Anglo Saxon Poetry
Beowulf
The Canterbury Tales
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Macbeth
100
a metaphorical phrase that replaces a concrete noun
What is a kenning
100
Cain and Abel
Who is Grendel a descendent of?
100
A literary work with two or more levels of meaning- symbolic and literal
What is an allegory?
100
The feast day interupted by the Green Knight
What is New Year's Day?
100
"Out, Out dam spot!" means
What does the Lady Macbeth say while cleansing her hands of Duncan's blood?
200
In this poem this person has lost his lord and kinsmen or may be exiled
What is "The Wanderer"
200
A women married as part of a truce agreement.
What is a peace weaver?
200
The Canterbury Tales and "Federigo's Falcon" are both examples of this type of story.
What is a frame story?
200
The knight that accepts the Green Knight's challenge.
Who is Sir Gawain?
200
He is not of woman born.
Who is Macduff?
300
In this poem the speaker is exiled by relatives
What is "The Wife's Lament"?
300
The name of the mead hall where Hrothgar ruled.
What is Herot
300
She had five husbands.
Who is the Wife of Bath?
300
a type of story that presents imaginative, fantasy plots as opposed to realistic plots
What is a romance?
300
This forest marched on Dunsinane.
What is Birnam Wood?
400
Indicates a pause in breath when speaking
What is a caesura?
400
Beowulf is considered this type of (literary term) hero
What is an archetypal hero?
400
The story's moral is "Greed is the root of all evil".
What is "The Pardoner's Tale"?
400
Sir Gawain lies about this?
What is the green girdle?
400
A characteristic of a tragic hero when death is near.
What is to act noble once again.
500
In "The Wife's Lament" the speaker had to follow her husband and live in a distant land.
What is the role of Anglo- saxon woman?
500
The only soldier to come to Beowulf's aid in fighting the dragon.
Who is Wiglaf?
500
He challenges each pilgrim to tell 2 stories on the way to Canterbury and 2 stories on the way back to the inn.
Who is the host?
500
The Green Knight swings the axe and Sir Gawain _____ times?
What is two times.
500
The witches use this literary device throughout the play.
What is a paradox?
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