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12th Grade
05/16/2013

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most critical to anglo saxons
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loyalty
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beowoulfs enemy
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grendel
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who was beowoulf saving
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horathgr, people of danes
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beowoulf fought as old man
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dragon
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beououlfs follower till end
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wiglaf
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what happens to treaure
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buried with beowoulf
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traits of an epic hero
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speed, reflect cultures, strength, wisdom, loyalty.
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seafere feels what about world
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noble lordsare gone and world is getting worse
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why does seafarer continue going to sea
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likes struggle
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conquered england 1066
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William 1 the conquerer
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feudalism
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divided land by power
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king known for magna carta
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john
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ironic about black death
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eroded feudal system
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archbishop killed in church
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Thomas a becket
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father of English poetry
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chaucer
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where were travelers going
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beckets tomb
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moral of pardoners tale
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money is evil
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what kind of man was pardoner
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drunkard, greedy
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answer to the question knight had to find
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women equal to men
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narrarotor of story known as the wife
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was married 5 times
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3 things knight objected to in his new bride
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poverty, age and appearance, lack of nobility
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millers major flaw
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theif
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two representatives of upper class in pardoners tale
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knights and squire
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middle class landowner
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franklin
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leg ulcer
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cook
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loved to read
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oxford cleric
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loved small animals, very proper
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nun
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religious preacher that lived simply
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parson
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who did geoffery of Monmouth treat as his historical figure
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arthur
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what book did Thomas malory write
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le morte de arthur
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who raised Arthur as adopted son
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ector
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why is Arthur portrayed as a boy unaware of his true identity
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make him one of the people
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arthurs mentor
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merlin
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rejected morgan lefay and famous for affair
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lancelot
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what monster was Gawain forced to confront
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green knight
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what lesson does monster teach him
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honesty, loyalty
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who disposes of excalibur
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bedivere
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name of most likely real arthur
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riothamus
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rennassiance
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rebirth
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reformation
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protest against roman catholic church
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what was defeated by England in 1588
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Spanish armada
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who had six wives
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henry 8
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name of the church that granted king a divorce
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Anglican church
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invented moveable printing press
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guttenburg
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author of utopia
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Thomas more
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martin luther contribution to reformation
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95 thesis. protested sale of indulgences
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1st wife of henry 8
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Catherine of aragon
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henry 8 2nd wife
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anne boleyn
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which wife had edward
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jane seymour
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which wife outlived king
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Catherine parr
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executed for adultry
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Catherine howard
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two daughter and nicknames
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mary-bloody mary, Elizabeth- the virgin queen
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recognize a sonett
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14 lines, rhyme sceme, written in iambic pentameter
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how does shakes describe love in his sonnet
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never changing, not a cliche
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which poem is "to be or not to be" from
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hamlet
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what country is Macbeth set in
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Scotland and england
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from which king was Macbeth written
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james 1
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Macbeth major flaw
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ambition
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who did Macbeth kill to steal crown
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duncan
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who urged him to steal crown
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lady mac
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who gave him idea to steal crown
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witches
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who also received prophecies
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banquo
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whose army defeats Macbeth before he becomes king
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malcom
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English general helps lead army
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siward
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defeats macebth in combat
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macduff
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boy who escapes Macbeths plan
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fleance
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Macbeth kills because he cant get father of house
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lady macduff and her kids
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messenger
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ross
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not born of women
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macduff
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final three prophecies Macbeth was given
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beware acduff, cant be conquered, not born of women
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green eyed monster
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jealousy
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themes ofmacbeth
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jealousy, revenge, truth vs lies, racism, suspicion, trust
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how is hankerchief a symbol
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first gift, symbol of love
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warns otherlo about his daughter
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brabantio
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iago kills (accomplice)
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roderigo
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reveals iagos plot
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emilia
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lieutenant Othello punishes
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cassio
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steals hankerchief
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emilia
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cassio fights when drunk
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montano, roderigo
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messenger in play
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lodivico
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Othello makes up for actions
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suicide, stabs himself
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what does play say aboou love
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suspect the innocent, makes us do crazy things
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themes of romantic period
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childhood, nature, rejection of reason, imagination
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what is wordsworth rejecting in "the world is to much with us"
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materialism
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ironic about wordsworth "composed upon westminister bridge"
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opposites, seems to praise city but doesnt
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blake is obsessed with contrasting what
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good and bad
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how did he lamb and the tiger reflect his philosophy
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lamb was innocent tiger was evile
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what ekats poem is dangers of imaination
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gracious urn
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blake poem about unwanted side of life
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the tyger
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keats ideas that were interchangeable
Definition
beaut and truth
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