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Renaissance
Macbeth
18th Century & Restoration
Swift
Other
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What threads tie the renaissance together? Name 3
rise of nationalism, first democracy, rise of the middle class, trade and commerce became enterprises, international and global trade
100
What did the witches say on Macbeth's first visit?
He is Glamis, Cawdor, and King.
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What is the purpose of satire?
To inform people about a social issue in a comedic fashion
100
Was Swift serious about eating babies?
No
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Who wrote Macbeth?
Shakespeare
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How was the renaissance expressed in different places?
Literature, architecture, visual arts.
200
What did the 3 apparitions say?
Beware Macduff, none of woman born an harm Macbeth, Macbeth will not fail till the woods walk.
200
What was the purpose of literature during this time?
To educate.
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What was Swift's modest proposal?
Eat Irish babies.
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Who wrote "A Modest Proposal"?
Jonathan Swift.
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How could a writer support themself?
Writing only in their spare time and working. OR Have a patron.
300
How does Lady Macbeth's guilt affect her?
Lady Macbeth sleep walks and tries to wash the blood off of her hands. She also sleep talks admitting to her sins. She kills herself.
300
How did art and pleasure change during this time?
Was no longer established solely by the nobility Was available to everyone
300
How does Swift appear an unbiased and benevolent economic planner?
He takes a calculating and scientific writing style.
300
Who does Swift blame for the desperate state of the Irish?
The English.
400
What is the Shakespeare issue?
Did Shakespeare write everything we accredit him with?
400
How do we see Macbeth corrupting those around him? 2 ways
We see this with the murderers who kill Banquo, when Macduff is talking to Malcolm he says evil deeds are happening all the time, and the Lords at the beginning of Act 5 say that Scottland is full of people doing evil deeds.
400
What was the belief of people of this time concerning reason?
Reason would guide humanity Reason was unchanging and uniquely human. Applying reason to what we take in through our senses
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What serious solutions does Swift give in his proposal? Name 3
Tax absentees; do not buy foreign goods; curing the pride, vanity, idleness, and gaming in women; be prudent and temperate; love our country; love our countrymen and work together; landlords should be merciful; make shopkeeper honest.
400
The team with the lowest number of points may propose an English question to you. If this is picked by the team with the lowest number of points, then the team with the highest gets to ask.
Who knows?
500
What was a patron?
An independently wealthy noble person who had a taste for the finer things, and lavished money and attention on artists who catered to that taste. In some cases, the patron surrounded themselves with poets and dramatists as a mere pretence. On the other hand, many patrons had a deep and genuine appreciation for artistic creation
500
Pick one of the big ideas from Macbeth and give 2 examples of it.
Sleep: Kills Duncan in his sleep, Macbeth can’t sleep, Lady Macbeth sleep walks Nature rebelling in the face of unnatural deeds: Horses eating each other, Day as dark as night, The owl eating the hawk Fair is foul and foul is fair: Cawdor had a kind face but was a traitor, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth showing kind faces, but doing evil deeds
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What was empirical philosophy?
Empirical philosophy means knowledge about the world was through the senses.
500
Who is in control of Macbeth's fate? How do you know?
Witches, Macbeth, or fate.