The Mighty Anglo-Saxons
That whiny boy-child from Denmark
Sir Gawain and the Grinch
The Monomyth
Name that Genre!
100
"Sky-plague," a term that the poet of Beowulf uses when referring to the dragon, is an example of this literary device.
What is a kenning?
100
Hamlet is classified under this genre.
What is Elizabethan tragedy OR Shakespearean tragedy?
100
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is an example of this genre of literature.
What is Medieval Romance?
100
Gawain's life in Arthur's kingdom before the Green Knight's arrival.
What is Status Quo?
100
Suddenly then the God-cursed brute was creating havoc: greedy and grim, he grabbed thirty men from their resting places and rushed to his lair, flushed up and inflamed from the raid, blundering back with the butchered corpses. (120-125)
What is Anglo-Saxon epic poem?
200
Beowulf belongs to this genre, defined as a long narrative about a hero that is NOT in prose form.
What is an epic poem?
200
Because Hamlet's indecisiveness eventually leads to his downfall, his role is this.
What is tragic hero?
200
The poetic form of SGatGK is known for this metrical device, the transition between alliterative verse and an "ABAB" rhyming summary of four lines.
What is the Bob and Wheel?
200
In Beowulf, the battles with Grendel and Grendel's mother are examples of these.
What are trials?
200
"O God, I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams."
What is Elizabethan drama/Shakespearean tragedy?
300
Anglo-Saxon poets used this, the repetition of sounds at the beginnings of words, such as "hell-forged hands" and "hatred rose higher".
What is alliteration?
300
Hamlet often speaks in these, specific types of monologues that give more insight into a character's innermost thoughts. His "To Be or Not to Be" speech is an example of this.
What is a soliloquy?
300
Sir Gawain is a cultural hero, embodying all of the values and standards found in this code.
What is chivalry?
300
Sir Gawain's journey back to Arthur's kingdom.
What is the Return?
300
"Wise sir, do not grieve. It is always better to avenge dear ones than to indulge in mourning."
What is Anglo-Saxon epic poem?
400
Grendel and Grendel's mother represent this, the embodiment of those who are culturally different or separate from the rest of society.
What is The Other?
400
Sword fights, ghosts, and murder on stage all add to this aspect of tragedy defined by Aristotle, defined as physical action that engages the audience.
What is Spectacle?
400
The contrast of these two colors represents the clash of HUMANITY and NATURE.
What are red and green?
400
In Beowulf, the final battle with the dragon, or the final test.
What is the Approach?
400
"And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied... with the pale cast of thought, And enterprise of great pitch and moment With this regard their currents turn awry And lose the name of action."
What is Shakespearean Tragedy?
500
One of the essential themes of Beowulf is embodied in his final battle; Conquering the dragon is a symbolic representation of Beowulf's triumph over this.
What is Pride?
500
Hamlet's only friend is Horatio; he is the only character that Hamlet can trust and confide in. The absence of truthful characters further emphasizes this essential theme in Hamlet.
What is not everyone is as they appear?
500
The fact that no one in Arthur's kingdom understands the true significance of this object is an example of dramatic irony.
What is the green belt?
500
This is the most dangerous part of the cycle, the aftermath of the true test in which the hero must sacrifice himself or herself completely, even forfeiting his/her life.
What is Crisis?
500
"But very different in looks were these two ladies, For where the young one was fresh, the other was withered; Every part of that one was rosily aglow: On that other, rough wrinkled cheeks hung in folds. Many bright pearls adorned the kerchiefs of one, Whose breast and white throat, uncovered and bare, Shone more dazzling than snow new-fallen on hills. The other wore a gorget over her neck, Her swarthy chin wrapped in chalkwhite veils, Her forehead enfolded in silk, muffled up everywhere."
What is Medieval Romance?
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