Haunting Memory
In which book is the main character physically consumed by the burdens of her past?
What is Beloved
What traumatic historical event was the reason why Sethe killed Baby Beloved?
What is slavery?
Who is Victor Frankenstein telling his story to and where are they?
Who is R.Walton? What is R.Walton's ship?
"The bigger Beloved got, the smaller Sethe became; the brighter Beloved’s eyes, the more those eyes that used never to look away became-------” Beloved :(295)
What is "Slits of Sleeplessness"?
- Beloved takes over Sethe's life physically and mentally; showing a physical contrast in size as Beloved's power grows.
What object symbolizes Gatsby’s unattainable dream?
What is the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock?
----- refuses to let go of his memories with ------, which causes him to host extravagant parties which he rarely attends.
What is Gatsby? What is Daisy?
What kind of trauma does Tim O'brien try to process through story telling?
What is his experience in the Vietnam war?
Who narrates Gatsby’s story and often filters it through his own perspective?
Who is Nick Carraway?
“A monster still lives, and meanth revenge. She’d brooded on her loss, misery had brewed In her heart, that --------" Beowulf : 1257-1260
What is "Female Horror"?
- Speaking about Grendel's mother.
What is the name of the decade in which The Great Gatsby takes place?
What is the roaring 20s aka "the jazz age"
In Frankenstein, what does the Creature ask for in order to leave Victor F alone?
What is a female companion?
in Frankenstein, what is the primary turning point for The Creature to turn against humanity forever?
What is rejection from the DeLacey Family?
According to Sethe, what is a rememory?
What is a memory that exists outside the self and can be re-experienced?
“He might have spoken, but I did not hear; one hand was --------, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped, and rushed downstairs” Frankenstein: (59)
What is "stretched out"
- V.Frankenstein came to the realization that he actually created a living being, and was frightened by it's capabilities.
Which religion aligns closely with the original narrative of Beowulf?
What is Paganism?
What does Norman Bowker circle endlessly as he recounts the memory of Kiowa's death?
What is the lake?
What trauma haunts Hrothgar’s kingdom before Beowulf arrives?
What are Grendel’s nightly murders?
What kind of truth does Tim O’Brien say can be more real than fact?
What is Story-Truth
“Tomorrow is Saint Valentine's day, / All in the morning bedtime, / And I a maid at your window, To be your -------.” Hamlet : (53-56) Act 4. Sc 5
What is "Valentine"?
- Said by Ophelia in her state of madness; She is singing songs and spiraling to her death.
How old was Mary Shelley when she wrote Frankenstein?
What is 18 years old?
In which books do the main characters devote their lives to killing their "antagonist" after a loved ones death.
What is Frankenstein and Hamlet?
What is the result of Hamlets grief and trauma? (Not Death)
What is delay of action and existential crisis?
How was Beowulf originally told and by who?
What is oral tradition? What are the Scops?
“Even then, at nine years old, I wanted to live inside her body. I wanted to melt into her bones–that kind of -----.” (216).
What is "love"?
- O'Brien is talking about Linda, a girl he loved when he was nine years old.
Toni Morrison was the first African American woman to ------- in 1993
What is win the Nobel Prize in literature?