Rape of The Lock CandideFaust Pepys/ Defoe Vocab 10 Part 2
“The Rape of the Lock” was written by ______
Alexander Pope
Pope is primarily criticizing which group of people in this story?
The wealthy, upper class society of England
This story is categorized as a _____ - _____.
Mock Epic
The protagonist of the story is _____
Belinda
What happens to the lock of hair at the end of the story?
It floats up into the sky
Why does Candide join the army?
He is forced into it/conscripted when he toasts the king
Who is Doctor Pangloss?
The teacher at Baron Thunder- ten-tronckh’s castle
What was Candide’s offense in the army? Why was he punished?
He tried to take a walk
What choice was Candide given about his punishment?
He could either by shot in the head 12 times or whipped thousands of times
What is Francois-Marie Arouet’s pen name?
Voltaire
Who is the antagonist in the story?
Mephistopheles
What arrangement does Faust make with the demon?
Sells his soul to the devil in exchange for experiencing everything he can in life
What does the demon say about Faust’s life in regard to the contract?
It is irrelevant – he would go to hell anyway based on his choices in life
An earlier version of the story is The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus, by ____________
Christopher Marlowe
Who is the author of Faust?
Goethe
Daniel Defoe wrote A _____ of _______
A Journal of the Plague Year
Why is Samuel Pepys’ diary valuable if he wasn’t really a writer?
Gives insight into the lives of the wealthy politicians of the time, gives a description of a few important events
What tragic event does Pepys describe witnessing in 1666?
The Great Fire of London
What happened to the piper in Defoe’s account about the dead carts?
He got drunk, fell asleep, and was carted away in a dead cart
What happened to the man in Defoe’s story who jumped into the Thames river?
He was cured of the plague
Cannot be felt
Impalpable
Without money; penniless
Impecunious
Extremely necessary
Imperative
To persistently ask
importune
domineering
imperious