0319-Week4
- Beowulf
Beowulf is an Old English epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines. It is possibly the oldest surviving long poem in Old English and is commonly cited as one of the most important works of Old English literature. - Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh was a king of Uruk, Mesopotamia, who lived sometime between 2800 and 2500 BC. He is the main character in the Epic of Gilgamesh, an Akkadian poem that is considered the first great work of literature, and in earlier Sumerian poems. - Le Morte d'Arthur
Le Morte d'Arthur means “the death of Arthur” in Middle French. It is a compilation by Sir Thomas Malory of traditional tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, and the Knights of the Round Table. Malory interprets existing French and English stories about these figures and adds original material (the Gareth story). - Basilica
The Latin word "basilica" derived from Greek, which means "the tribunal chamber of a king". It has three distinct applications in modern English. The word was originally used to describe an open, Roman, public court building, usually located adjacent to the forum of a Roman town.
Roman Fever
- Memento mori
Memento mori (Latin: "remember that you have to die") is the medieval Latin theory and practice of reflection on mortality, especially as a means of considering the vanity of earthly life and the transient nature of all earthly goods and pursuits. It is related to the ars moriendi ("The Art of Dying") and related to literature. - Turning point of "Roman Fever"→"vast memento mori"
It means that no matter how rich or esteemed a person becomes, they must be reminded that they must die one day. A person must not put themselves above anyone else.
- Symbols in Roman Fever
Grace's Knitting: The troubled, intertwining lives of Alida and Grace. Grace knits the pattern of their lives with crimson silk, symbolizing the passionate feelings of the two women. When Grace drops the knitting, the knitting symbolizes the wreckage of Grace and Alida's relationship.
Syllable
- narrator (n.)
Meaning: a person who narrates something, especially a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem.
Example: The novel employs multiple narrators , including not only the three major characters but also their husbands, children, and parents. - assumption (n.)
Meaning1: a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof.
Meaning2: the action of taking or beginning to take power or responsibility. - assume (v.)
Meaning1: suppose to be the case, without proof.
Meaning2: take or begin to have (power or responsibility).
Meaning3: take on (a specified quality, appearance, or extent). - dia-→through, across, between
(1) diagnostic
Meaning1: (v.) concerned with the diagnosis of illness or other problems.
Meaning2: (v.) characteristic of a particular species, genus, or phenomenon.
Meaning3: (n.) a distinctive symptom or characteristic.
(2) dialogue (n.)(v.)
(3) diameter (n.)
Meaning1: a straight line passing from side to side through the center of a body or figure, especially a circle or sphere.
Meaning2: a unit of linear measurement of magnifying power. - collect oneself
Meaning: Regain control of oneself, typically after a shock. - portray
Meaning1: (v.) depict (someone or something) in a work of art or literature.
Meaning2: (n.) portrait - prologue (n.)
Meaning: a separate introductory section of a literary or musical work. - prelude
Meaning1: (n.) an action or event serving as an introduction to something more important.
Meaning2: (n.) an introductory piece of music, most commonly an orchestral opening to an act of an opera, the first movement of a suite, or a piece preceding a fugue.
Meaning3: (v.) serve as a prelude or introduction to. - pan-→all
(1) panacea (n.)
Meaning: a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases. - the-/theo-→God, a god
- matri-→mother
(1) maternal (adj.)
Meaning: of or relating to a mother, especially during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth.
(2) matriarchate (n.)
Meaning: a matriarchal form of social organization, especially in a tribal society.
(3) maternity leave
Meaning: a period of absence from work granted to a mother before and after the birth of her child. - pater-/patr-→father
(1) paternity leave
Meaning: a period of absence from work granted to a father after or shortly before the birth of his child. - op-→toward, against, in the way
(1) oppose (v.)
(2) opponent (n.) - plot (v.)
Meaning: secretly make plans to carry out (an illegal or harmful action). - deception (n.)
Meaning: the action of deceiving someone. - mor-/mort-→mortal, death
(1) morgue (n.)
Meaning: a place where bodies are kept, especially to be identified or claimed.
(2) mortifying (adj.)
Meaning: embarrassing
(3) mortician (n.)
Meaning:an undertaker.
(4) mortgage
Meaning1: (n.) the charging of real property by a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt, on the condition that it shall
be returned on payment of the debt within a certain period.
Meaning2: (v.) convey (a property) to a creditor as security on a loan. - man-/manu-→hand, make, do
(1) manipulative - inferiority (n.)
Meaning: the condition of being lower in status or quality than another or others.
Example: Conversely, deprivation produces feelings of inferiority , weakness and helplessness. - ambiguity (n.)
Synonym: paronomasia, pun
Meaning: uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language.