| Term | Definition |
|---|
| who like the symbol "Gyre" or turning circle | yeats |
| what were the themes of yeats | irish nationalism, cyclic history, old age and death |
| what did james joyce write | the dubliners |
| what is an accurate description of "The Second Coming"'s theme | contemporary civilization |
| what is the theme of Sailing to byzantium | birth, life and death are impermanent, but monuments of art seem eternal |
| why did the narrator not kill the snake | because he felt honored by its presence |
| what snake is | free verse |
| what did WWI destroy in people? | faith in human progress |
| what is "do not go gentle into that good night is | villanelle |
| what in "dead man's path" began conflict | old woman walking over the flower beds |
| was the village priest angry in dead man's path | no |
| who wrote for irish national theater | yeats |
| who were nobel prize winners | yeats, eliot, soyinka |
| who was welsh | dylan thomas |
| who was american | eliot |
| who used green and gold in one of his poems, and what was his name? | fern hill, thomas |
| what are the 4 types of men that die in "do not go gentle into that good night" | wise men, good men, wild men, grave men |
| what did the house wisper in "the rocking horse winner" | there must be more money |
| what two thing does the son ask his father in "do not go gentle........" | curse, bless, |
| what is the the force in "the force that through the green fuse drives the flower" | life and death |
| what in the narrator remembering in "fern hill" | youth |
| what in "naming of parts" is he naming, and what is he comparing it to | gun, garden |
| in "the force that through..." how does the narrator describe his attitude of the force? | dumb to tell |
| what changed lit in 20th century | mass media |
| was there lit about women before the 20th | no |
| what period ended in WWI | optimism |
| what were the 5 important developments in the british empire | 2 wars, lost position in politics, gained full political democracy, raised standard of living, wellfare state |
| what did both europe and america increase after WWI | alienation |
| sibilance | repeated s |
| alliteration | repeated sound |
| what did "make it new" go with | modernism |
| what was the "rocking horse winner's" theme | greed |
| how was the narrator related to calloway in "across the bridge" | stranger |
| irony of "across the bridge" | calloway was a millionaire but couldnt spend any of it |
| what is chalice and heart associated with | araby |
| is beowulf a manuscript in middle english | no |
| describe beowulf | pagan epic with christian themes |
| what did angle saxon poetry have | strong beat and alliteration |
| what are ready made descriptive phrases | kennings |
| what was the medival tales with chivalry, love and supernatural called | romance |
| what percent of modern words are germanic | 30% |
| miracle plays were | two major christian holidays |
| allegory is | story with abstract characters, plot qualities and settings |
| destination of canterbury pilgrims | holy shrine in honor of thomas becket |
| chaucer verse form | rhyme: couplet rhythm: iambic pentmeter |
| chaucer was not influenced by | william caxton |
| what does dulce et decorum est mean | it is sweet and proper to die for ones country |
| what were the soldiers running from | mustard gas |
| what are hollow men | people with straw filled brains who don't desire change |
| who helps marlow | his aunt |
| what were kurtz last words | the horror , the horror |
| who wears white in heart of darkness | the accountant |
| what poem has reference to heart of darkness | the hollow men |
| what else did ts eliot write | the waste land |
| in the soldier..what does the narrator think of | england his home |
| what did "everyone sang" sing like | a bird |
| what color was the snake? | gold |
| in "sailing to byzantium" what form does the narrator was | golden mechanical bird |
| easter 1916 was about whom | irish nationalist rebellion against britain, and the people that took place |
| was the "irish airman" fighting for his country" | no the poor of ireland was his county |
| why did the "irish airman" enlist" | lonely impulse of delight |
| what is motif | repeated image |
| why did in "shooting an elephant" did he kill it ? | not to look like a fool |
| who had elementary education? | frank oconnor |
| where did the boy want to go in araby and why | bazar, to impress a girl |
| plan of dubliners | children, adolescents, married life, public life, |
| which two authors had pseydonyms | george owell, frank oconnor |
| which tribes invaded | jutes, saxons, angles |
| what was elegiac | seafarer |
| who were early inhabitants of britain | celts |
| what did the geats do for beowulf''s death | build a tower funeral pyre |
| who killed beowulf | dragon |
| who taunted beowulf | unferth |
| name of monster beowulf fought | grendel |
| name of king of danes | hrothgar |
| beowulf had race with | brecca |
| who filled the cups of warriors | queen welthrow |
| how many years did grendel kill the danes | 12 |
| folk ballads were | unknown authors, oral,literature of common people, first written in 1700s |
| dates to know | 449-1066-1485-1625 |
| chaucers plan for pilgrims | 4 tales |
| chaucer was influenced by | decameron by boccaccio and 1001 arabian nights |
| canterbury tales was a | frame story |
| what was the most famous miracle play | everyman |
| who helps everyman | good deeds |
| shakespear wrote what type | prose |
| first written book | anglo saxon chronicle |
| what is caesura in anglo saxon poetry | pause after second beat |
| anglo saxon poetry | 4 beats |
| pardoners tale | 3 men trying to kill death for killing their friend, old man tell death under tree, instead treasure, all men die |
| company of shakespeare | the kings men |
| macbeth comes from | holinshed's chronicles |
| prophecies of macbeth | thane of glamis, thane of cawdor, will be king |
| prophecies of banquo | lesser than macbeth, but greater, not so happy yet much happier, beget kings |
| double trust | king, host, kinsman |
| what does macbeth see | daggar, with bloody going towards duncans room |
| what happened to duncans sons | ran away |
| 2nd predictions for macbeth | beware macduff, no one woman born can harm macbeth, cannot be conqured till birnam wood goes to dusinane hill |
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