and mysticism
2. The Blefuscans
1. The Book of Margery Kempe: Written by Margery Kempe
2. Gulliver's Travels: Written by Jonathan Swift
Name the TWO works and their AUTHORS based off of the provided clues:
1. This book needed a heavenly muse in order to be written.
2. The only morality play we read
Paradise Lost: Written by John Milton
Everyman: Written by an unknown author
Name the TWO works and their AUTHORS based off of the provided clues:
1. Chaunticleer and Pertelote
2. The story of these two lovers ends in tragedy.
1. The Nun's Priest's Tale: Written by Geoffrey Chaucer
2. Hero and Leander: Written by Christopher Marlowe
Name the TWO works and their AUTHORS based off of the provided clues:
1. A story of jealousy, deception, and racism
2. This character has no free will or does he/she?
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1. When comparing this clip of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight to the poem, what difference exists regarding the fate of the green knight and what does this suggest about the motif of nature? Additionally, how does the film version differ in terms of who has power over the entire game?
Othello: Written by William Shakespeare
Doctor Faustus: Written by Christopher Marlowe
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1. The film version shows the green knight die as the seasons the change, suggesting that Sir Gawain was triumphant over the power of nature; therefore, nature as an indestructible force is weakened/not highlighted like it is in the book. What's more, the film claims that the green knight determines when the game is over; however, the poem states that Morgan La Faye actually orchestrated the entire challenge.
Name the work and its author based off of the provided quote.
"But, above all, what advantages do not a refined people possess over those who are rude and uncultivated."
The Interesting Narrative of The Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Olaudah Equiano
Name the work and its author based off of the provided quote.
“Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; / But vindicate the ways of God to man”
An Essay on Man: Written by Alexander Pope
Name the work and its author based off of the provided quote.
“Young knight, whatever that does armes professe, / And through long labours huntest after fame, / Beware of fraud, beware of ficklenesse, / In choice, and change of thy deare loved Dame.”
Name the work and its author based off of the provided quote.
"With thee / Let me combine, / And feel thy victorie: / For, if I imp my wing on thine, / Affliction shall advance the flight in me.”
George Herbert: "Easter Wings"
Name the work and its author based off of the provided quote.
"Men are ever in extremes; either doting or averse. While they are lovers, if they have fire and sense, their jealousies are insupportable: and when they cease to love…they loathe, they look upon us with horror and distaste."
The Way of The World: Written by William Congreve
Name the THREE works and their AUTHORS based off of the provided clues:
Clues:
1. Mephistopheles
2. A woman farts in a man's face
3. Parliament passes the Licensing Order of 1643 and this book was written in response.
1. Doctor Faustus: Written by Christopher Marlowe
2. The Miller's Tale: Written by Geoffrey Chaucer
3. Areopagitica: Written by John Milton
Name the THREE works and their AUTHORS based off of the provided clues:
Clues:
1. This author opens his work by critiquing past approaches to the pursuit of knowledge.
2. "Gather ye rose-buds while ye may"
3. A slave is sarcastically thankful for the language taught to him, but he uses it to curse his master.
1. Novum Organum: Written by Francis Bacon
2. "To The Virgins, to Make Much of Time: Written by Robert Herrick
3. The Tempest: Written by William Shakespeare
Name the THREE works and their AUTHORS based off of the provided clues:
Clues:
1. A knight betrays his king.
2. In this work, the speaker insists virginity is overrated and that a couple's love will be bound in blood.
3. A knight attempts to discover what women really want.
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1. What is significant about Faustus' request in the contract he signs as it relates to his character and motivation for learning the dark arts? Additionally, after he asks about hell, what is important about his response as it relates to his character?
1. Le Morte D'Arthur: Written by Thomas Mallory
2. "The Flea": Written by Johne Donne
3. "The Wife of Bath's Tale": Written by Geoffrey Chaucer
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1. In the contract, he demands that he rule over Mephistopheles; therefore, Faustus assumes that he's actually in control of hell and its demons despite signing his eternal soul away. This shows his desire for unrelenting power. Furthermore, the contract and his response to the location of hell reveals his arrogance since 1) he believes he has the power to control demons whereas the reality is vis versa and 2) he easily dismisses hell as a fantasy despite signing his soul away just moments ago. It's as though he doesn't believe in the actual contract he just signed.
Name the THREE works and their AUTHORS based off of the provided clues:
Clues:
1. At the end of this story, a knight comes to the realization that Christ has atoned for his sins.
2."Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, / And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds"
3. This author states that before he and his woman fell in love they were childish; however, love has opened his eyes like a spiritual awakening.
1. "Sir Gawain and The Green Knight": Written by an unknown author.
2. "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard": Written by Thomas Gray
3. "The Good-Morrow": Written by Johne Donne
Name the THREE works and their AUTHORS based off of the provided clues:
Clues:
1. This work will immortalize a man's beauty.
2. This author and work talks about a marble vault and worms eating a woman's beauty.
3. This historical figure was a lollard who wanted a printing press.
1. "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?": Written by William Shakespeare
2. "To His Coy Mistress": Written by Andrew Marvell
3. "The Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards": Written by John Wycliffe
Name the TWO works and their AUTHORS based off of the provided quotes.
