Frankenstein
Hamlet
Letters to Son/ Daughter
+ Essay on Man
Literary Devices
Literary + Cultural Movements
100

Who is the author of Frankenstein?

Mary Shelley

100

Who is the author of Hamlet?

William Shakespeare

100

Who is the author of "Letters to His Son"? 

Phillip Stanhope, Lord Chesterfield

100

What is a hyperbole?

An exaggeration or extravagant statement or figure of speech not to be taken literally.

100

True or false: Ghosts, ghouls, and gargoyles are all elements of Gothicism

True

200

Who is Robert Walton writing his letters to?

His sister

200

Who is the main protagonist of Hamlet?

Prince Hamlet

200

The author of "Letters to his Son" addressed his letters to _____ and _____.

His son and godson

200

What is sarcasm?

Sharp remark. Witty comments meant to amuse or embarrass; possibly to cause pain or make a point 

200

What movement stemmed from Romanticism?

Gothicism

300

Name TWO examples of Byronic Heroes in Frankenstein

Victor Frankenstein and the Creature

300

Who was responsible for killing King Hamlet?

His brother, Claudius

300

In “Letters to Her Daughter”, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu writes to...

Her granddaughter

300

What device is being used: The weather outside is cold and rainy, then someone says: “Lovely weather we’re having today!”

Verbal irony

300

The Purity of Childhood and Loss of Innocence are examples of _______

Romantic Literature/ Romanticism

400

How does Victor come to the conclusion that the Creature is to blame for Henry Clerval’s murder?

Victor saw marks of the Creatures hands around Clerval’s neck.

400

Fill in the blanks: Hamlet is reluctant to take the opportunity to kill ______ while he is ______.

Hamlet is reluctant to take the opportunity to kill Claudius while he is praying.

400

Alexander Pope’s An Essay on Man discusses ________


The weaknesses and contradictions in human nature

400

What literary device is used here: Watching a scary horror movie, and YOU know that the killer is upstairs– but the main character has no clue!

Dramatic irony

400

Logic, Reason, and the Scientific Method were characteristics of ____

The Enlightenment

500

Who said this quote: “Like the archangel who aspired to omnipotence, I am chained in an eternal hell.”?

Victor Frankenstein

500

Who said this line: “O God, God, how weary, stale, flat and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!”

Prince Hamlet

500

Lady Montagu’s "Letter to her Daughter" indicated her support for what?

Support for women’s education and equitable marriages during the 18th Century

500

What literary device is being used: “There was none among the MYRIADS of men that existed who would pity or assist me.”

hyperbole

500

Why did Romanticism spark from the Enlightenment?

People were disillusioned with social organization and urbanization

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