Act 5 quiz Flashcards
* Posy: rhyming inscription; Gratiano uses posy to describe the ring’s inscription as bad poetry * Dumb: unable to talk; Antonio calls himself dumb because he was shocked by the good news of his ships that three of his ships arrived safely. * Inter’gatories – obliging to answer questions as if in court under oath * Muddy vesture of decay - human body; Lorenzo says we cannot hear the celestial harmony with the human body because of the original sin * Candles of the night – stars * (21 cards)
Priam
King of Troy; Father of Troilus
Erebus
A place of darkness between Earth and Hades
Argus
Giant w/ one hundred eyes
Antipodes
opposite ends of the world
Endymion
a mortal shepherd loved by the moon
Diana
goddess of the moon
Dido
queen of Carthage, loved Aeneas who abandoned her
Orpheus
mythological musician and a lover of Eurydice
Cherubim
Cherubs (baby angels)
Aeneas
Son of Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite; lover of Dido, who he abandoned
Aeson
father of Jason made young again by Medea
Jason
Son of Aeson, married Medea, but betrayed her
Troilus
son of King Priam of Troy; betrayed by his lover Cressida after she was moved to a Greek camp
Medea
wife of Jason, who was betrayed by him later. She murders their children as revenge
Posy
rhyming inscription; Gratiano uses posy to describe the ring’s inscription as bad poetry
Dumb
unable to talk; Antonio calls himself dumb because he was shocked that his ships made it back safely
inter’gatories
obliging to answer questions as if in court under oath
Muddy vesture of decay
human body; Lorenzo says we cannot hear the celestial harmony with the human body because of the original sin
candles of the night
stars
Cuckold
a man whose wife is cheating; Nerissa will cheat on Gratiano for giving away the ring, but she’ll be cheating w/ herself
Manna
refers to food for heaven, but also alludes to mercy
