Queen of England during the Spanish Armada attack (England wins); never married, therefore the Tudor line ends with her

a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme; two types: Petrarchen (Octave and Sestet), Shakespearean (3 Quatrains and a Couplet)

Used in the Shakespearean orm: problem-complication-counter argument-conclusion

The star that Astrophil loves

“star lover”, he loves Stella

A powerful nobleman in the country of Illyria; He loves Olivia, but doesn’t realize that she doesn’t love him

A wealthy, beautiful, and noble Illyrian lady; She loves Cesario, but doesn’t know that Cesario is actually Viola in disguise

A young woman who gets washed ashore in a ship wreck and disguises herself as a man to get a job; Olivia falls in love with her and Viola falls in love with Orsino

Viola’s lost twin brother; is mistaken for Cesario and falls in love with Olivia

Olivia’s uncle; live’s with Olivia, but is very rowdy and has poor behavior

A friend of Sir Toby’s; attempts to court Olivia

Olivia’s clever, daring young waiting-gentlewoman; writes the fake love note that Malvolio believes is from Olivia

The straitlaced steward in the household of Lady Olivia; is tricked by Maria, Sir Toby, and Sir Andrew

The clown, or fool, of Olivia’s household; connects the upper and lower quartets and speaks the truth

light and humorous drama with a happy ending; about hiding the truth- usually something embarassing

a witty saying

Extended metaphor

Witty and polished lyrics of courtships and gallantry; poets were followers of Ben Jonson

Devotional poetry that focuses on intense spirituality often featuring conceits; notable poet: George Herbert

a member of a group of Protestants that demanded he simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline; became a powerful political party during the 17th century

“Great Bible”; first authorized Bible; written by Henry VIII

James I, the cousin of Elizabeth I, becomes king; England and Scotland grow together politically

6th king of Scotland and 1st king of England; comes into power after Elizabeth I

2nd son of James I; disbanded Parliament and formed an army against it- lost and was executed

allegorical story with spectical; Ex: Faerie Queene

created by Oliver Cromwell during the civil war against the King’s army over Parliament; promotion through achievement, not status; everyone wears uniforms- red coats

created the new model army; temporarily overthrew the monarchy and turned England into a commonwealth and ruled as Lord Protector

between the new model army and the King’s army; King’s army defeated and Charles I was executed

Puritans were in power and felt entertainment was sinful; stayed closed for 18 years

unrhymed iambic pentameter; used in Paradise Lost

quote from Book I of Paradise Lost; elucidate the conflict between God’s eternal foresight and free will

Charles II comes into power; reopened the playhouses

King of England during the Restoration; pensioned by the King of France, creates the 3-piece suit, idea of patronizing leisure (opera, theatre, vacation, city of Bath)

fire that lasted for four days; destroyed most of medieval London and 87 churches, including st.

Paul’s Cathedral

Overthrow of James II by William of Orange; established the British Constitution

King of England during the Glorious Revolution; wanted to change Britain back to Catholicism

Ruled as a joint monarchy following that of James II; created the English Bill of RIghts

Architect who rebuilt about 60 churches after the Great Fire; wanted to change the street patterns of Lonson

circulated political ideas; the Daily Courant (1st newspaper) most likely to come out of a coffee house

Created by Parliament to keep Catholics out of the governement; had to renounce there Catholic Church and claim the Anglican Church as the one, true Church

Looks down on those who who don’t know proper rules; creates a comedy of manners

nobles, lords, gentlefolk, shop keepers and industrialists, everyone else; where you stood in the social rankings dictated who you could interact with

Literary act of diminishing or derogating a subject by making it ridiculous and evoking toward it attitudes of amusement, contempt, scorn, or indignation; creates the mock epic

a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style; Mac Flecknoe

A book of long narrative in literary prose; based on early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella

a short work of prose fiction by Aphra Behn; Aphra Behn is the earliest woman writer to earn a career by her pen

poem written by John Dryden; result of disagreements between Dryden and Shadwell, such as the feelings toward Ben Jonson

the illegititmate son of King Charles II and his mistress; declared himself the true king of England and atempted to overthrow his uncle, James II

hero of Pope’s Rape of the Lock; she is a society woman

Place where Umbriel the faerie goes to get a bag of tears, sobs, and despair; the spleen is where ill-temperment was suppossedly found

Villain of the Rape of the Lock; has the minor offensive of cutting a lock of hair from Belinda so that he may take it as a trophy

The island where Gulliver is shipwrecked; suppossed to represent Great Britain

Island that offers refuge to those fleeing Liliputian persecution; suppossd to represent France

the informed analysis and evaluation of literature; example: Pope’s An Essay on Criticism

King George I takes the thrown; also elector of Germany

Battle between George II and his grandson- trying to overthrow and gain control with Catholic/Scottish support; last battle fought on British soil

Resort city in England; very fashionable to be seen there during the summer season especially

Capital of England; where the monarchy and Parliament reside

Became very popular among the middle and upper classes; showed wealth and buying into polite society

English music historian; father of Frances Burney

England 1st Prime Minister; position created because George I wanted to stay in Germany

Scottish architect; designed Putney Bridge

English actor; famous for bringing Shakespeare back to the theatre

A novel composed wholly or primarily of letters. Unfolds through the written documents passed from person to person; example: Evelina

the main character of Frances Burney’s Evelina; she is a girl trying to break into polite society

A very polite gentleman; He falls in love with Evelina and they eventually get married

A nobleman who courts Evelina; Evelina dislikes him, but tolerates him because he has favor with Captain Mirvan

A retired Navy captain; introduces Evelina to polite society

Captain Mirvan’s wife; treats Evelina as her own daughter and shows her how to behave in polite society

Evelina’s gaurdian; he is possessive of Evelina

The rejected dance partner of Evelina; Evelina makes a large faux pas by not dancing with him

Lady Louisa’s fiance; they hate each other

Evelina’s neighbor; Evelina’s accompanies her to the resort town of Clifton Heights

Lord Orville’s sister; she is very annoying and impatient

Madame Duval’s nephew; only working-class character, he hates spending money

Madame Duval’s brother;

Evelina’s grandmother; example of how not to act in society

Evelina’s half-brother; he shows Evelina how she could’ve ended up

Evelina’s deceased mother; good example of what not to do in life

Evelina’s father; he doesn’t recognize her as his daughter until the end, but gives her a family

from Evelina, when the aristocratic men chose 80 year old women to run a race; showed that aristocrats were cruel

in Evelina, the captain dresses up a monkey as Lovell; it is a trick to make fun of Lovell

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Place where would gather before and after church service, usually surrounded by grave markers; famously shown in Thomas Grey’s Elegy in a Country Churchyars

A poem by William Cowper; forces of nature are powerful and beautiful, human struggles against nature end in failure