Doctor Faustus
The author of Doctor Faustus
Who is Christopher Marlowe?
How Thomas More dies
What is execution for treason?
The title Cavendish says she is trying to earn through her novel in the opening letter
Margaret the First
Philip Sidney's 3 main claims about poets in The Defense of Poesy
1. poets use poetry to teach morals
2. poets are better than historians and philosophers
3. poets are makers
A tragic hero
What is a main character that is usually noble or upper class & has a fatal flaw which causes their downfall?
Why Hilary Mantel wrote Wolf Hall
What is she wanted to challenge history's portrayal of Cromwell as the machiavellian figure?
How the young lady ends up in the Blazing World
What is being kidnapped by a merchant crew & rescued by the hybrid men after the merchant ship becomes frozen in the sea?
Expected behavior at the Renaissance theater
What is active, loud, rowdy, & interactive?
Faustus's fate at the end of the 24 years
What is dragged into Hell?
The reason the Empress goes back to ESFI
What is her home world is at war & she wishes to make the current king of ESFI the absolute ruler of of that world?
the main reason England split from the Catholic Church in 1534
What is Henry VIII wanted an annulment from Catherine of Aragon (due to a lack of male heir)?
The definition of Hell Mephistopheles provides Faustus
What is a state of being (& not just a place)?
The reason Anne was portrayed as jealous of her sister, Mary Boleyn
What is Mary & Henry had an affair?
Cavendish believes anyone can do this (and should)
What is create their own worlds?
The first woman to visit the Royal Society
Who is Margaret Cavendish?
24 years
How long did Faustus request Mephistopheles be his servant in exchange for his soul?
Mantel's change to Anne Boleyn's trial.
What is Thomas Cromwell had personal vendettas against the men Anne is accused of adultery with?
The English dynasty that was ongoing when The Blazing World was written
What is the House of Stuart?
The intellectual movement of the 16th and 17th century that left behind medieval ways of thinking to revive classical education (like Greek and Roman literature) & explores human potential & values civic engagement
What is humanism?