Beowulf
This is the King of the Danes that Beowulf travels to help.
Who is Hrothgar?
The character that sent the knight on his quest.
Who is the queen?
This character serves as the main antagonist of the second half of the story.
Who is Modred?
This item is purchased by Mrs. Whitaker at the beginning of the story.
What is the Holy Grail?
This character killed the prior king, King Hamlet.
Who is Claudius?
The monster that Beowulf slays.
Who is Grendel?
Who is the old lady?
The mythical sword that King Arthur sends back to the lake before his death.
What is Excalibur?
The name of the knight that visited Mrs. Whitaker throughout the story.
Who is Sir Galaad?
A character speaking while they are alone (or while they think they are alone); Prince Hamlet had several of these throughout the story.
What is a soliloquy?
A vocabulary word that describes an area of land that is low, marshy, and frequently flooded.
What is a fen?
This vocabulary word means "a preliminary or preparatory statement;" the U.S. Constitution features one.
What is a preamble?
This theme in the story also describes a set of codes or values, and is often associated with knights.
What is Chivalry?
This theme appears throughout the story, and contrasts two different ideas as the story progresses.
Hint: answer will be "What is ___ vs. ___?"
What is ordinary vs. extraordinary?
This theme appears throughout the story in several different characters, including Prince Hamlet, who pretended he had it.
A compound word that consists of two nouns that describes a different object, usually metaphorically.
What is a kenning?
The thing that all women desired most, this single word starts with the letter "s."
What is sovereignty?
This word that begins with the letter "r" is what Sir Gawain desires, and it results in his death.
What is revenge?
This vocabulary word describes items that are "rejected and are regarded as worthless."
What is flotsam?
This character served as the king's counsel, as well as a father to two children, before his untimely death.
Who is Polonius?
The cultural group of people that wrote Beowulf - they lived in Britain after the Romans and before the Normans
Who were the Anglo-Saxons?
This is the name of the only knight that survives the final battle.
Who is Sir Bedivere?
Out of the final three items offered to her, Mrs. Whitaker only rejected this one:
Hamlet is a dramatic play of this genre.
What is a tragedy?