General Background
Childhood
Departure
Tale's Ingredients
Early Epics
100
hero's deeds
What is the focus of an epic poem?
100
His/her early years are exceptional
What is a hero/heroine's childhood?
100
the greatest motive for avoiding his departure
What is fear/a sense of inferiority?
100
A supervillain
What is the hero's opponent
100
By word of mouth
How were epics learned?
200
the supernatural/magic
What separates epics from other hero stories?
200
a hero's ancestry
What is royalty or a connection to the gods?
200
the moment of departure
What is the call?
200
His society's values/ideals
What does an epic reflect?
200
kenning
What is a word trick to tell the story
300
serious
What is an epic's expected tone?
300
He pulled a sword from a stone.
How is (King) Arthur?
300
End his playtime and lead the pride
What does Nala want Simba to do?
300
Formal diction and tone
What is an epic's style?
300
Kenning: "sin-stained demon"
Who is Grendel?
400
the hero's important search
what is a quest?
400
strangled two snakes as an infant
Who is Hercules
400
Hundreds of invitations
What triggers Harry Potter to leave home?
400
Stretching across a territory so big, it might be an entire nation of more...
What is the range of an epic?
400
Kenning: "the Almighty's enemy"
Who is Beowulf?
500
a symbol recognized through many cultures
What is an archetype?
500
The goddess who almost murdered Hercules
Who is Hera?
500
Swept away by a tornado
How does Dorothy make her departure?
500
good vs. evil, life vs. death
What are the epic's universal themes?
500
The number of Grendel's first smashed victims
What is 30 men?
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