21st: Unit 13.2

Milton

________ introduced predestination, a belief that going to heaven is not achieved through good works or other things, but rather, it is decided before you were born.

English Renaissance

During the ________, one of the greatest struggles of artists and writers was the need to earn and sustain themselves through their craft.

Satan

________ tricked Eve into eating the fruit, and Adam also took a bite.

John Milton

This is an epic poem about the Fall of Man, where ________, the writer, made Adam, Eve, Satan, and God his characters.

philosophical movement

Humanism, a(n) ________ that placed a renewed focus on the human and his or her potential, was prevalent among the intellectuals.

Renaissance period

The ________ (1300- 1600) was marked by the rebirth of the Greco- Roman literary tradition.

Johannes Gutenberg

The printing press, invented by ________ in 1440, is the greatest innovation of the Renaissance era, which resulted in a more cost- and time- efficient production of literature.

traditional Christian

The humanists also used the Greek and Latin classics, along with ________ thought, to teach people about human life.

French Revolution

It was the bloodshed in the ________ along with other upheavals that made people reevaluate their ideas, and which eventually led to the end of the Enlightenment period.

Paradise Lost

________ was characterized as an epic poem about patience because if only Adam and Eve were patient enough, they would not have been thrown out of paradise.

1623

It was first printed as a quarto or a booklet in 1600 and reprinted in ________ as a part of Shakespeares first folio.

Patrons

________ were people who lavished money and attention on artists who cater to their taste.

Much Ado about nothing

This is considered as one of Shakespeare’s best comedies and was probably written between 1598 and 1599.

Gulliver’s Travels

In this novel by Jonathan Swift, Gulliver traveled four separate voyages adn encountered different types of societies each time.

The Renaissance period

Was marked by the rebirth of the Greco-Roman literary tradition.