HEAPIN' HELPIN' OF HAMLET
GREGOR IS GROSS
ODYSSEUS AVOIDS HIS WIFE
SWISS MONSTER MASH
WHO SAID IT?
200

The play ends with this foreign prince taking the throne.

Who is Fortinbras?
200

This family member initially cares for Gregor.

Who is Grete?

200

Odysseus travels to the realm of the dead to speak with this specific figure.

Who is Tiresias?

200

The Creature’s understanding of humanity is shaped in part by this epic poem by John Milton.

What is Paradise Lost?

200

"Woman! Your words have cut my heart! Who moved my bed?"

Who is Odysseus?

400

What does Hamlet nickname the play he stages in Act 3?

What is The Mousetrap?

400

The family takes in these people to earn money.

What are lodgers/boarders?

400

The cattle of this god bring disaster upon Odysseus’ men.

Who is Helios?

400

This demand by the Creature drives much of the conflict.

What is a request for a female companion?

400

"Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust. The dust is earth, of earth we make loam, and why of that loam whereto he was converted might they not stop a beer-barrrel?"

Who is Hamlet?

600

Claudius is unable to repent because he still possesses these two things gained by his crime.

What are his queen and his crown?

600

This injury ultimately contributes to Gregor’s death.

What is the apple lodged in his back?

600

This disguise allows Odysseus to assess the situation in his own home.

What is a beggar?
600

Victor describes his witnessing this natural phenomenon as a catalyst for his interest in science.

What is lightning destroying a tree?

600

"Blasted as thou wert, my agony was still superior to thine, for the bitter sting of remorse will not cease to rankle in my wounds until death shall close them for ever."

Who is the Monster?

800

This offstage event explains how Hamlet returns to Denmark after being sent to England.

What is his capture by pirates?

800

Gregor has a picture of this on the wall of his room.

What is a woman in furs?

800

This epic technique is used when Odysseus recounts his adventures to the Phaeacians, provoking an extended flashback.

What is "In Media Res"?

800

Victor travels to this country to build the second creature.

What is Scotland?

800

"I had determined at one time that the memory of these evils should die with me, but you have won me to alter my determination." 

Who is Victor Frankenstein?

1000

Hamlet describes the moral decay of Denmark in Act 1 using the metaphor of a garden with which accompanying adjective? "'tis an _________ garden"

What is “unweeded”? 

1000

Who disposes of Gregor's body?

Who is the Charwoman?

1000

This specific mark confirms Odysseus’ return to those who recognize it in Ithaca.

What is a scar on his leg?

1000

This is the novel's subtitle.

What is The Modern Prometheus?

1000

"Come near, condescend to lay your hands upon a wretched man; listen, do not fear. My plague can touch no man but me. Hide me somewhere out of this land for God’s sake, or kill me, or throw me into the sea where you shall never look upon me more."

Who is Oedipus?