Beowulf
The Seafarer
Heroes
The Myth of Sisyphus
The Bet
100
This is where Hrothgar lives and the place that Grendel haunts
What is Herot?
100
This is a poem or song that mourns things passed, usually a death
What is an elegy?
100
The main character in a piece of literature
What is the protagonist?
100
The author of "The Myth of Sisyphus," French philosopher tied to Existentialism
Who is Albert Camus?
100
Punishment whereby the person is put to death for committing a crime
What is capital punishment?
200
Beowulf keeps this as a trophy/warning instead of killing the villainous creature
What is Grendel's arm?
200
The first form of the English language
What is Proto-Indo-European?
200
This hero is of noble birth, super-human strength, brave and courageous, and indifferent to pain
What is the Anglo-Saxon hero?
200
Human desire to find meaning, purpose and reason + The "silence of the universe"
What is The Absurd?
200
The Banker agrees to pay this much money, for the Lawyer to be imprisoned this many years
What is 2 millions for 15 years?
300
This man challenges Beowulf before he battles Grendel by bringing up the story of his alleged loss in a swimming competition
Who is Unferth?
300
"It tells of smashing surf when I sweated..." - Name this literary device.
What is alliteration?
300
This hero is separated from society, and has a tragic flaw that leads to their ultimate downfall
What is the tragic hero?
300
A figure who accepts his/her fate instead of looking to suicide or religion
Who is the absurd hero?
300
The Prisoner refuses this because it "excites the desires, and desires are the worst foes of the prisoner"
What is wine?
400
The sword that Beowulf uses to defeat Grendel's mother was made by this group of people
Who are giants?
400
"My feet were cast in icy bands, bound with frost, with frozen chains" - In this metaphor, the chains represent this.
What is hardship and struggle?
400
The journey that a hero takes, from answering the call to duty, surmounting obstacles, and finally returning to society
What is a quest?
400
To Camus, this is the equivalent of accepting the Absurd
What is happiness?
400
The Prisoner renounces the millions because he concludes this about life
What is it is meaningless?
500
This literary device shows how Beowulf's strength in defeating Grendel without weapons represent our own human resiliency
What is symbolism?
500
This literary device compares the perilous journey of a sailor to man's struggle on earth.
What is allegory?
500
This literary figure is considered to be the oldest, ultimate tragic hero
Who is Oedipus?
500
"One must imagine Sisyphus ____________________" - Camus' last line in "Myth of Sisyphus"
What is happy?
500
The Banker feels this is response to reading the Prisoner's letter at the end of the story
What is despair/sorrow?
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