short fiction
A short story about a person or incident used to make a point
anecdote
Who is the main character in Grendel
Grendel
The practice of pretending to be someone you're not for personal gain
bunburying
Victors undying resolve to artificially create life
The male pursuance of goals against all odds
Pessimistic and suicidal. A slow to act and poor decision making character
Prince Hamlet
theme of living like weasels
what is Grendels view of the world
nihilistic
Neice to John Worthing and love interest of Algernon
Cecily Cardew
elizabeth is a passive character that dies due to a lack of care and consideration from Victor
Role of women as passive
represents innocence and purity throughout and is used to show corruption near the end of her life
Ophelia
a paragraph or verse in poetry
stanza
compound word that means something other than what it says
kenning
Lost as a baby and found in a handbag comes to find much later in life he is of noble blood and the first son of a man named Earnest
John Worthing
frankensteins creation of life
usurpation of female reproductive power
The theme that is overarching and shows how the Danish government has decayed with Claudius espionage
Corruption
true or false
when quoting poetry you only use the line number for the citation
true
the part of the story where Grendel attacks Heorot and Beowulf kills him is
Inciting incident in Beowulf
a structure of plays that relies on dramatic irony and sequential resolution
the well made play
theory that all humans are born neutral and free of biases
tabula rasa
shown by characters wanting it and seeking to act for it. The only thing that gets hamlet to make any choices ever
Revenge
key components and conflicts that make us human
the human condition
name of the only man to not abandon Beowulf and ascend to the throne after his death
Wiglaf
the over the top and exaggerated shallowness of Cecily and Gwendolyn in wanting their husbands named Ernest is an example of
satire
used as a story within a story to build a more interesting and complex narrative. Seen with Roberts telling us Frankensteins story through a letter to his sister that is a transcription of Frankensteins words
Frame story
an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play. Most famously used in the"To be or not to be" speech
Soliloquy