Flashcards in Who So List To Hount Deck (13)
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1
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what literary movement was wyatt a part of?
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renaissance
lived 1503-1542
2
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any relevant context for wyatt and Fitzgerald relating to marriage and infidelity?
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- wyatt’s frustration at being stuck in an unhappy marriage
- wyatt’s frustration at futility of his relationship w anne boleyn (an infidelity)
- zelda’s affair w french aviator. fitzgerald: “i knew something had happened that could never be repaired”
3
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any relevant context for the poem?
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- women controlled by patriarchal figures in family and society (husband/father/gov.)
- arranged marriages for land, status, money: NOT love
- courtly love imp. women placed on pedestal, passive. needed protection
- complexity of fidelity within courtly love
4
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different themes to gatsby
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- speaker’s fear of consequences vs G challenging T, taking blame, gets killed
- internal conflict vs outward torment (G’s mansion = desire for acceptance, vocal to N about feelings towards D)
- frustrated lust vs no romance towards G and D, D and T
5
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key quotes and methods
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- half rhyme (“mynde”, “wynde”) = internal conflict
- assonance “so sore” elongates line length = physical pain, declaration of weakness
- enjambment “as for me,” lines push on. uncontrollable nature of women
- caesura “fainting i followe.” internal anguish
6
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shared themes w gatsby
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- unattainable love (both married) -> G and D
- unrequited love -> G and D, M and W
- conflict btwn rules and desire ->
- suffering bc of the pursuit of love -> G and W
- assertion and masculinity -> T
- women as objects to be owned
- fidelity and infidelity
7
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shared themes with other poems
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fidelity and infidelity
male experience
8
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any relevant context for Gatsby (marriage and social change)?
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- marriage less imp. divorce rates increased as women more independent bc of rapid social change
- love’s position in marriage changed. gender roles in relationships changed (traditional moral boundaries less imp.)
9
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methods and quotes from gatsby showing suffering through love?
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- T flaunts his mistress in public, punches M
- G as a courtly lover, chap 5
- parallels btwn T and W suffering physical symptoms of love
“pale as his own pale hair and shaking all over”
“would have collaped to the floor if Tom hadn’t held him upright”
10
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methods and quotes from gatsby showing inequality in love?
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- D as “above the hot struggles of the poor”
- “Mr Nobody from Nowhere”
11
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quote for futility of wyatts love
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- “i seke to holde the wynde” image of containment and futility, anxiety to control
12
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what does the “diamonde” necklace represent?
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- “diamondes” = wealth, status. necklace = ownership. only her ‘owner’ is important.
13
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what does the woman as deers metaphor represent
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hunting, virginity (classical age, dianna)