Explain the significance for ONE of the quotes as it relates to the THEMES of the work.
1. "Thou art more lovely and more temperate / Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May"
2. "Some view our sable race with scornful eye, / Their color is a diabolic die."
1. "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?": Written by William Shakespeare. This line shows how the young man is temperate/without emotional highs and lows just as a summer's day is. At the same time, seasons change like the rough winds of May but the young man's temper and beauty don't.
2. "On Being Brought From Africa to America": Written by Phillis Wheatley. In "On Being Brought from Africa to America," Wheatley argues that Christian teachings reject racism on the grounds that all people are equal in the eyes of God. She also notes that during the 18th century many in the white Christian community believed African Americans were beyond saving/redemption.
Name the TWO works and their AUTHORS based off of the provided quotes.
Explain the significance for ONE of the quotes as it relates to the THEMES of the work.
1. "When in April the sweet showers fall / And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all / The veins are bathed in liquor of such power / As brings about the engendering of the flower"
2. "'Twas not long since I left my native shore / The land of errors, and Egyptian gloom: / Father of mercy, twas thy gracious hand / Brought me in safety from those dark abodes."
1. The General's Prologue: Written by Geoffrey Chaucer. This section opens Chaucer's Canterbury tales and showcases how spring (as a season) brings new birth, which serves as a metaphor for the Christian pilgrimage. Moreover, this passage shows the gathering of several pilgrims from different walks of life who gather together for this spiritual journey.
2. "To the University of Cambridge, in New England": Written by Phillis Wheatley. Wheatley is referring to either to Africa and its peoples or to the terrible atrocities being committed there by white slave traders. Her earlier life was spent in "dark abodes", which have layers of symbolism such as evil and ignorance of God but also the hellish conditions on board slave ships. Wheatley also demonstrates her gratitude towards God and his mercy because He brought her to America.
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Name the TWO works and their AUTHORS based off of the provided quotes.
Explain the significance for ONE of the quotes as it relates to the THEMES of the work.
1. "I can think of no one objection that will possibly be raised against this proposal"
2. "But death is not easily/escaped from by anyone:/all of us with souls, earth-dwellers/and children of men, must make our way/to a destination already ordained/where the body, after the banqueting,/sleeps on its deathbed.”
1. Modest Proposal: Written by Jonathan Swift. This quote shows Swift's satirical approach to the ridiculous proposition that the Irish should eat their children. Of course, we should object to the proposition.
2. "Beowulf": Written by an unknown author. This line reiterates the theme of memento mori and how we must all prepare for death because even heroes and success don't make us immortal.
Name the TWO works and their AUTHORS based off of the provided quotes.
Explain the significance for ONE of the quotes as it relates to the THEMES of the work.
1. "Put out the light, and then put out the light. / If I quench thee, thou flaming minister, / I can again thy former light restore, / Should I repent me; but once put out thy light, / ... / When I have plucked thy rose, / I cannot give it vital growth again; / It must needs wither."
2. "How smooth his breast was, and how white his belly...For in his looks were all that men desire"
1. Othello: Written by William Shakespeare. This moment in Othello reveals the height of Othello's jealousy as he kills Desdemona for believing she has cheated on him.
2. Hero and Leander: Written by Christopher Marlowe. This quote reveals Marlowe's homoerotic description of Leander as he praises the male figure. Leander is regarded as an adonis and Marlowe wants to draw attention to such features, which was uncommon during the Elizabethan Age.
Name the TWO works and their AUTHORS based off of the provided quotes.
Explain the significance for ONE of the quotes as it relates to the THEMES of the work.
1. "Taking them one by one out of my pocket…I observed both the soldiers and people were highly delighted at this mark of my clemency, which was represented very much to my advantage at court."
2. "there thou liest, that thou were never matched of earthly knight’s hand. And thou were the courteoust knight that ever bare shield. And thou were the truest friend to thy lover that ever bestrad horse. And thou were the truest lover of a sinful man that ever loved woman. And thou were the kindest man that ever struck with sword."
1. "Gulliver's Travels": Written by Jonathan Swift. In this part of Swift's work, he shows Gulliver's mercy to the Lilliputians whom he could easily destroy. Therefore, Swift argues that we ought exercise moral power especially in times when he have more physical power. Additionally, this quote shows the difference in perspective between the giant Gulliver and diminutive Lilliputians.
2. "Le Morte d'Arthur": Written by Thomas Mallory. This quote was spoken by Sir Ector de Maris as a eulogy for Sir Lancelot's death. Furthermore, it reveals Lancelot's noble character, honor, and dedication to chivalry despite betraying Arthur. As a result, the quote illustrates how a knight can possess chivalrous qualities in one sense, but he's not perfect in other areas of his life.
Answer the following TWO prompts correctly.
