Show:
PARADISE LOST
THE CONSCIOUS LOVERS
PERCY SHELLEY
FRANKENSTEIN
QUOTES
100
Sin's birth out of Satan's head alludes to this mythological event
What is the birth of Athena
100
The Conscious Lovers falls into this genre
What is romantic comedy
100
They are the "unacknowledged legislators of the World," according to P.B. Shelley
Who are poets
100
A book the creature reads
What is Paradise Lost, The Sorrows of Young Werter, or Plutarch's Lives
100
I say, sir, experience has made you wiser in your care of me; for, sir, since you lost my dear mother your time has been so heavy, so lonely, and so tasteless, that you are so good as to guard me against the like unhappiness, by marrying me prudentially by way of bargain and sale.
What is The Conscious Lovers; Richard Steele; Bevil Jr.
200
An extended comparison with the structure, "As/As when...so/thus..."
What is an epic simile
200
Steele was morally opposed to this brutal, class-coded activity
What is dueling
200
This Shelley-shaping event occurred on August 16, 1819 in a field in Manchester, England
What is the Peterloo Massacre
200
The creature sees this Paradise Lost character as the "fitter emblem of [his] condition"
Who is Satan
200
His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks. He might have spoken, but I did not hear; one hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped, and rushed downstairs.
What is Frankenstein; Mary Shelley; Victor Frankenstein
300
A term used in connection with the fallen angels to indicate straying into evil or erring
What is wandering
300
The character who speaks the following lines: "Dear Bevil, your friendly conduct has convinced me that there is nothing manly but what is conducted by reason and agreeable to the practice of virtue and justice."
Who is Myrtle
300
"Ode to the West Wind" is written in this verse form
What is terza rima
300
The first gothic novel
What is the Castle of Otranto
300
What though the field be lost? / All is not lost; the unconquerable will, / And study of revenge, immortal hate,/ And courage never to submit or yield: / And what is else not to be overcome?
What is Paradise Lost, Book 1; John Milton; Satan
400
A devil who argues for making the best of life in Hell during the fallen angel's debate in Book 2
Who is Mammon or Belial
400
Mr. Sealand's two daughters
Who are Lucinda and Indiana
400
Percy Shelley's occasional penname
What is Victor
400
Mary Shelley's parents
Who are Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin
400
Thus they in mutual accusation spent / The fruitless hours, but neither self-condemning, / And of their vain contést appeared no end.
What is Paradise Lost, Book 9; John Milton; narrator/poet
500
A Miltonian virtue
What is submission to God/right reason, humility/rejection of pride, or nonviolence
500
An aspect of the bourgeois ideal
What is politeness, filial/familial piety, benevolence, nonviolence, or having appetites within limits
500
An aspect of the romantic ideal
What is individual ambition/overreaching, a revolutionary spirit, advocating for the oppressed, a connection with nature, an emphasis on the imagination, or an emphasis on emotions
500
An adjective that describes both Frankenstein and the creature
What is intellectually curious, articulate, or lonely/isolated
500
Wherefore feed and clothe and save/From the cradle to the grave/Those ungrateful drones who would/Drain your sweat—nay, drink your blood?
What is A Song: "Men of England"; Percy Shelley; poet