Lit. Terms
What is the term for an author's specific word choice?
Diction
Who is considered to be the antagonist of Macbeth?
Paradise Lost is written "in media res." What does this mean about the order of events?
It starts "in the middle of things," not at the chronological beginning.
Romantic poets prioritized escape from reality into ________.
Nature
Realists attempt to accomplish what in their writing?
give an accurate illustration of reality
What is a speech or short comment that a character delivers directly to an audience with other characters onstage not able to hear them?
Aside
What are the names of Duncan's sons?
Donalbain and Malcolm
Who is the epic hero in Paradise Lost?
Satan
What action drastically alters the outcome of the sailors in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
the killing of the albatross
In "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" the Devil is a character that represents what ___________ ?
temptation and greed
What is a comparison that is elaborate and drawn out over a matter of lines
epic simile
Who travels to England to try to acquire Malcolm's help against Macbeth?
MacDuff
What was the sin that Satan committed that got him kicked out of Heaven in the first place?
Pride (ambition is also acceptable)
In Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner, what is the setting that the Mariner begins his story?
at a Wedding Feast
"How Much Land Does a Man Need?" is considered an __________________ story.
allegorical
What is the discrepancy between what is expected and what is in actuality?
irony
When Macbeth meets the witches for the second time, what do they predict happening to him?
That he will never die until the trees themselves rise up against him.
What is different from Satan and the other fallen angels?
William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience have poems that use similarities and direct contrast to convey a deeper message. What is this an example of?
parallelism
Define "allegory"
the characters, plot, and events work on both literal and symbolic levels
The following line is an example of which literary device?
"Fair is foul and foul is fair"
chiasmus
What is the cultural context / "sign of the times" whenever Macbeth was composed?
There was an assassination attempt on James I and the questioning of "what makes a king"
What meter is Paradise Lost written in?
Iambic pentameter / Blank verse (no rhyme, but definite rhythm)
In the poem "Tintern Abbey," Wordsworth returns to the Wye Valley to do what?
recall his youth and reflect on how much he has changed
What is Pahom's dream about and what 2 literary elements are present?
In Pahom's dream he sees 3 men laughing: the peasant, the dealer, and the chief - who then all turn into the Devil. Afterwards, he sees a dead man that turns out to be himself. This dream represents foreshadowing of his pending death and reveals the symbolism behind each character (also accept: allegory)