A monologue of a character that speaks out his ideas. However, the audience can hear him/her
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What are the Themes of Sonnet 73?
Death and time!
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What is the predominant theme in Renaissance Poetry?
Carpe Diem
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What was Queen Elizabeth's brother called?
King Edward
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What were the people who fought against the Puritans called?
The Cavaliers
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Paraphrase " To be, or not to be". (The line only)
To be alive, or to be dead.
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What is a conceit?
An extended metaphor.
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Who was called the Renaissance man?
King Henry 8th.
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What was the name of the speech given by Queen Elizabeth when the Spanish Armada was attacking? To whom was it addressed to?
The Tillbury speech. To the English Commoners.
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Who are the puritans?
The Puritans were a group of English Reformed Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify the Church of England from all Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England was only partially reformed.
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Find a figure of speech in Hamlet and Explain it
Varies
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In what meter are the Shakespearean sonnets written?
Iambic pentameter
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Who Are Humanists?
They are the people who went back to the Greek and Roman classics, they found ethics and morals that agreed with Christianity. They took ideas from the Romans and Greeks.
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What is the reason behind king Philip's attack on England?
The beheading of his niece, Bloody Mary.
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What is the Name of The parable used in Milton's sonnet? what is the moral lesson?
The parable of talents; People should use their skills given by God instead of wasting it.
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What is Macbeth comparing life to?
Short candle, walking shadow, a player on the stage, a tale told by an idiot.
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Find the turn in sonnet 73. (Page 318)
In the couplet.
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What Allusion from Shakespeare's poems refers to Henry 8th destruction of the churches?
Bare ruined choirs
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What is a sonnet?
14 line poem with a specific meter and rhyme scheme
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Who is the second speaker in the sonnet? What is he/she advising him?
Second speaker is Patience. Varies.
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What is Macbeth's view on life?
He sees life as short and passes really fast. There is no way you can affect life through actions.
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What do all of the sonnets have in common?
Themes of love and time, structure
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Without opening your Books, what year did the Renaissance start and when did it end?
1465-1600
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What is the allusion in Hamlet? to what does he allude to?