British Poetry - Authors & Eras
British Poetry - TPCASTT
1984
Pride & Prejudice
Potpourri
100
This author wrote during the Age of Reason / Enlightenment.
Who is Jonathan Swift?
100
This is the literal situation of "To His Coy Mistress."
What is man is trying to convince his lover to sleep with him before it is too late!?
100
This is the significance of the church bells in 1984.
What is Winston's fascination with the past/fragmented nature of the past?
100
This person is most responsible for Lydia and Wickham's marriage.
Who is Mr. Darcy?
100
These are the 5 parts of plot.
What are 1) exposition 2) complication/rising action 3) technical climax 4) falling action/resolution 5) conclusion?
200
This poem was written during the Victorian Era.
What is "Lady of Shalott" OR "My Last Duchess"?
200
This is the main symbol in "Valentine"
What is onion = love?
200
These are the 4 ministries in 1984 and what each is responsible for.
What are: - Truth = propaganda - Love = law & order - Plenty = economy - Peace = war
200
This is the Bennet's house and its region in England.
What is Longbourn, Hertfordshire?
200
This word means socially awkward and lacking tact.
What is GAUCHE?
300
This era focuses on the soul vs. body, religion vs. politics, and the great chain of being.
What is the Renaissance?
300
This is where the shift takes place in "Lady's Dressing Room" and what it changes to/from.
What is beginning --> curious to disgusted.
300
This is the speaker & significance of the following quote: "Your worst enemy, x reflected, was your nervous system. At any moment the tension inside you was liable to translate itself into some visible symptom"
Winston, see Ms. Sutton!
300
These are the three reservations Darcy has when proposing to Elizabeth.
What are 1) her lack of fortune 2) her inferior rank 3) the impropriety of her family?
300
This character is in the Ministry of Love because he couldn't find a rhyme for "God".
Who is Ampleforth?
400
When did the Modernist era take place?
Early 20th century (WWI - WW2)
400
These are two themes of "Dulce et Decorum Est"
What are - war is horrible - people become numb to violence - a country will tell you lies to get you to do what it wants - there is no true emotion in war - more!
400
Name 4 themes of 1984.
See Mrs. Sutton!!
400
These are the three reasons Mr. Collins wishes to marry.
What are 1) for love 2) as an example to his parish 3) wishes of Lady Catherine?
400
This is the year Orwell WROTE 1984.
What is 1948?
500
Name three elements of Post-Modernism.
What are questioning of values, inclusion of pop culture, political discontent, counter-culture, gender, war, technology.
500
These are 4 symbols in "Lady of Shalott"
What are - Island= isolation - Weaving = distraction/pleasure - mirror = perception/desire - Lancelot = temptation - boat = fate/death
500
Name & describe the 4 parts of a dystopian society/world.
Social groups: none outside "we" of state Nature: world is urban, nature = freedom/rebellion Economy: state run economy leads to black market Politics: gov't asserts great control over citizens
500
These are the 6 characteristics of Romantic literature.
What are 1) questioning authority 2) nature 3) ordinary = extraordinary 4) emotions 5) simple language 6) supernatural
500
The actor who plays O'Brien in 1984 also played this character in another movie we watched this year.
Who is Petruchio?