Victorian Era and Literature
A genre of speculative fiction that typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts which was made popular in the Victorian Era.
What is science fiction?
TS Elliot inspired the work of this Victorian Poet.
Who is Robert Browning?
When a sentence runs over a line or stanza.
What is enjambment?
A 2003 American Christmas comedy film directed by Jon Favreau, written by David Berenbaum, and starring Will Ferrell
What is Elf?
This man coached McFarland High School to the 1987 State Cross Country Title.
Who is Jim White?
The amount of steam engines main in Britain during the Victorian Era.
Robert Browning sufficient at reading and writing at this age.
What is 5 years old?
A poem made of 1 Stanza with 14 Lines.
What is a sonnet?
Occurring or done in brief, irregular bursts.
What is spasmodic?
The Swedish philosophy which guides their cultural values.
What is Lagom?
For the middle class, how they were expected to act and appear was called this.
What is 'Middle Class Morality'?
Carol Ann Duffy held this position for a decade.
What is the Poet Laureate?
'waking is dreaming' is an example of this technique.
What is a paradox?
A philosophical concept representing duality. Its popularity is credited to the work of Friedrich Nietzche and uses the names of Greek Gods to explore this concept.
What is the Apollonian Dionysian Binary?
Tthe belief that anyone, regardless of where they were born or what class they were born into, can attain their own version of success in a society in which upward mobility is possible for everyone.
What is the American Dream?
The popular Victorian image of the ideal wife/woman.
The angel in the house.
This poet is often referred to as 'the poet of suburbia'.
Who is Bruce Dawes?
A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
What is synecdoche?
The battle in which Richard of York was slain.
What is the War of the Roses?
Scott Fitzgerald
Who was the author of the Great Gatsby?
An unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888
Who is Jack the Ripper?
Browning's character in The Laboratory was based on this real life person.
Who is Madame de Brinvilliers?
The use of a conjunction between each word, phrase, or clause in a list—many connections—instead of commas.
What is Polysyndeton?
The high profile actor who portrayed Richard III in the 2016 remaster of the famous Shakespearean play.
Who is Benedict Cumberbatch?
A methodology wherein research is conducted by observing and analyzing already present information on a given topic.
What is a concept study?