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?
This Nought paid the ultimate price for his secret love affair with Sephy Hadley, daughter of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Who is Callum McGregor?
This legendary English playwright is the author of Romeo and Juliet.
Who is William Shakespeare?
Despite my short hair and overalls, I am not a boy! I am the daughter of Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird.
Who is Scout Finch?
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?
This character was the mother of Callum, and worked as a housekeeper for the Hadley family.
Who is Meggie McGregor?
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?
This author wrote the novel that the Noughts and Crosses play was adapted from.
Who is Malorie Blackman?
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?
This fictional country is an alternate version of the UK, and provides the setting for Noughts and Crosses.
What is Albion?
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 monstrous armoured Polar bear may seem scary, but he is a nice guy once you get to know him.
Who is Iorek Byrnison?
William Wordsworth describes a field of this type of flower in I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud.
What is a daffodil?
This building was attacked by the Liberation Militia, where a bomb almost killed Sephy and Callum.
What is the Dundale Shopping Centre?
This character curses "A plague on both your houses" after being mortally wounded by Tybalt.
Who is Mercutio?