PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARO
Usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period.
He wrote three of the most famous poems in Latin literature, the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. A number of minor poems, collected in the Appendix Vergiliana, are sometimes attributed to him.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IMAGINABLE, IMAGINARY, AND IMAGINATIVE
imaginable:
possible to think of
used for emphasizing that it is difficult to imagine anything more extreme
imaginary:
not real but only created in your mind
existing only in imagination or fancy
imaginative:
good at thinking of new, original, and clever ideas
relating to, or concerned in the exercise of imagination as a mental faculty
DOCTOR FAUSTUS
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is an Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe.
The powerful effect of early productions of the play is indicated by the legends that quickly accrued around them.
That actual devils once appeared on the stage during a performance, "to the great amazement of both the actors and spectators", a sight that was said to have driven some spectators mad.
VOCABULARY
Prefixes
sub- = under
submarine /ˈsʌbməriːn/
e.g. How deep do submarines go?
pros- = toward, in front
prospect /ˈprɒspekt/
e.g. We have an exciting match in prospect.
Roots
ver = truth
virtually /ˈvɜː(r)tʃʊəli/
e.g. I'm virtually impaired!
ced = yield, go
recede /rɪˈsiːd/
e.g. His hair is beginning to recede from the forehead.
Suffixes
-sis = act, state, condition of
analysis /əˈnæləsɪs/
e.g. In the final analysis, it is up to the students to decide.
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