Aphra behn Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

What arises from people's natural desire to represent their lives and beliefs? -- >Drama The first real flowering of dramatic arts in the Western tradition occurred where? -- >Classical Greece Building used as dressing room -->Skene Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone is whom's most famous work? -- >Sophocles The part of a theater stage in front of the curtain -->Proscenium Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides were..? -->The big three of Greek tragedy A trilogy...

Stuart, Protestant correct answers Religion and politics dominated English life in the 17th century. The ___ family had been brought to the throne because they were ___. Restoration correct answers As the result of the Civil War and the beheading of Charles I, there was an interregnum. The period immediately after, but starting in 1660, when his son Charles II came to the throne, the period is known as: Women correct answers Reflecting some of the glories of the French stage at that time _...

TTU ENGL 3305 Apha Behn, Opening of Oroonoko Notes

A list of quotes from critics for The Fair Jilt by Aphra Behn. Includes context and analysis.

Basic summary for The Fair Jilt by Aphra Behn. Includes quotes and analysis.

This essay is from first year English Literature at Durham University. It responds to the exploitations and reinforcements of generic conformity and experimentation of the restoration comedy 'The Rover' by Aphra Behn and how both concepts detract and compliment each other. It discusses in detail the thematic elements within the play of prostitution, rape, financial advancement through means of marriage, female agency and features of restoration comedy by providing compelling points and immense...

The describes the events which occurred A. Behn's “Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave”

This summary contains: Introduction to the sixteenth century Whoso List to Hunt – Thomas Wyatt Rima 140 – Petrarch Rima 190 – Petrarch Rima 189 – Petrarch Love, that doth reign and live within my thought – Henry Howard The Assyrians’ King – Henry Howard Amoretti 67 – Spenser Amoretti 68 – Spenser Astrophil & Stella no. 41 – Philip Sidney Sonnet 1 – Shakespeare Sonnet 20 – Shakespeare Sonnet 55 – Shakespeare Sonnet 130 – Shakespeare Cynthia no. 9 –...

For the purpose of this essay I will analyse and evaluate in a detailed approach Volpone, The Rover by Aphra Behn and The County Wife by William Wycherley, in order to conclusively contest or confirm if my reading of comedy endorses the idea that its purpose is to improve or ‘better’ the audience.

This summary contains: - A full summary of Oroonoko, or, The Royal Slave - Period, Characters, Themes & Important Quotes - Notes on the (History of) the Novel - Notes on Oroonoko – the Character - Other notes