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| a reference to a well known person, place, event, literary work, or art |
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| emphasizing words by repeating them at the beginning of neighboring clauses |
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| humorous play on two or more meanings of the same word or on words with the same sound |
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| an event or a detail that is inappropraite for the time period |
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| the meaning or central idea or insight about life |
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| a contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality, or between what is expected and what actually happens |
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| a person says one thing and means another |
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| the audience has important information that characters in a literary work do not have |
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| descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create a mental image (appealing to the 5 senses) |
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| the use of series of words, phrases, or sentences that have similiar gramatical form (items are arranged in the similar structures) |
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| involves a direct contrast of stucturally parallel word groupings, generally for the purpose of contrast (sink or swim) |
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| a term denoting a part of something is used to refer to the whole thing |
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| literature that is written in sentence or paragraph form. |
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| in a speech, is the feeling and emotions that accompany the words |
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| a drama in which the central character or characters suffer disaster or misfortune |
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| a lengthy, uniterrupted speech addressed to other characters, rather than to the audience |
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| a speech in which a character, alone on stage, speaks directly to the audience and reveals his or her thoughts and feelings |
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| a brief remark to the audience, uttered while other characters are nearby but unable to hear and reveal what the character is feeling or thinking |
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| a meter that is made up of five iambic feet to a line of verse. Each foot has an unstressed then stressed syllable |
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| a regular pattern of stressed or unstressed syllables that gives a line of poetry a predictable rhythm |
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the unit of meter within a line.
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trochee- (`,u)
anapest- (uu`)
dactyl- (`uu)
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| unryhmed iambic pentameter |
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| the set of associations that occur to people when they see or read a word |
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| the dictionary meaning of a word |
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| a figure of speech in which 2 clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures in order to make a larger point (chiasmus) |
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| appealing to the emotions |
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| appealing to ethics and morals |
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How many meters in the following?
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| When Murellus and Flavius see that the commoners intend to celebrate Caesar's triumph over Pompey, they respond with: |
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| What is the Ides of March? |
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| What is the celebration of Lupercal? |
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| When the soothsayer warns Caesar to "beware the Ides of March," Caesar reacts with: |
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Who is the speaker of "it is very much lamented, Brutus/That you have no such mirrors as will turn/Your hidden worthiness into your eye..."
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Cassius
He means that Brutus does not see the good qualities in him. |
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| Antony's behavior demonstrates that his attitude toward Caesar is: |
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| respectful/obedient/loyal |
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Who is the speaker of "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,/But in ourselves, that we are underlings."
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Cassius
He means that our fates are not made already, we get to create them. |
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| Caesar's comment about Cassius's "lean and hungry look" expresses his |
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| When Caesar refuses the crown three times, the Roman people respond with shouts of |
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| Who is the speaker of "that which would appear offense in us,/His countenance like richest alchemy,/Will change to virtue and to worthiness," He means that the conspirators want Brutus on their side mainly in order |
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| to make their deeds seem honorable |
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| Brutus considers the anonymous letter thrown into his window to be |
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| Brutus urges the conspirators to spare Mark Antony, claiming that Antony: |
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| will be powerless after Caesar is killed |
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| How are Calphurnias fears for Caesar's safety intesified?(3) |
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1. omens on the streets
2. comets in the sky (only when princes die)
3. her dream that Caesar was murdered |
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| How are Calphurnias fears for Caesar's safety intesified?(3) |
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1. omens on the streets
2. comets in the sky (only when princes die)
3. her dream that Caesar was murdered |
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| Which arguments does Decius use to persuade Caesar to go to the Senate?(3) |
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1. the senate is planning to give him the crown
2. people will mock him
3. the dream was misinterpreted |
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| In his letter, Artemidorous warns Caesar of |
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| When the conspirators humbly beg for Publius Cimber's freedom in the Senate, Caesar reveals feelings of |
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| When Caesar remarks, "Et tu, Brute?" he is expressing his |
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| susprise that his most trustworthy friend killed him |
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| Immediatley after Caesar is killed, the Roman people respond with |
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| fear, panic, chaos (like doomsday) |
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| Right after Caesar's death, Antony sends a message with his servant to Brutus saying that he |
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| want's an explanation for their killing |
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| As Brutus speaks to the crowd, his listeners respond with |
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| Antony's funeral speech convinces the Roman people that the conspirators are |
