BeoWulf
What was the name of the people that created Beowulf?
The Anglo- Saxons
Repitition of the same consonant sound
Alliteration
Who tells Hamlet that his father was murdered?
The ghost
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule with the purpose of criticizing or mocking people and society is called what
Who is Hamlet's main friend in the play?
Horation
What was the name of Hrothgar's mead hall?
Herot
a reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance?
Allusion
The name of the play performed in front of Claudius
The Murder of Gonzago
The Wife of Bath
This character is an advisor to the king and yaps a lot
Polonius
The anglo-saxon belief in "wyrd" is basically the belief in what?
Fate
An audience understands what’s going on in a situation while the characters are unaware of what is happening when an author uses
Dramatic irony
The line "To be or not to be" represents Hamlet's internal struggle of...
debating whether or not to continue living and also if he should go through with the murder
Code of Conduct for medieval knights
Chivalry
Hamlet's 2 friends
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
How does Beowulf describe the battle between him and grendel in the following lines:
Now Grendel and I are called
Together, and I’ve come. Grant me, then,
Lord and Protector of this noble place,
A single request! I have come so far,
15 Oh shelterer of warriors and your people’s loved friend,
That this on favor you should not refuse me---
That I, alone and with the help of my men,
May purge all evil from this hall. I
As a battle between good and evil
This is a long spoken word by an actor on stage in which the audience hears the thoughts and internal dialogue of a character
Soliloquy
Why does Hamlet not kill Claudius when he has the chance?
He fears that killing him while praying will send his soul to heaven
The theme of each story in the Canterbury Tales represents what?
Laertes
Identify a kenning for the sea in the following quote: Edgetho had begun a bitter feud,
Killing Hathlaf, a Wulfing warrior:
Your father’s countrymen were afraid of war,
If he returned to his home, and they turned him away.
Then he traveled across the curving waves
50 To the land of the Danes.”
"across the curving waves"
A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a character and his own mind
Internal conflict
What did the ghost tell Hamlet to do about his mother?
Leave her alone and leave heaven to judge her fate
In the knight's tale, two cousins fight over what?
They both love the same woman
This character ends up gaining the throne of denmark by the end of the play
Fortinbras