1. How does the card game between Mirabell and Fainall reflect their relationship and the
broader themes of competition and deception in the play? In what ways do family and financial
considerations complicate Mirabell's pursuit of Millamant?
2. One theme in Beowulf is the concept of mortality and christianity. When learning about Beowulf's confrontation with Grendel's mother, there are two biblical stories that the epic poem alludes to. Choose one of them and explain how it mirrors Beowulf's encounter. What does it suggest about heroism?
1. Discuss how the game of love is symbolized in the card game. Discuss how Lady Wishfort owns Millmant's inheritance.
2. Discuss how Beowulf's encounter with Grendel is similar to David and Goliath where the former character is a hero against all odds or discuss how Grendel is a descendant of Cain (and therefore a satanic figure) who must be revenged upon by the bloodline of Abel.
Answer the following TWO prompts correctly.
1. Explain the significance of Fellowship's initial promise of loyalty to Everyman and his eventual refusal to accompany Everyman. Moreover, why is the character of Knowledge important when it comes to Everyman's spiritual journey?
1. Discuss Fellowship representing friendship. Friends usually assist us, but they can't be with us during death. We all die alone. Discuss how knowledge of God, the church, and morality are essential for coming to an understanding of salvation; however, knowledge only guides us and therefore we are dependent upon Christ for salvation.
Answer the following TWO prompts correctly.
1. Explain the significance of the both voltas and how they change the poems' earlier meanings:
"And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare / As any she belied with false compare"
"But thy eternal summer shall not fade,"
2. How does Faustus' dismissal of traditional fields of study reflect his character and foreshadow his future actions? What does Faustus' attraction to magic reveal about his deeper motivations and desires?
1. Discuss the speaker moving from insults about his mistress or comments about her imperfect beauty to acknowledging that he loves her precisely for these rare features. Discuss how his insults were meant to criticize all such false comparisons of traditional love poems that wrongly exaggerate a woman's beauty. Discuss how the speaker has transitioned from trying to compare the young man's beauty to the seasons to his attempt to immortalize him through poetry.
2. Discuss Faustus' intellectual arrogance. He's an incredibly learned man who is jaded with every field of study and thus this jadedness and pride has led him to seek the only option left--the dark arts. His motivations for the dark arts suggests that he wants absolute power over life, death, and the powers of hell.
Answer the following TWO prompts correctly.
1. What is significant regarding the theme of perspective during Gulliver’s time with the
Lilliputians, his two-year captivity with the Brobdingnagians, and his return to England?
What’s more, what is Swift’s purpose/message by having Gulliver visit the Yahoos and
the Houyhnhmns (the horse creatures)?
2.What is the purpose of the green chapel as it relates to Gawain’s Christian/spiritual journey? In
other words, consider why the poet didn’t just create a green castle or just a beautiful church
where Gawain would meet the knight. Why did he combine both of these images into one?
1. Discuss Gulliver's giant perspective compared to the Lilliputians' small perspective and how he restrains himself from killing them. Discuss how Gulliver is humbled/powerless amongst the Brobdingnagians and how he gained a broader worldview by visiting multiple cultures. Discuss the Houyhnhmns' moral superiority despite their beastly appearance. Discuss the Yahoos' immorality despite their human-like appearance.
2. Discuss how the color green represents the untamed power of nature as represented by the Green Knight. Discuss how the church represents Christianity and Gawain's need for salvation. Discuss how these two images combined represents the Green Knight's spiritual judgement upon Gawain and how Christianity is not perfect according to chivalric ideals, but it grapples with the wild/untamed nature of man.
Answer the following TWO prompts correctly.
1. In what ways does Iago's banter with Desdemona reveal his attitudes towards women, and how did his attitude serve his larger scheme? How does Othello's final speech reflect his complex identity as both an insider and outsider in Venetian society?
2. How does Satan's famous line "The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven" have double meaning? Consider how this same line is stated in the opening of Milton's work and then repeated in book 2. Explain the TWO primary reasons we discussed for Milton's portraying Satan with the emotions he displays?
1. Discuss Iago acting like a misogynist towards Desdemona by suggesting that women are either angels or prostitutes. Moreover, he suggests that given the opportunity even angelic women will cheat on their spouses. In doing so, he tries to entice Desdemona to be unfaithful to Othello. Discuss how in Othello's final speech he desires to be remembered by what he's done for Venice by serving in the military. Moreover, Othello even killed a fellow Turk/moor in service to Venice, yet he still remains an outsider for his ethnicity.
2. Discuss how Satan states this line to suggest that it's better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven since he is the king of hell. Likewise, discuss how someone can make their unfortunate circumstances more bearable by how they think about them. On the other hand, Satan is an unreliable narrator and he may be just be convincing himself (as well as his minions) that hell is better than heaven. The reason for his self-deception is because he feels sorrow (possibly regret) when he visits Eden and utters these words again. Discuss how Satan has emotions because Milton wanted to make him a sympathetic character deserving of a second chance but predestined to sin and thus for hell. Additionally, discuss how God may have given Satan emotions in order to make hell/his punishment unbearable.