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| Not Fact, not fiction, not false. Fiction that plains truth,for spiritual instruction. |
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| Cynic man in the barrel. Told Alexander that the only thing Alexander could do for him is "move, you're blocking the sun." Alexander said, "If I weren't Alexander, I'd want to be Diogenes. |
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| Dog-like nature. non-atached, virtue is all important. |
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| Natural is what is good + right. Goal of life is preserving being, pleasure is a byproduct of properly performed natural forces. Faith in reason. |
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| Questions validity of a claim by calling for more evidence. Doubt. |
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| Speech is a privilege; all we have is this crummy text. |
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| Redundancies and contractions can be accounted for by recognizing that the piece is a compositework |
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| Concrete, human-like forms. (Yahweh) |
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| Art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage. |
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| Philosophy of love and a code of lovemaking. |
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| Compound metaphor, sun=God's candle, sword=Battle light |
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| Fate, controlling destiny, doom |
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| Socal construct, bond between lord and men, king and thanes |
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| Revenge killing, energizer feud |
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| Legal maneuver to end blood feud, payoff, sorry $ |
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| Stories uon which culture is established, heroes have corect ancestors. Aeneas and Venus |
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| Legitimization of Imperial Agenda, says empire is natural, inevitable. Propaganda for Empire |
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| Study of Origin of things |
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| System of beliefs. Grow up with the "correct one." How convenient... |
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| Wyas to persuade one way, e.g. "Crack is wack" |
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| Make one Character look better by contrast with another |
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| excessive pride, what comes up must come down. |
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| Meaning or message of a text. Inovles an attitude or opinion. |
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| Any recurring image, action, or utterance. Usually illustrates a theme. |
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| Audience knows something character doesn't know |
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| Mistake or error of judgment. |
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| Release of pent up pity and Terror (emotions) |
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| Discovery, Ignorance --> Knowledge. |
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| Exemplifies emerging middle class, independent land owner that has a professional career. |
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| LOaning of money with interest, Judaics only. |
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| Man who gives his wife free reign "whipped" |
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| King of the Gods (Roman -- Jupiter). Symbols are Thunderbolt, Eagle, Bull, and Oak. Overthrew father Cronus and drew lots with brothers Poseidon and Hades. Zeus won draw and became supreme ruler of Gods. |
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| God of Sea and Earthquakes (Roman -- Neptune). Symbols are Horses, Sea-foam, dolphins, and trident. Brother of Zeus. When they drew lots after overthrowing Cronus, he drew prize of being lord of the sea. |
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| God of the underworld and Wealth (Roman -- Pluto or Dis). Symbols are 3-headed dog, Bident Scepter, Helmet of Darkness. Hades god worst draw, ruling over the dead. Greeks believed he sat in judgment of souls that entered domain. Bodies had to have been buried after death. |
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| Goddess of the Hearth (Roman -- Vesta). Symbol is the Hearth. Gave up seat as one of the twelve olympians to tend to the sacred flame. |
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| Goddess of Marriage, Women, and Childbirth (Roman -- JUno). Symbols are Diadem, Pomegranate, the Cow, and the Peacock. Zeus courted her, and failed at first. He then changed into a wounded cuckoo. When Hera held it to her breast, Zeus raped her. She married him to cover her shame. |
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| God of War (Roman -- Mars). Symbols are vultures, dogs, boars, and a spear. He enjoyed the violence of war so much he rode into battles and killed soldiers on both sides. Zeus and Hera didn't like him, and neither did mortals. |
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| Goddess of Wisdom, warfare, handicrafts, and reason (Roman -- Minerva). Symbols are Aegis (breastplate), the Olive, and the Owl. Wisest of Gods, sprung from Zeus' head, fully formed as an adult in full body armor. |
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| God of Music, Light, Poetry, Trugh, Healing, Prophecy, and Archery. Symbols are bow, lyre, and (bay) laurel. As youth, swore to slay mighty python. Tracked it down to cave. Shot it with a golden arrow, but only wounded it, and it escaped. Python sought safety at shrine at Delphi. Apollo found and killed serpent at last. At this point, Delphi became Apollo's holy shrine. |
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| Goddess of the Hunt, the Moon, Protector of Maidens (roman -- Diana). Symbols are Crescent Moon, the Stag, and the Bow. Twin sister of Apollo. As a child called before Zeus. He asked her what she would like for a gift, and she asked for bow and arrows, a chariot, and that she might become a hunter. Zeus obliged and more. |
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| Goddess of Love, Beauty, Lust and Desire (Roman -- Venus). Symbols are Dove, Swan, Sparrow, and Myrtle Tree. Zeus gave her as a wife to the cripples Hephaestes. She had an affair with Ares, but Hephaestes caught them in a special net he had made. |
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| God of Fire, Craftmanship, Blacksmith (Metallurgy). (Roman -- Vulcan). Symbols are Anvil, Forge, Tongs, Bellows, Hammer, Axe, Fire. The only god to be physically ugly and crippled. Cripple from being thrown off mount Olympus by Hera, who was upset at having an ugly child. |
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| God of Flight, Travelers, Commerce, Thieves (Roman -- Mercury). Symbols are Cadeuceus, Winged Sandals, Winged Hat. Made first lyre (from empty tortoise shell, an oxhide skin, and seven strings, and gave it to Apollo as a gift, allowing Apollo to become God of Music. |
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| The Goddess of Fertility, Grain, Agriculutre, Harvest (Roman -- Ceres). Symbols are Cornucopia, Torch, Poppies, and Sheaf of Wheat. Daughter was Persephone. Taken by Hades. Demeter was so saddened that she went into mourning and nothing grew. Zeus told Hades to return Persephone, but only if she hadn't eaten anything. Persephone had eaten 6 pomegranate seeds, so she came up 6 months of the year, and went back down the other 6. This accounts for seasons. |
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| The God of Wine, Festivals, Madness, Merriement (Roman -- Bacchus). Symbols are grape, ivy, goblet. Mother exploded, and he was brn again from the thigh of Zeus, so his stories often involve dismemberment and regeneration. Went down to Hades to rescue his mother and put her in the Elysian fields. |
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| Definition of Illuminated Mythology |
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1. Traditional or legendary story concerned with deities or demi-gods.
