the Common Era
This is the first work of the Common Era that we studied
What is the New Testament?
The Tragedy of Hamlet shows the damaging effects of pursuing this thematic element
What is revenge?
This symbolic archetype represents the feminine and the womb
What is a cave?
She is a rare example of a female tragic hero in Ancient Greece.
Who is Medea?
This character was exiled to the forest for 14 years
Who is Rama?
This second-oldest text was not discovered by Europeans until the Common Era
What is the Popol Vuh?
The Epic of Gilgamesh provides the earliest example of a hero seeking this (impossible?) goal:
What is immortality?
This archetype represents a spirtual journey towards enlightenment
What is a mountain?
This tragic hero is known for his indecision
Who is Hamlet?
This character was exiled from Colchis, Iolcus, and Thebes
Who is Medea?
This text is the third religious in the following succession: The Old Testament, The New Testament, ____ .
What is the Koran?
Leslie Marmon Silko's work emphasizes the importance of people maintaining harmony with:
nature, the natural world
This season represents rebirth and new beginnings
What is spring?
This tragedy features two examples of deus ex machina
What is Medea?
This character claimed to have been an exile from Heaven
Who is Li Po?
The Divine Comedy features these two poets as characters.
Who are Dante and Virgil?
Many heroes of the ancient world share this, if you examine their alleged family lines:
What is divine lineage?
This type of water symbolizes movement from one state of being to another.
What is a river or stream?
If an epic hero is aspirational, then a tragic hero is:
Cautionary
This character's "exile" was caused by Poseidon
Who is Odysseus?
These three Romantic poets are also considered Modern poets:
Who are Whitman, Dickinson, and Baudelaire?
Utpanishtim attained immortality via
divine intervention
This archetype symbolizes the threat of the unknown
What is the forest?
Tragic heros have these three traits:
1. high status
2. tragic flaw
3. downfall
Who is Virgil