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Literary Terms
Julius Caesar
Mythology
Oedipus
Grab Bag
100
This is the term for the character who has our sympathy.
What is a protagonist?
100
She is Brutus's wife.
Who is Portia?
100
She is the goddess of wisdom and war.
Who is Athena?
100
She is Oedipus' real mother.
Who is Jocasta?
100
In the Greek theater, female roles were played by _______________.
What is men in masks?
200
This is the term for the force or character who works against the main character.
What is an antagonist?
200
To whom is Brutus comparing himself when he says, "I am not gamesome. I do lack some of that quick spirit that is in _________"
Who is Antony?
200
She is the mother of Heracles.
Who is Alcmene?
200
The repeated images of light and darkness form this type of literary device.
What is a motif?
200
In the Elizabethan theater, female roles were played by __________________.
What is young boys before their voices changed?
300
This is the term for a character who, by contrast, brings out characteristics of the protagonist.
What is a foil?
300
This character is the first to stab Caesar.
Who is Casca?
300
He is the only immortal with a mortal mother.
Who is Dionysus?
300
This is the place where Oedipus kills Laius.
What is the place where three roads meet?
300
This is the most prestigious seating at the Globe Theater, a place to see and be seen.
What is The Lord's Room?
400
This is the term for the point of highest emotional involvement in the story.
What is the climax?
400
Who is the third member of the seond triumvirate, joining Octavius and Antony?
Who is Lepidus?
400
He is the only ugly god.
Who is Hephaestus?
400
Oedipus was born in Thebes, but he thinks he was born in ___________.
What is Corinth?
400
This is the altar to Dionysus found in most Greek theaters.
What is the thymele?
500
This is the term for a quality of appearing life-like. It can be applied to plot or character.
What is verisimilitude?
500
This follower of Brutus holds Brutus's sword as Brutus runs on it.
Who is Strato?
500
Zeus and Hera's wedding night lasted this long.
What is 300 years?
500
He is Oedipus' foil throughout the play.
Who is Creon?
500
She is "The Virgin Queen."
Who is Elizabeth I?