Who is the author of Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
Who is the author of Hamlet?
William Shakespeare
Who is the author of "Letters to His Son"?
Phillip Stanhope, Lord Chesterfield
What is a hyperbole?
An exaggeration or extravagant statement or figure of speech not to be taken literally.
True or false: Ghosts, ghouls, and gargoyles are all elements of Gothicism
True
Who is Robert Walton writing his letters to?
His sister
Who is the main protagonist of Hamlet?
Prince Hamlet
The author of "Letters to his Son" addressed his letters to _____ and _____.
His son and godson
What is sarcasm?
Sharp remark. Witty comments meant to amuse or embarrass; possibly to cause pain or make a point
What movement stemmed from Romanticism?
Gothicism
Name TWO examples of Byronic Heroes in Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein and the Creature
Who was responsible for killing King Hamlet?
His brother, Claudius
In “Letters to Her Daughter”, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu writes to...
Her granddaughter
What device is being used: The weather outside is cold and rainy, then someone says: “Lovely weather we’re having today!”
Verbal irony
The Purity of Childhood and Loss of Innocence are examples of _______
Romantic Literature/ Romanticism
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.
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.
Alexander Pope’s An Essay on Man discusses ________
The weaknesses and contradictions in human nature
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
Logic, Reason, and the Scientific Method were characteristics of ____
The Enlightenment
Who said this quote: “Like the archangel who aspired to omnipotence, I am chained in an eternal hell.”?
Victor Frankenstein
Who said this line: “O God, God, how weary, stale, flat and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!”
Prince Hamlet
Lady Montagu’s "Letter to her Daughter" indicated her support for what?
Support for women’s education and equitable marriages during the 18th Century
What literary device is being used: “There was none among the MYRIADS of men that existed who would pity or assist me.”
hyperbole
Why did Romanticism spark from the Enlightenment?
People were disillusioned with social organization and urbanization