2. Story or belief that is ussed to explain a basic truth. |
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| Who does "popular mythology" involve? |
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| Celebritis -- Marilyn Monroe, JFK, James Down |
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| classification of philosophy. Questions about knowledge. |
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| classification of philosophy. Time, space, God, cause, and reality |
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| classification of philosophy. Good and Bad |
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| classification of philosophy. Art and Beauty. |
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| classification of philosophy. Systems and Ideology. |
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| Phoenician from Cyprus. Came to Athens in 324 BC. Discoursed in public colonnades, fo a lack of means to hire a leture-room. |
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| What is the goal of life,according to stoics? |
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| Stoic slave who did not hate his position because the universe was rational... |
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| Aeschylus' significant breakthrough |
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| Addition of second actor. |
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| Sophocles' significant breakthrough |
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| Addition of the third actor. |
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| Euripides significant breakthrough |
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| Made Greek drama dramatic. |
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4 JC functions of myth.
Myts can teach you almost any life lesson, especially ow to see the positive side in a negative situation. |
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| imitation is an aspect of behaviour that not only affects learning but also desire, and imitated desire is a cause of conflict, |
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| Girard's Model of Mythic Narrative: "Stages" View |
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| All under one (stable) --> All against all (crisis) --> All Against One (victim/scapegoat, banishment)--> All for all (unification again, crisis resolved) --> All under one (new order, ruler, cycle begins again). |
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| Alfred the Great's Achievements |
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Legal Reform: Had great legal code called Deemings, Book of Codes.
Foreign Relations: Had correspondence with leaders as far away as Jerusalem, and maybe even India
Veneration: Often venerated as saint by Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church. |
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| What do J, E, and P writers stand for? |
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| Jahwist, Elohist, and Priestly |
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| Who was the first English printer? |
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| William Caxton. Also printed Canterbury Tales. |
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| Vivid, concrete style. Anthropomorphic view of Deity. Begins with creation. |
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| Emphasizes priestly concerns, dry precise style... |
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| Uses Elohim for God. Style more abstract. Less picturesque than J's, less anthropomorphic view of God. |
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| Oral poet in Anglo-Saxon court. |
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| SHORT ANSWER: 4 Hallmarks of English Lit |
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1.Reflection, thoughtful temper
2. Obsession with Wyrd
3. Heroism/dignity in defeat.
4. Love of word play and riddles. |
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| What is orthography? And example of old letter |
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Art of writing words iwth proper letters and standard usage. The representation of the sounds of a language by writing or printed symbols.
Thorn, eth, and yogh. |
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| Date Hamlet first staged in England |
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| When did Homer first recite the Odyssey? |
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Queen of France at 15
Queen of England at 30
MOther of both King Richard I (Lionheart) and John I (Magna Carta)
Accompanied by husband Louis VII on 2nd crusade
Spent years in prison for supporting one of her rebellious sons over his father (King Henry II)
Raised ransom money when Richard I as kidnapped on his way home from 3rd crusade
Lived to be 82-- active until death. |
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| General tenets of Courtly Love |
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Human love is an ennobling force.
The beloved is by definition above the lover
The idea that love is a thing longed for but somehow always out of reach. |
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| Myths can show you the universe in a mysterios way |
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| Myth makes the world a more mystical and msterious place and people can address the mysteries in their life with myth |
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| Myths can be used to support and/or validate certain social orders. |
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| Jacques Derrida and Deconstruction |
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| All texts and works of art say something other than what they are appearing to say (regardless of the author's intentions). The critic must find multiple meanings in text. |
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| social by-product of the feudal system of the middle ages. Essentially a set of professional ethics and expectations guiding behavior of warrior classes. |
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| Conditions/symptoms of love |
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| Loss of appetite, sleeplessness, endless sighing, self-questioning. |
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| The enthusiastic and exaggerated prasie and worship of the Virgin Mary in the 12th and 13th Cs. |
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