THE ODYSSEY
The protagonist of the story
Who is Odysseus?
Who is Abbe Faria?
This type of poetry has no consistent rhyme or meter. Relies on imagery, line breaks, and rhythm instead of form.
What is Free-Verse Poetry?
The "fair" city where Shakespeare sets the play
The name of Mrs. Farnsworth's dog
What is Fritz?
The Cyclops who captures Odysseus and his men
Who is Polyphemus?
The character that represents hypocrisy in the justice system.
In "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning, the speaker talks obsessively of this object
What is: a portrait of his last wife?
Romeo’s friend: witty, cynical, chaotic; mocks love and fate
Who is Mercutio?
The TV show we used to model Haiku poetry
This is the name Odysseus gives to the Cyclops
What is Nobody?
Who is Count Fernand de Morcerf?
"The Hollow Men" by T.S. Eliot was a poem about this Major World Event
What is World War I or The Great War?
This literary and theatrical technique where the audience or reader knows crucial information that the characters do not, creating suspense, humor, or deep emotional tension
What is Dramatic Irony?
The name of Mrs. Farnsworth's favorite song
What is "Vienna" by Billy Joel?
The two monsters Odysseus must sail through to get home
Who are Scylla and Charybdis?
Pyramis and Thisbe is an ancient story of star-crossed lovers that is the title of the chapter introducing the novel's love subplot of these two characters
Who are Maximilian and Valentine?
A line with 5 sets of 2 syllables (unstressed and stressed), that's common in Shakespeare.
What is Iambic Pentameter?
Juliet's "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" translated into modern speech
What is: "Why are you Romeo?" or "Why do you have to be Romeo?"
When we listened to a reading of "The Hollow Men", the actor on the recording also voiced this animated character
Who is Scar in The Lion King? (Jeremy Irons)
This resulted in Odysseus' ship being destroyed by a thunderbolt
What is: His men eating the Sun God's Cattle?
Who is Baron Danglars?
This type of poetry gives instructions/moral truth first, story or emotion second. It is meant to exemplify how to live and act.
What is Didactic Poetry?
The name of the famous speech given right before Romeo sneaks into the Capulet Party
What is The Queen Mab Speech?
The number of times the exact phrase "I have a dream" appears in MLK's famous speech
What is 8?
In the Land of the Dead, Odysseus meets with Tiresias in hopes of finding a way home. He also encounters these two other spirits
Who are Elpenor (the roof-faller-offer) and his mother, Anticlea?
The amount of time Dantes spent in prison
What is: 14 years?
An excerpt from this poem:
"I shot him dead because —
Because he was my foe,
Just so: my foe of course he was;
That's clear enough; although
And the type of poem it is.
What is "The Man He Killed" by Thomas Hardy?
Narrative Ballad Poem
Paul Rudd plays this character in Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Who is County Paris?
What is: So are we gonna do this?
A descriptive word, phrase, or title added to or substituted for the name of a person, place, or thing to characterize a key quality
What is an Epithet?
The last words The Count leaves with Maximilian
What is: "Wait and hope"?
Although a Lyrical, Free-Verse Poem, this section of the poem indicates a deliberate choice for these poetic devices:
It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself,
Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them.
And you O my soul where you stand,
Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space,
Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to connect them
What are: Imagery, Rhythm, and Parallel Structure
The play takes place over the course of these many days
What is 5 days?
This person is Mrs. Farnsworth's favorite celebrity who she shares a birthday with
Who is Daniel Michael DeVito?