Chapter 4 Notes and Review Sheet Assignment

Chapter 4 Notes


153- ejaculations: brief outcries or prayers

supererogation: acts beyond the requirements of duty to establish a "reservoir of merit"

154- chaplets: The cycle of prayers called a rosary is divided into thirds, each called a chaplet, and subdivided into decades.

Paraclete: term for the Holy Ghost

twigging: brushing with a short broom

158- foxpapered: having pages that are "foxed," or discolored

canticles: the "Song of Songs" or "Song of Solomon" in Protestant Bibles

Inter ubera mea commorabitur: "He shall lie between by breasts," from "Song of Solomon."

160- dominican: order founded by Saint Dominic

franciscan: order founded by St. Francis of Assisi

les jupes: French for "skirts"

161- muff: a bungler, novice, or outsider

162- a vocation: a "calling" for the priesthood

163- “ power of the keys…sin” the power to hear confession and to give (or withhold) absolution

164- thurible: censer, in which incense is burned

chasuble: long outer vestment worn by a priest celebrating the mass

tunicle of subdeacon: vestment with wide sleeves worn by the person who prepares the sacred vessels during the
celebration

humeral veil: veil covering the shoulders

paten: plate on which the eucharistic bread is placed

dalmatic: wide-sleeved vestment worn during celebration of High Mass by the deacon, the person ranked second to the
celebrant himself

Ite, missa est: "Go, the mass is completed"

“…Simon Magus” Simon Magus offered money for spiritual power (the sin of simony)[ Interesting in terms of Simon Dedalus, Stephen’s father]. The sin against the Holy Ghost was Final Impenitence, which involved a refusal to acknowledge the existence of a spiritual force for good.

165- novena: a series of spiritual exercises lasting nine days. St. Stephen was the first Christian martyr stoned to death outside the walls of Jerusalem.

novitiate: time of probation for aspiring priests

166- “…the fainting sickness” As a novice, Stephen would fast the night before in order to receive Holy Communion.

S.J.: Society of Jesus (the Jesuit Order)

169- “…the university” This is a reference to University Collge, Dublin. Crosby is a tutor there, and Simon is looking for information about it.

“…the Bull” a seawall that runs from the shore at Clontarf into Dublin Bay.

171- Note the poetic diction…

172- thingmote: place where Danes held council of law when they ruled Dublin in medieval times

Stephanos: Greek for crown, wreath, or garland

stuff in the kisser: punch in the mouth

173- Bous Stephanoumenos! Bous Stephaneforos!: Greek variants for "ox bearing wreaths" (i.e., being led for sacrifice).

artificer: inventor or craftsman (i.e., Daedalus)

the stoneblock: term for a group of rocks on the side of Bull Wall suitable for diving

cerements: burial clothes



Review Sheet Assignment: (Due the day of the AP test)

Review Sheet Assignments
You must create a complete review sheet for each of the plays and novels we have studied in class this year.

NOTE: THIS INFORMATION CANNOT BE LIFTED FROM THE INTERNET!! YOU WILL RECEIVE A SCORE OF ZERO IF THIS HAPPENS. IT ALSO CANNOT BE MASS PRODUCED AND SUBMITTED AS A GROUP.

Oedipus
Hamlet
Tartuffe
A Doll’s House
Death of a Salesman
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Wuthering Heights
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Each review sheet must address the following:

 Title of Work
 Author
 Approximate Time Period
 Main Characters: Names and Relationships
 Brief Plot Summary
 Handy Plot References
 A Meaning of the Work as a Whole
 Relevant Literary Techniques
 If I write on this work, I will be sure to mention...
 Quintessential Quote(s) [Easy to memorize, sure to impress]

A Condensed Example (Yours will be more detailed)

 Title: Metamorphosis Author: Franz Kafka Time: Early Modern
 Characters: Gregor-Salesman and Bug Grete: Sister and aspiring musician
Mr. Samsa, Mrs. Samsa, Charwoman, Lodgers
 Plot Summary: No space— but self explanatory. Can be done as bullets.(Do not plagiarize!)
 Handy Plot References: Rocking to get out of bed, desire to go to work, never miss a day, arrival of boss, attempt to communicate, picture with girl, saving furniture, apple attack, walking on walls, borders, sister playing violin…
 Meaning of Work as a Whole: The essential alienation of mankind from a world that seems to value only the material contributions he can make.
 Literary Techniques: Narrative voice, symbolism,
 I will be sure to mention: Symbolism: picture frame, apple, music, bug. Lack of explanation for transformation, Gregor’s desire to keep working.
 Quotations: “When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams…” “Was he an animal…”