The Queen
Ransom
Context
Characters
Themes
Structure
Features
100
Director of The Queen
Who is Stephen Frears?
100
The Author
Who is David Malouf?
100
The poem and author that Ransom is based on
What is The Iliad by Homer?
100
The Part in which Priam tells the story of Podarces.
What is Part II?
100
This character "Wept without restraint"
What is grief?
100
The metalanguage for character's point of view
What is narrative perspective?
100
The item of food that Priam eats by the river
What is griddlecake?
200
Year of Release
When is 2006?
200
First Year of Publication
When is 2009?
200
The year of death of "the people's princess"
When is 1997?
200
“I lead from the heart, not the head”
Who is Princess Diana?
200
"the chance to break free of the obligation of being always the hero?"
What is Leaders and their People?
200
The non-diegetic sound used in scenes discussing Princess Diana
What is the clarinet?
200
The type of stag being hunted in The Queen
What is the Imperial Stag?
300
The actor in the title role
Who is Helen Mirren?
300
Name and location of the War
What is the Trojan War, outside the walls of the City of Troy?
300
The name of “What affection people once had for…this institution”
What is the The British Royal Family / The British Monarchy
300
The celestial joker
Who is Hermes?
300
"I still believe history will show it was a good week for you"
What is storytelling?
300
An object with deeper meaning
What is a symbol?
300
In Greek mythology, Diana means
What is the Goddess of Hunting?
400
Screenplay author
Who is Peter Morgan?
400
The name of the river by which Priam and Somax rest
What is the Scamander River?
400
The time span of The Queen / Ransom
What is seven days / one day and one night?
400
Experiencing a “shift in values”
What is the British Public?
400
"Call on me, Priam,' he says lightly, 'when the walls of Troy are falling around you, and I will come to your aid."
What is change and conflict?
400
A dominant, recurring idea
What is a motif?
400
Using one or more of the five senses to describe
What is sensory imagery?
500
The parallel character to Hector
Who is Princess Diana?
500
The parallel character to Somax
Who is Tony Blair?
500
The historical world event that links Tony Blair and Ransom
What is 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq?
500
"As a child of time, he knows already that the last days of this story belong to him"
Who is Neoptolemus?
500
"That woman has given her whole life in service to her people - fifty years doing a job she NEVER wanted - a job she watched kill her father"
What is Leadership and Family?
500
The purpose of this shot
What is emotional and physical isolation?
500
The type of bird flying above Priam as he sets out on his journey
(Bonus points if you know what it means!)
Eagle
(Carrier of messages from the Gods / spirit world)