English 250 Study Sheet - Quiz #2
Dates:
Shakespeare:
- Be familiar with the imagery and conventions that Shakespeare uses in the sonnets
- In studying I Henry IV, focus on the characterization. Describe
- Jack Falstaff
- Prince Hal
- Hotspur
- Harry Percy
- Owen Glendower
- King Henry IV
Milton:
- With "L'Allegro" and "Il Pensoroso," you probably ought to pay most attention to the imagery and the tone.
- Paradise Lost: once again, it is probably most useful to think in terms of the major characters:
- Satan
- God the Father
- The Son
- Adam
- Eve
- Who is the hero of the poem, and who the villain? Why?
Essay Questions:
- Science and cosmology: Compare the relationship of humankind to the heavens and the earth in Shakespeare or Milton and two other well-chosen writers.
- Compare the view of women in several well-chosen poems
- Compare Donne's early poems with his later; his later with Herbert's
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