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| Antony refers to the wound that Brutus gave Caesar as "the most unkindness cut of all" because |
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| Caesar loved and trusted Brutus |
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| The angry mob attacks Cinna the poet because |
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| his name is the same as a conspirator |
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| When Octavius, Antony and Lepidus discuss death sentences, the mood of the scene can best be described as |
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| Antony sends for Caesar's will in order to determine whether |
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| to use it for military purposes |
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| Antony regards Lepidus as an |
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| Antony compares Lepidus to his horse in terms of his |
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| When Brutus refers to Cassius as "hot friend cooling," he means that Cassius |
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| isn't the friend he used to be |
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| Cassius claims superiority over Brutus in |
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| Brutus claims superiority over Cassius in |
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| Brutus reminds Cassius that their rebellion is based on the priniclple of |
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| Brutus begins to get over his anger with Cassius when he sees that Cassius is |
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| Cassius regards the sight of ravens, crows, and kites as a |
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| sign of doom (defeat of their own army) |
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| Brutus confesses that he would rather commit suicide than |
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| Cassius decides to commit suicide when he |
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| misinterprets Pindarus' message |
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| As Brutus dies, he calls on Caesar to |
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| Mark Antony's last comments about Brutus are meant to communicate Antony's |
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| respect and admiration for Brutus |
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| "Beware the Ides of March" |
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| soothsayer; foreshadowing Caesar's death |
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| "I love the name of honor more than I fear death" |
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| Brutus; shows that he would put his life at risk for the people of Rome and honor |
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| "Men at sometime are masters of their fates; The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings." |
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| Cassius; People have the power to manipulate their destiny |
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| "So every bondman in his own hand bears/The power to cancel his captivity." |
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| Casca; Every person has the power to be free. |
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| "O, he sits high in all the people's hearts; And that which would appear offense in us, His coutenance, like richest alchemy, Will change to virtue and to worthiness." |
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| Casca; Brutus is held very high in the people of Rome and will their deeds seem honorable. |
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| "He would be crown'd/How that might change his nature, there's the question." |
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| Brutus; After Caesar is crowned, his personality might change. |
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| "And therefore think his as a serpent's egg,/Which hatch'd, would as his kind grow mischievous,/And kill him in the shell." |
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| Brutus; At the moment, Caesar isn't harmful but must be stopped before he grows to powerful |
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| "unto bad causes swear/Such creatures as men doubt; but do not stain/The even virtue of out enterprise." |
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| Brutus; An oath isn't necessary because their motives are honorable and for the greater good of Rome. |
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| "Let's be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius./We all stand up against the spirit of Caesar,/And in the spirit of men there is no blood." |
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| Brutus; He doesn't want another person to be killed other than Antony. |
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| "Cowards die many times before their deaths,/The valiant never taste of death but once." |
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| Caesar; Cowards are dead since they can't stand up for themselves but when you are valiant, you only die once. |
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| "But I am constant as the northern star." |
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| Caesar; to show that he is unchangeable. |
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| "Et tu, Brute?-Then fall Caesar." |
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| Caesar; shocked that his trustworthy friend, Brutus, actually helped kill him. |
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| "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more." |
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| Brutus; means that he would be willing to risk his life, despite of their friendship, for the greater good of Rome. |
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| "Thou hast describ'd/A hot friend cooling." |
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| Brutus; means that Cassius was once a good friend, but is no longer. |
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| "Thou hast describ'd/A hot friend cooling." |
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| Brutus; means that Cassius was once a good friend, but is no longer. |
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| "All the conspirators, save only he,/Did that they did in envy of great Caesar;/He, only in a general honest thought/And common good to all, made one of them." |
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| Antony; feels that Brutus was still honorable despite his actions. |
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| heavy, asthmatic, bespectacled |
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| helps Ralph build shelters |
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| blows the conch to call the meetings |
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| insists on keeping a fire going |
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| obsessed with hunting pigs |
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| The name "Simon" is Hebrew for |
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| In the beginning of the novel, where is the darkness located? |
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| What does Ralph imitate as he calls "Piggy"? |
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| What does the conch symbolize? |
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| What does the knife that Jack has symbolize? |
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| What does the fire represent? |
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| How do the boys light the fire? |
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| Who comes up with the idea for how to light the fire? |
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| Which do the boys do first? |
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| Who are the two boys building the shelters by themselves? |
