Dante's Inferno
I am the unique format Dante used to write The Divine Comedy.
What is terza rima?
I said, "To be or not to be; that is the question."
Who is Hamlet?
I am location where John Bunyan wrote Pilgrim's Progress.
What is prison?
I have two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
I rescued a people not my own from a terrible monster.
Who is Beowulf?
I am the level of Hell where the "good" unbelievers go.
There was "something rotten" in my state... and I was also the setting of the play.
What is Denmark?
I am a type of literature in which a story is told on two levels.
What is an allegory?
I am the type of sentence that is so excited about everything.
What is exclamatory?
I believed the prophecy of three witches and followed my wife's advice - to my ruin.
Who is Macbeth?
I am the one the infatuated Dante wrote as the heavenly guide and helper throughout his journey.
Who is Beatrice?
"Frailty, thy name is woman" was said of me.
Who was the Queen of Denmark?
I would not turn around and wait for Christian but that helped him after all.
Who is Faithful?
I am often found on a pedestal when I act like I'm somebody (or something).
What is an infinitive or a gerund?
I wrote stories about people telling stories on a pilgrimage.
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?
I am the sin punished in the lowest level of Hell because I represent denial of God.
What is Treachery?
The play performed by traveling actors was intended to "catch [my] conscience."
Who is Claudius?
I am the final destination of Christian's burden.
I have a subject and a verb, but I am not a complete thought.
What is a dependent clause?
I was the story most like a fable because animals were my primary characters.
What is "The Nun's Priest's Tale" or "Chanticleer and the Fox"?
I was the guide Dante followed on his journey through Hell.
Who was Virgil?
We were enlisted by the King to kill Hamlet, but ended up dead ourselves.
Who are Rosencranz and Guilderstern?
I was given to Christian at the Cross.
I join two independent clauses without a conjunction.
What is a semi-colon?
I am the only novel we read this year with an unknown author.
What is Beowulf?