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| What is an example of an allegory in Song of Solomon? |
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| the relationship of Christ and the church to Solomon and his wife. |
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| How does Sir Gawain and the Green Knight enforce ideas of Gender Hierarchy according to Mullvey? |
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| Ideas of voyeurism, looker being masculine objectifying female who is passive, giving older ugly woman a lower rank in society. |
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| What are the seven deadly sins according to Parson? |
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| Pride, Envy, Gluttony, Lethargy, Lust, Wrath, Greed |
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| In Pearl, what is the significance of the roundness of the Pearl? |
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| The roundness cannot ever wane; as a sign of the Eucharist that stands in for the unity of Christian community |
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| What type of tale is the Pearl? |
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| Where is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight located? |
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| M.S. Cotton Nero A.X. ca 1362 |
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| What type of work is Cleanness? |
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| Who is the author of Cleanness? |
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| The Gawain or "Pearl" poet |
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| When was Cleanness written? |
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| What was the negotiation made between Sir Gawain and Birdelac? |
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| Birdelac will give all animal winnings to Gawain. In turn, Gawain returns his winnings from the castle. |
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| Where was the moment of inferiority in Sir Gawain? |
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| Second confession scene: Girdle to the ground. |
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| an example or model, esp. a moralizing or illustrative story. |
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| What does alliterative verse mean? |
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| the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words of stressed syllables |
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| What could the five points of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight be? |
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| endless knot, five appendages, five senses, five wounds of Christ |
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| What are the elements of penance? |
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| contrition of heart, confession of mouth, and satisfaction |
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| What does contrition of heart mean? |
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| What does confession of mouth mean? |
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| speaking sin aloud; privately to a priest |
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| What does satisfaction mean? |
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| performing a penalty (punishment, i.e. hair sweater) |
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| What are the species of penance? |
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| solemn, common, and private penance |
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| an old French genre; it is a story seen as a derivative of romance; bastardization of romance; about common people, raw sex, parodies convention of romance (ex. Alisoun escapes punishment) |
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| pun on handy (touchy feely); Nicholas can't keep his hands to himself in The Miller's Tale |
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| What does noble tale mean? |
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| aristocracy/social context vs. moral context (truth integrity) |
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extended metaphor that says there is a literal meaning of text and a spiritual meaning of text
ex. church in the world; Christ and the church |
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| What is an extended metaphor? |
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| a metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work |
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| What does topological mean? |
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| moral explanation; soul comes to Christ with desire to ascend and grow spiritually |
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| What does anagogical mean? |
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| points to the hereafter; spiritual- resurrection and church of heavenly glory |
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| emotionally based devotion often experienced by medieval women |
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| mournful melancholy or plaintive poem (esp. a funeral song or a lament for the dead) |
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| mourns for the loss, spiritual- resolves such a loss through understanding of God, didactic- teaches a lesson |
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| What is a Eucharist-trope? |
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| What is the dichotomy of Pearl? |
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| questions and answers; teaches Bible doctrines |
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| What does voyeurism mean? |
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| practice of obtaining sexual gratification by looking at sexual object or acts, esp. secretively |
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| What does dalliance mean? |
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| trifling away of time; dawdling or amorous toying; flirtation depending on the context it is used in |
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| What are some traits of the "Pearl" poet? |
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| likes luxury, writes for the aristocracy, very invested in Christianity, what it means to be a Christian; he was into symbolism, images, and numbers |
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| What is the genre of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight? |
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| romance- it's tricky because the first stanza leads us to believe it is an epic |
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| What happens in the first stanza of Pearl? |
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| a gem turns into the narrator's daughter; life everlasting: a virtue (allegorical shift) |
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| What do the first four or five lines of the last stanza establish? |
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| grief and mourning despite reason |
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| What does chapter five of Pearl reiterate? |
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grief and self-centeredness
lesson: life is superficial |
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| Who wrote the Miller's tale? |
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| Who are the main characters of the Miller's Tale? |
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| John, Nicholas, Absolon, Alisoun |
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| What is some background information on Chaucer? |
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| worked for the government, never earned money for his writings; interested in narrative |
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| What is important about the character Alisoun? |
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| longest effictio; presents the body as an object to be observed; see her desire to present herself |
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| What are some elements of courtly love in Pearl? |
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| jealous husband, adultery, Alisoun dresses of a higher status |
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| How is the Song of Solomon translated in medieval tradition? |
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| reduction of God's love to a language we can understand |
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| What are the four loves of Ancrenne Wisse? |
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| friendship, spousal/sexual, maternal, body and soul/individual |
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| What are some themes of Sir Gawain? |
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| Chivalry and Christianity, Homoeroticism, Green Girdle, Five Points |
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| What is an example of homoeroticism in Sir Gawain? |
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| If Gawain had sex with Birdelac's wife, he would've had to give that to Birdelac... same with the kisses; "redde quod debbes" - render what it owed |
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| What is the important meaning of the green girdle? |
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| symbolizes judgment that will occur for sin; announces to the community a sinful man; causes reflection on moral behavior |
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| What does Gawain's scar stand for? |
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| It's an outward sign for his internal strife |
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| What idea does the Miller's Tale focus? |
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| What genre is the Miller's Tale? |
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| fabliau- parody of romance |
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| What is the modern thought of visual spectatorship vs. medieval thought? |
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modern: subject is passive and completely objectified
medieval: subject is revealing itself to the viewer |
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