Heroes of Old
Both Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight are written in this poetic form.
What is alliterative verse?
This is a shy and delicate pilgrim dedicated to the Church, specifically to her matron Saint Mary, who tells a striking story of a murdered boy who continues to sing songs of praise from the dead.
Who is the Prioress?
The name sonnet comes from the Italian word sonnetto, which holds this translation.
What is "little song"?
What is England?
This is the excuse given by Lady Macbeth as to why she did not murder Duncan herself.
What is that he looked like her father?
This is a poetic device that communicates a metaphor by a compound expression, such as whale-road for ocean.
What is a kenning?
This is a smooth-talking pilgrim who uses his charm to swindle others out of their money so he can lead a comfortable lifestyle and tells a story disparaging the work of summoners.
Who is the Friar?
In Greek, the word utopia literally means this.
What is "no place"?
This character was able to kill Macbeth because he was "untimely ripped" from his mother's womb.
Who is Macduff?
This is using irony to critique society.
What is social satire?
In Le Morte d'Arthur, this event most clearly establishes King Arthur as a Christ figure.
What is his death?
This is a personable pilgrim who enjoys nothing more than recreational games, though he should be dedicating himself to higher things. He begins to tell a series of famous tragedies but is quickly cut off by the Knight who demands a more merry tale.
Who is the Monk?
This is the name of the first English liturgy developed specifically for the Church of England.
What is the Book of Common Prayer?
Macbeth committed this error in regard to murdering King Duncan.
Who is "Bloody" Mary I?
These are the four conventions of a traditional epic.
What are a broad setting, larger than life hero, the supernatural, and a necessary journey or battle?
This is a pilgrim dressed in blood-red robes who only values money more than his dedication to knowledge and tells a story in which a father cuts off his daughters head to avoid judgment.
Who is the Doctor?
This ruler began the Tudor dynasty by defeating Richard III and cemented his claim to the throne with marriage to Elizabeth of York.
Who is Henry VII?
These are the three apparitions Macbeth sees when he visits the witches' cave in Act IV.
What are an armed head, a bloody child, and a crowned child holding a tree?
This is a poetic narrative that focused on courtly life and the knightly code of chivalry that usually involved some sort of knightly quest and incorporated fantastical elements of magic.
What is a medieval romance?
These are the four traditional anglo-saxon heroic virtues.
What are fortitude, loyalty, prudence, and generosity?
This is a hard-working fellow who is good at what he does but carries an ulcer on his knee. He begins to tell the story of young Perkin Reveler, but it is ultimately left unfinished.
Who is the Cook?
These are the two elements that make a poem a sonnet.
What are fourteen lines written in iambic pentameter?
These are the three prophecies given to Macbeth when he visits the witches the second time.
An ugly pilgrim who also stunk due to the food he consumed, this pilgrim loves his liquor and cares little for people. He tells a story renouncing the acts of friars, culminating with a crude joke about flatulence.
Who is the summoner?