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Shakespeare
Name That Era
Name that Title
Romantic Era
Name that Author
100

Was an author during this literary period

the Renaissance

100
This period lasted from 600 AD - 1500 AD and gives us Beowulf
What is the Medieval Era
100
Crime novel involving some dogs
What is Hounds of Baskerville
100
Author of Frankenstein, a perfect example of a Romantic novel
Who is Mary Shelley
100
Bleak House
Who is Charles Dickens
200

Name of the venue where his plays were performed

The Globe Theatre

200
The novel becomes front and center during this period.
What is the Romantic Era
200
Orphans in Victorian London
What is Oliver Twist
200
Romantic author whose novels are generally about women looking for suitable husbands
What is Jane Austen
200
Robinson Crusoe
Who is Daniel Defoe
300

Wrote plays for this King

King James

300
The writers in this period were really into science & logic, and they challenged many aspects of society
What is the Enlightenment
300
Political satire about guy who takes trip to foreign lands with midgets & giants
What is Gulliver's Travels
300
Famous romantic novel about a husband whose crazy wife is locked in the attic
What is Jane Eyre
300
Gulliver’s Travels
What is Jonathan Swift
400

Names of the two types of plays he wrote

tragedies and comedies

400
The name of this era means "rebirth"
What is the Renaissance
400
Religious pilgrims take a road trip
What is Canterbury Tales
400
An element of the Romantic Period where the author asks the reader to go along with something that defies reason or logic
What is suspending disbelief
400
Canterbury Tales
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer
500

Name of the weakness of all of his tragic heroes

 tragic flaw

500
Many authors from period wrote about hugely traumatic events going on in the world around them, increased technology and how all of that affected them
What is the Modern Era
500
Vain guy preserves his youth with a painting
What is The Picture of Dorian Gray
500
Most well-known Romantic poem written by Percy Bysse Shelley about a crumbling ancient statue
What is Ozymandias
500
Paradise Lost
Who is John Milton