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| In the beginning of the novel, what are the littl'uns afraid of? |
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| In chapter 3, where does Simon go off to by himself? |
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| By the end of chapter 3, Ralph represents |
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| In the beginning of chapter 4, what does Roger do to Henry? |
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| Golding uses darkness to represent: |
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| Who lets the fire go out so that the ship passes through without seeing the smoke? |
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| What does Simon think the beast is? |
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| What lands on the island in the beginning of chapter 6? |
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| Who see's the dead parachutist first--without really knowing what it is? |
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| Which boy do the rest of the boys "pretend" is the pig, but they take it too far and leave him whimpering? |
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| Why do Ralph, Jack, and Roger climb to the top of the mountain at the end of chapter 7? |
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| Complete this quote: "Boys armed with _______." |
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| Who utters "Boy's armed with sticks"? |
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| To whom does Ralph say "Boys armed with sticks."? |
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| After the boys divide into two groups, how does Jack first tell his hunters that they will handle the beast? |
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| What kind of animal does Jack's group hunt and kill? |
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| Many times as Ralph is speaking, he forgets what he is going to say. In the second meeting in chapter 8, what word evades his memory? |
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| Who "talks" to the Lord of the Flies at the end of chapter 8? |
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| Who actually sees the beast on the mountai in the beginining of chapter 9? |
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| What is the "beast" on the mountain in the beginning of chapter 9? |
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| the parachutist dead body |
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| What Simon do with the "beast" he finds? |
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| Who are the last two boys to join the dancing, chanting boys by the fire towards the end of chapter 9? |
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| What is the "beast" that they bite and claw to death that night? |
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| What does Simon represent in this novel? |
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| Who is the one that expresses the most guilt over Simon's death? |
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| Which excuse does Piggy NOT give for their participation in Simon's death? |
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| What do Jack, Maurice, and Roger take when they attack Ralph's group that night? |
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| What does Ralph suggest the boys doe before they go to confront Jack and his tribe? |
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| Why are masks(paint) so important in the novel? |
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| allows them to act uncivilized |
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| What term does Golding use to refer to Jack and his tribe at the beginning of Chapter 10? |
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| What does Ralph call Jack that makes Jack very angry? |
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| Who is directly responsible for Piggy's death? |
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| After Ralph runs away from Jack and his tribe, what does he encounter in a clearing in the jungle? |
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| LOF or pigs skull on a stick |
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| Where is the first place that Ralph hides hoping Jack and his tribe won't find him? |
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| What is the FIRST thing Jack and his tribe do to flush Ralph out of his hiding place? |
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| When the naval officer asks, "Who's the boss here?", who replies, "I am"? |
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| To what novel does the officer compare the boy's "adventure"? |
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| According to the novel, why does Ralph weep at the very end? |
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| end of innocence, darkness of a man's heart, loss of Piggy |
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| deep seated hatred or state of being an enemy |
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| a stronghold or fortification |
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| a long angry or violent speech; diatribe |
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| exhibiting appropriate behavior or conduct |
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| A synonym of inscrutable is |
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| using power unjustly; burdensome |
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| excluded or forbidden from use or mention |
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| a change or variation; unexpected changes in life |
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| having an ill will or wishing harm to others; malicious |
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| unable to speak with clarity |
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| abuse vocally; taunt or mock |
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| insufficient to produce an effect; useless |
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| a loud outcry; great expression of discontent |
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| an undertaking or business organization; industrious |
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| to critize sharply; check or repress |
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| great intensity of emotion; intense heat |
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| to force or drive; exert a strong irrestible force on |
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| to complain or whine tearfully |
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| deflected or warded off; avoided |
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| a line of people of ships stationed to guard |
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| How is Jack from LOF similar to Cassius from JC? |
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| they were both instigators and wanted power |
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| How is Ralph from LOF like Brutus from JC? |
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| They both try to do what's best for their people |
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| What do the boys from the novel have in common with the Roman crowd from the play? |
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| How does "fear" play an important role in both literary works (JC and LOF) |
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| fear of the unknown and fear of too much power |
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| What role does "power" play in both literary works mentioned above? |
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| There are two sides in every story wanting power. They are afriad power will go to their heads. power struggles |
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