Women in Literature
This bitter old spinster was left jilted at the altar in Great Expectations, and she still wears her wedding dress to this day.
Who is Miss Havisham?
This "M" word describes an evil character, or someone who wishes to harm others.
What is malevolent?
"Little Lamb, who made thee?" is an example of this literary device, where the speaker asks a question that does not require an answer.
What is a rhetorical question?
Books, films, posters or other forms of media which present only one point of view with the aim of manipulating the audience to agree with them.
What is propaganda?
This legendary English playwright is the author of Romeo and Juliet.
Who is William Shakespeare?
The character who leaves her husband in a triumphant symbol of feminist bravery in A Doll's House.
Who is Nora Helmer?
In J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, this terrifying dragon ruled over a treasure hoard in the Lonely Mountain.
Who is Smaug?
The romantic poets were writing about nature as a way of escaping the horrors of this Revolution.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The primary villain of Animal Farm who rules at the end of the novella.
Who is Napoleon the pig?
This "M" word is the surname of Romeo's family
What is Montague?
In the Middle Ages, over 25,000 women were killed for being accused of this practice.
What is a witch?
This creature swore to exact revenge upon his master, Victor, who created him by stitching together body parts.
Who is Frankenstein's Monster?
Unfair working conditions for children were emphasised in this poem by William Blake, in which a boy had to sweep THIS part of a house.
What is a chimney?
The pseudonym for the author who wrote the novella 'Animal Farm.'
Who is George Orwell?
In the prologue, the chorus astrologically describe Romeo and Juliet as what kind of lovers?
What are star-crossed lovers?
Phenomenal Woman was one of the poems included in my collection titled "And Still I Rise".
Who is Maya Angelou?
This grammatical structure is used when two or more words are used to modify a noun, and is an excellent way to vividly describe a villain.
What is an expanded/extended noun phrase?
Blake used the line "In what distant deeps or skies / burnt the fire of thine eyes" to describe this symbolic animal.
What is a Tyger?
The place where Boxer is actually taken to when he gets too old and injured (not the vet as Squealer says).
What is the knacker (glue manufacturer) ?
This Italian city provides the setting of Romeo and Juliet.
What is Verona (fair)?
While my sisters were also celebrated authors, I was the one who wrote Jane Eyre.
Who is Charlotte Bronte?
This villain re-emerged from a cauldron at the end of the Tri-Wizard Tournament.
Who is Lord Voldemort?
A country that carried out a successful revolution during the Romantic period.
What is France/the United States?
The leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953 who was responsible for the deaths of at least 20 million people.
Who is Stalin?
This character curses "A plague on both your houses" after being mortally wounded by Tybalt.
Who is Mercutio?