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Shakespeare final
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Fine Art
Undergraduate 3
08/04/2011

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Gallery
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the way the stage is set up vertically/establishes different relationships between characters
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Quarto
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pamphlet produced printed with eight pages of text, four to a side/ cheaper to produce/ significant: time period indication/ Titus Andronicus
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Tragicomedy
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blends genres from comedy and tragedies a serious play that had light jokes throughout or at the end to lighten the mood/ Merchant of Venice
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Ovid’s Metamorphosis
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Roman Poet/ Major inspiration for Shakespeare/a book that was read by Lavinia that leads her to being capable to tell her dad and uncle that Chiron and Demetrius raped her and dismembered her / Titus Andronicus
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Lavinia
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the daughter of Titus and the symbol of purity and Rome. She gets dismembered by Tamora’ sons, which symbolizes the end of Rome. / Titus Andronicus.
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Joan Pucelle
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national heroine of France and a Catholic saint/ she led the French army to several important victories/ a shepards daughter who has the mother Mary come to her in her dreams and tell her she will be given the gift to save France to Charles/ Henry VI
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War of the Roses
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civil wars for the throne of England/ influenced the red and white rose parties/ Henry VI
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Hundred Years War
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wars for the French throne/ Henry VI
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Vice
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stock character/ used for immoral messages / Richard III
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Balthazar
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Portia's doctor disguise/ Merchant of Venice/ Portia saves Antonio
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Comedy
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has a happy ending, usually involving marriages between the unmarried characters, and a tone and style that is more light-hearted than Shakespeare's other plays. Has songs and dancing/ The Tempest
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Puritan
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Radical Protestants/ Signifies moral decline in England/ Malvolio in Twelfth night
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Feste
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Twelfth Night / The clown of Olivia’s household, Feste moves between Olivia’s and Orsino’s homes. He earns his living by making pointed jokes, singing old songs, being generally witty, and offering good advice cloaked under a layer of foolishness. Even though he is looked superficially as a fool , Feste seems to be the wisest character in the play.
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Sign
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Feste in Twelfth Night - Sign is the utterance or word that has no inherent meaning on its own. It is only imbued with meaning when we make it so/ multiple meanings for broad interpretation
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Androgyny
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showing characteristics of both sexes/ reversal of sex/ Viola as Cesario in Twelfth Night
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Daemonologie
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book written by King James VI/ supports the practice of witch hunting/ Macbeth
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Hecate
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goddess of witchcraft/ She reveals in these lines that Macbeth's belief that he is untouchable will ultimately result in his downfall/ Macbeth
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Gutter
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separates scenes in graphic novels and books/ depicts the atmosphere of the scene/ Macbeth
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Caliban
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The Tempest / Caliban belives the island is rightfully his but was stolen by prospera. He decides to worships stephano when he gives him alcohol. Caliban is taken for granted and even though he has shown them the good traits of the island they have taken it all from him and treat him as a slave.
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Post-colonial
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The Tempest / Caliban believes that before the men arrived he was the king of the island. It has now been taken from him and he seeks to avenge it back. it is the story of the colonized and the trials and hardships that go into being colonized.
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