| Beowulf | Pride and Prejudice | Frankenstein | Othello | Jane Eyre, Of Mice and Men, and The Stranger |
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What is during a bitter duel with a dragon?
When Beowulf dies.
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Who are Jane, Lizzie, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia?
All five Bennet sisters, ordered from oldest to youngest.
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What is Victor's abandonment of the monster and refusal to create a mate for him?
For these two reasons, the monster systematically hunts and kills all the members of Victor's family.
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What is a loving and honest marriage?
Othello and Desdemona's relationship in Venice.
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What is hedonistic?
How Meursault's actions could be characterized.
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What is the grip strength of 30 men in each hand/the power of 60 man-hands?
Beowulf's superhuman attribute.
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Who is Caroline Bingley?
This woman envies Lizzie and wants Darcy for herself. She later sabotages Jane and Bingley's relationship.
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What is Satan?
The monster most identifies with this Biblical figure.
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What is Cassio's promotion, Othello and Emilia's alleged affair, a general hatred toward Othello, and the desire to have Desdemona for himself?
Iago's possible motives for his entire scheme (at least 3 examples).
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What is the "doctrine of endurance?"
The key lesson that Helen imparts upon Jane.
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What is Heorot?
Partying inside this structure angered the monster Grendel
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What is the entail on Longbourne, future financial stability for her daughters, and increasing their social status?
Mrs. Bennet's motives for marrying off her daughters.
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What is "Rime of the Ancient Mariner?"
The poem that Frankenstein mirrors both plot-wise and thematically.
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What is falsified ocular proof? Examples include the handkerchief, a misleading conversation about Bianca, and Iago's fake story about Cassio's dream of Desdemona.
The reason why Othello ultimately believes Iago (with at least 2 examples).
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What is George's murder of Lennie in the clearing?
The event that euthanizing Candy's dog prefigures.
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What are the Geats and the Danes, respectively?
The group of people that Beowulf helps and the group of people to whom he's related
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What is Lydia's elopement with Wickham?
This event jeopardizes all five sisters' future.
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What is the evocation of the sublime?
The Romantic Era's depiction of nature.
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What is Desdemona's naive belief that women would never cheat on their husbands/Emilia's assertion that women have the same tendencies and desires as men?
The way in which Desdemona and Emilia's views of women and marriage differ.
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What is connotative because it's full of emotional connotations that Meursault fails to understand?
Rather than a denotative book, The Stranger is -------- for this reason.
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What is flyting?
Traditional bragging. An example is Beowulf's first exchange with Unferth.
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What is Regency England or the Neoclassical Era? Examples of key characteristics include restraint of emotion, socio-political order, rationality, and an emphasis on good manners.
The time period in which Pride and Prejudice takes place, and some defining characteristics of this period.
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What is epistolary?
The term for Frankenstein's narrative framing device.
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What is dramatic irony?
The constant use of this literary device creates tension throughout the play.
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What is her dedication to Christian values and her desire to preserve her self-respect?
The reason why Jane ultimately refuses to merely live with Rochester without getting properly married.
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