Symbols
In Macbeth, what does blood symbolize?
Guilt.
How do you spell the author of Macbeth's last name?
S-h-a-k-e-s-p-e-a-r-e
What is the name of the inspiring English teacher played by Robin Williams?
Mr. John Keating
What latin phrase is a theme in Dead Poets Society? What does it mean in English?
Carpe Diem. Seize the day.
In LOTF, what group represents the weak and helpless members of society?
The littluns.
In LOTF, when Piggy is killed, what else is destroyed?
The conch.
William Golding wrote this famous 1954 novel.
Lord of the Flies.
The three witches predict that Macbeth will be Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and what?
King
"The triumph of good over evil" is a theme best portrayed through which text we've studied?
The Dark Knight
What is the name of the fictional school attended by the boys in DPS?
Welton Academy
What tool do the boys use to start a signal fire?
Piggy's glasses.
Which film is based on a short story by Richard Wagamese?
Indian Horse.
In LOTF, which boy was brutally murdered at the hands of the other boys? (thus symbolizing the "death" of 'goodness')
Simon.
In LOTF, the monster on the island is not a real, physical beast but rather...
The savagery that lurks within each human being.
A lottery is usually something good because the outcome is usually winning something. In Shirley Jackson's short story, The Lottery, that is not the case. This title is an example of what literary device?
Irony.
In DPS, what does standing on the desks symbolize?
Seeing the world from another point of view; that is, challenging traditional ideas and stereotypes.
What type of play is Macbeth?
A tragedy
Mr. Perry believed that Mr. Keating's unconventional teaching methods led to what tragic event?
Neil's suicide.
Name two texts in which CONFORMITY is a central theme.
Following Duncan's murder: “…by the clock ‘tis day, / And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp," (Macbeth 2.4) is an example of which symbol?
Light and darkness symbolizing good and evil.
Who directed Dead Poets Society?
Peter Weir
Who said, “What's done cannot be undone.”?
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth talks about his "black and deep desires" to be king. This is an example of which theme from the play?
Ambition/power.
Who is the only boy to kill someone on the island by himself?
Roger