Vocabulary
This word means wandering, motionless, or drifting
What is vagrant?
Pride and arrogance become the fatal flaw of this character once they become king.
Who is Creon?
This is Othello's fatal flaw that causes his downfall as the tragic hero
The retelling of an Arthurian Tale by Steinbeck differs from the tale told by Malory in that Lancelot is portrayed in this way, rather than as the perfect and brave knight he is in "Lancelot du Lake".
What is a realistic representation of an imperfect hero?
This is a code that all knights must follow, meaning that they serve one king, are loyal to one woman, and fight to redress all wrongs.
What is chivalry?
Acting in a way that shows no feeling or emotion
What is impassively?
This is the fatal flaw of Antigone as a result of her need to burry her brother, Polynices.
What is stubborn loyalty?
Throughout the play, many characters refer to Iago as "a man of honesty and trust," which is an example of what literary device in plays?
What is dramatic irony?
When Queen Guinevere joins the men in leaving the court, she can be described as this when she asks Lancelot of his adventures with the queens and touches his arms.
What is witty and flirty?
Lancelot du Lake is split into multiple different stories happening under one large story about King Arthur. This is an example of this literary technique.
What is an episodic structure?
The definition of ignominiously
What is acting in a way that is deserving of shame or disgrace?
This is a group of masked actors that represent the elders of Thebes and often reflect feelings the audience might also be experiencing.
Who is the chorus?
Shakespearean dramas are often written in this style, which is created with very deliberate structure
What is verse?
A sense of disillusionment and loss across America as a result of WWI, WWII, and the Great Depression, created this literary movement
This is the knight who captured Sir Ector and Sir Lyonel and is known to perform overly cruel punishments to his prisoners.
Who is Sir Tarquin?
Finish this quote:
"In this _________ dawn of his reign
What are the new complexities
That shifting Fate has woven for him?"
What is auspicious?
This is the Greek term referring to the fatal flaw that causes the downfall of a tragic hero.
What is hamartia?
What is "the immortal part of myself"?
This is what Lancelot claims to be the reason for excusing himself from court, and Arthur joins him for the same reason.
What is a wound that has reopened?
This is one of the queens who kidnapped Lancelot and demanded him to choose a queen to be his lover.
Who is Morgan la Fay?
Finish this quote:
Pray allow your prisoner, who I see is wounded, to recover, while I _________the honor of the knights whom you have defeated.
What is vindicate?
This is a process the audience will go through in which strong and pent-up emotions are released through art.
What is catharsis?
Iago expresses this phrase in his soliloquy as a way of presenting a paradox between Iago's evil actions and "good" intentions while giving advice to Cassio.
What is the "Divinity of Hell"?
One purpose of the Medieval Arthurian tales was to make medieval social structures seem justified, meaning the stories served as this.
What is propaganda?
The original Arthurian tales were a mix of what kind of myths and what kind of figures?