beowulf
Canterbury Tales
Macbeth
Hamlet
Satire
100

The reason that causes Grendel to enter Hrothgar's hall in the beginning  

What is he was irritated with the music and noise

100

the point of this part of Chaucer's Canterbury tales is to introduce the characters

what is the general prologue 

100

How does lady Macbeth help kill Duncan

what is she gets the guards drunk and plants the daggers with blood on them 

100

They are mother and son

who is Gertrude and Hamlet 

100

To enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen is?

what is an exaggeration/hyperbole

200

Beowulf stands for good so Grendel stands for...

What is Evil

200

this is the town where the pilgrims are going 

What is Canterbury?

200

what happens that causes Macbeth to question becoming king?

What is Malcolm becomes the prince of Cumberland 

200

Laertes kills hamlet with this weapon

What is a poisoned sword?

200

To imitate the techniques/style of some person, place of thing in order to ridicule the original. To be a success, the reader must know the original text that is being ridiculed.

what is a parody 

300

The first person who meets Beowulf

what is a messenger riding on a horse?

300

this is the place in the town of Canterbury where the pilgrims are destined 

What is the shrine of St. Thomas a becket?

300

Who kills macbeth 

Who is Macduff

300

He was King Hamlet's Jester 

who was Yorick

300

Irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected is?

what is situational irony

400

it is buried with Beowulf's ashes 

what is the dragons treasure? 

400

The pilgrims will win this prize if they tell the best tale

what is a free meal?

400

what happens when the murderers try to kill Banquo and his son?

what is they kill Banquo but let Fleance escape 

400

An example of this is, Hamlet and Horatio knowing that Claudius killed Old Hamlet

What is dramatic irony?

400

Speech that deliberately minimizes a situation, often for comic effect is?

what is an understatement?

500

Grendel's mother tried to kill Beowulf by...

what is attacking beowulf with her own knife?

500

Who did Chaucer, the narrator, meat at the tabard in?

what are 29 pilgrims and the host?

500

how is the prophecy of Burnam Wood moving to Dusinane fulfilled 

What is Each man in the English force cuts down a bough to provide cover so that the size of the army is not known 

500

This person is the first to die in Act V due to a poisoned drink

Who is Gertrude?

500

The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities is?

what is symbolism?

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