Vocabulary
Potpourri: what element has the chemical symbol "Fe"?
Iron
What is the proper translation of the Tao?
The Way
Whose ghost does Macbeth see at the banquet?
Banquo
What does Mary Shelley warn about in Frankenstein?
Unchecked scientific ambition
The head, urban blockhead
Definition of maelstrom
Overactive or turbulent situation resembling a whirlpool
Who was C.S. Lewis?
Author of Abolition of Man and fought in WWI.
Who frames Duncan's guards with bloody daggers?
Lady Macbeth
Potpourri: which animal can't jump?
Elephant
People guided only by appetite or instinct are called
The stomach, trousered ape
Definition of sacrilege
Disrespectful treatment of something sacred
Which author likely lived between the 8th and 10th centuries?
The Beowulf author
Potpourri: who was the fourth president of the United States?
James Madison
What does the nightingale symbolize in "Ode to a Nightingale"?
Escape from human suffering/transcendence
What is the third part of Abolition of Man called?
Abolition of Man
Definition of incendiary
Tending to stir up rebellion or conflict
What is the translation of wyrd?
Fate
What two prophecies does Macbeth put his faith of invulnerability in?
No man of woman born shall harm Macbeth
Macbeth will not fall till Birnam Word comes to Dunsinane.
In "When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be," Keats fears he will die before
People with no sense of proper moral sentiment are called
Men without chests
Definition of ecomium
A formal expression of praise; a lavish tribute
What is litotes?
Ironic understatement
List four thanes
Macbeth, Ross, Macduff, Lennox
Romantic writers like Keats and Shelley reflect a fascination with _________ and ________
Nature and imagination
Lewis feared a future ruled by
Conditioners