Stems

Lit terms
Oedipus
Hamlet
Beowulf
100

Acrophobia 

Fear of heights


100

Epic

Long tale of a hero


100

Name means

Swollen foot king

100

What did Old Hamlet tell him to do

Revenge

100

Which beast did he kill first


Grendel

200

Russophobia

Fear of Russians


200

Kenning

Elaborate metaphor

200

Mom and wife

Jocasta

200

She went mad and died

Ophelia 

200

Which beast was killed with a sword made by giants

Grendel’s mom

300

Euphemism 

Pleasant term for something unpleasant 

300

Tragedy

Ends in death or downfall

300

Blind prophet

Tieresias

300

Alive at end

Horatio

300

What beast did Beowulf kill last

Dragon

400

Loquacious 

Talkative


400

Comedy

Play ends in marriage 

400

Who takes the throne at the end.

Creon

400

Famous soliloquy 

To be or not to be

400

What type of hero is Beowulf

Epic

500

Mobocracy 

Rule of mob

500

Soliloquy 

Long speech made by character alone

500

Theme

Can not escape fate

500

Hamlet accidentally killed him

Polonius

500

Who was loyal to him

Wiglaf

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