Engels LITTERATUUR
UNIT 2
Hamlet
this type of speech is called a soliloquy, whats thte defenition
a theatre monlogoe in which the speaker adresses themselves instead of an audience
what is hamlet questioning in this soliloquy
wether it is better to live or die, he wonders if death is a way to escape suffering
what does hamlet mean by to be or not to be
to live or to die
what does hamlet say about sleep dreams and suffering
he compares sleep to death, buy worries that if we die, we might have bad dreams that we cant escape. people choose not to die despite their suffering because of the unknown
what does hamlet mean by consience does make cowards of us all
overthinking and fear of concequences stop people from taking action
the tempest
what is the tempest sometimes called
shakespeares komst enimagtic play
what are the central themes in this play
freedom, power and control
what is the setting of the tempest
a desert island
who are the main characters, briefly explain who they are
prospero is the exiled due of milan
miranda is his daughter
anthonio is prosperos brother
caliban si the dejected and deminosied inhabiant of the island
ariel is a sprit
explain in your own words why caliban is angry with prosepro
caliban feels betrayed because he was once the righful ruler of the island. he taught prospero how to live on the island but prosero ensalved him
what arguments does prospero give for his treatment of caliban
he says that he used to be nice to caliban until he tried to rape miranda
how is the character of caliban pictured
hes a savage and rebelious creature wh obetrayed prospero and desires feedom
how does propero and miranda come cross
they feel betrayed and believe they treated him too kindly
many people have suggested the name caliban is an anagram for what word do you think. what could this suggest
its an anagram for cannibal, it suggets that he eats human flesh.
how does this scene fit into the 16th century vision of europian colnialism
An European nobleman is stranded on a remote island and enslaves a native inhabitant, treating him as a savage. Not only him, Ariel is also a servant.
UNIT 3
In flanders fields - John McCrae
what is the poem’s message
the poem describes the honour and courage of fighting for your country.
what is the mood of the poem
fyling birds, singing, sky , poppies - these words evoka a postiive feeling
who is the speaker of the poem
the fallen soldiers
who is the poemadressed to and what are the addressees asked to do
the soldiers who are still alive and the peope at home. they are asked to contimie the fight
Dulce et decorun est - wilfred edward salter owen
meaning ‘dulce et decorum est pro patria mori’
it is sweet and proper to die for ones county
what is the poems message
the poem descibes the horros of war and how dying for your country isnt galamerous
what is the mood of the poem
the peom has a dark mood
beggars haunting blood-shod
how are solidiers described
they’re descibed as sick exhausted and injured beggars, bent double lke old beggars under sacks.
what happens in the second stanza
a gas aattack is described. A solidier puts his mask on too late and suffoctas in front of the authros eyes