Stems
Acrophobia
Fear of heights
Epic
Long tale of a hero
Name means
Swollen foot king
What did Old Hamlet tell him to do
Revenge
Which beast did he kill first
Grendel
Russophobia
Fear of Russians
Kenning
Elaborate metaphor
Mom and wife
Jocasta
She went mad and died
Ophelia
Which beast was killed with a sword made by giants
Grendel’s mom
Euphemism
Pleasant term for something unpleasant
Tragedy
Ends in death or downfall
Blind prophet
Tieresias
Alive at end
Horatio
What beast did Beowulf kill last
Dragon
Loquacious
Talkative
Comedy
Play ends in marriage
Who takes the throne at the end.
Creon
Famous soliloquy
To be or not to be
What type of hero is Beowulf
Epic
Mobocracy
Rule of mob
Soliloquy
Long speech made by character alone
Theme
Can not escape fate
Hamlet accidentally killed him
Polonius
Who was loyal to him
Wiglaf