The Odyssey First Half
Which god delays Odysseus' return home?
Which god delays Odysseus' return home?
Poseidon
What is the setting of A Doll's House (century and country)?
1800's (19th century) Norway
What city is Much Ado About Nothing set in?
Messina
When a narrative work opens in the middle of a plot
En Medias Res
When we first see Odysseus, where is he?
On the island of Phaeacia.
How does Eurycleia recognize Odysseus?
A scar on his ankle
What is a symbol for the corruption of your children in the play?
Syphilis
Dogberry/ The nightwatch
A movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century,emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual.
For how many years was Odysseus gone from Ithaca?
20 years
What makes Calypso let Odysseus go?
What dance does Nora learn in the play and what country does it originate from?
The Tarentella & Italy
Who is the most socially powerful person in the play?
Don Pedro
Type of English spoken in the 15th & 16th centuries
Early Modern English
What name does Odysseus give Polyphemus?
"No man"
What is the name of the swineherd who helps Odysseus while he is still disguised as a beggar?
Eumaeus
True or False: Nora's dad gives them the money to travel to Italy?
False
What does Beatrice ask of Benedick in Act4?
To kill Claudio
Descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned.
Epithet
What does Calypso promise Odysseus if he stays on her island?
Immortality
Who does Odysseus need to visit in Hades?
Tiresias (the blind prophet)
What is the "miracle" that Nora hopes for in the play?
That Torvald will take responsibility for forging the loans out of the love he has for Nora
What two things must Claudio do in order to restore Hero’s honor?
Marry Beatrice, write an epitaph declaring Hero's innocence
A literary device often running to several lines, used typically in epic poetry to intensify the heroic stature of the subject and to serve as decoration
epic simile