Macbeth
Beowulf
Literary Devices
Literary Devices 2
Misc.
100
What does Macbeth do to the supposed murderers (the guards) and why?
What is he kills them in fury. He claims that he killed them out of love for Duncan.
100
Number of years Grendel terrorized Herot
What is 12?
100
The literary term for "Perhaps Hrothgar can hunt, hear in my hear."
What is alliteration?
100
Occurs when a character makes an extended speech while alone on the stage
What is a soliloquy?
100
What happens when the murderers try to kill Banquo and his son?
What is they kill Banquo but let his son Fleance escape?
200
Duncan's sons
Who are Malcolm and Donalbain?
200
Beowulf's people, their nationality
Who are the Geats/Swedes?
200
Literary term for shepard of evil, water witch, guardian of crime.
What is a kenning?
200
A brave and noble character in an epic poem who often has superhuman abilities and/or strength
What is an epic hero?
200
The setting for Macbeth
What is Scotland?
300
How the prophesy of Birnam Wood moving to Dudinane Hill fulfilled.
What is each man in the English force cuts down a branch to provide cover so that the size of the army is not known.
300
He is king of the Danes.
Who is Hrothgar?
300
A figure of speech using implied comparision of seemingly unlike things. Does NOT use "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
300
A character, in a tragedy, who makes a judgment error that inevitability leads to his/her own destruction
What is a tragic hero?
300
He kills Macbeth.
Who is Macduff?
400
The title given to Macbeth for bravery in battle
What is the Thane of Cawdor?
400
Grendel's mother took Beowulf to this place when they fought.
Where is her lair at the bottom of the lake?
400
Occurs when a character whispers his/her thoughts to the audience while there are other characters onstage.
What is an aside?
400
A phrase that is contradictory like "Fair is foul and foul is fair."
What is a paradox?
400
The author of Beowulf
Who is unknown?
500
Queen of the witches
Who is Hecate?
500
These are the people that stayed at the lake's edge because they thought they saw Beowulf.
Who are his men, the Geats?
500
Occurs when the audience knows something a character does not
What is irony?
500
A recurring image or idea in literature like blood, hand and night in Macbeth.
What is a motif?
500
Grendel's ancestor from biblical times
Who is Cain?
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