Character Matching
   Identify the protagonist from each of 
   the main works based from a 
   description:
    Beowulf
    Macbeth
    Frankenstein
    The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
    The Importance of Being Earnest
    Pygmalion
       Literary Movement 
            Matching
  Identify the Literary Movement 
   based from a description:
   Anglo-Saxon
   Renaissance
   Restoration
   Romantic
   Victorian
   Modern
     Beowulf – Anglo-Saxon
   Author: unknown (possibly Christian monk)
   Genre: epic poem
   Protagonist: Beowulf
   Antagonists: Three monsters - Grendel, Grendel’s Mother, 
   a dragon
   Setting: Daneland (Denmark) and Geatland (Sweden)
   Historical Context:  the heroic code of honor that defines 
   much of the story is a relic of pre–Anglo-Saxon culture; 
   Christian/Pagan
   Universal Themes: Good vs Evil; Loyalty
   Literary Terms: kenning (a metaphorical two word 
   compound); caesura (pause); alliteration (repetition of 
   initial consonant sounds)
      Beowulf – Anglo-Saxon
  Basic Plot: Geat hero Beowful comes to the aid of King Hrothgar of 
   the Danes. For the past twelve years, Hrothgar and his people have 
   been plagued by the fiend Grendel, who attacks Herot Hall nightly.
  Beowulf faces Grendel in battle, only to learn that Grendel is 
   impervious to weapons, including Beowulf's sword. Beowulf decides 
   to wrestle Grendel barehanded. During the fight, he rips off the 
   monster's arm, wounding him.
  Grendel’s mother seeks revenge on Beowulf and the Danes. She 
   attacks Herot Hall, then flees to her cave under the lake when 
   Beowulf confronts her. Just when it seems the hero will fall, he finds 
   a giant sword and uses it to cut off the fiend's head.
  Fifty years later, Beowulf is king of Geatland. When an evil dragon 
   awakens, Beowulf and his kinsman Wiglaf go to face the creature. 
   Beowulf dies in the heat of battle and receives a funeral fit for a 
   king.
     Macbeth – Renaissance
  Author: William Shakespeare
  Genre: tragic play
  Protagonist: Macbeth
  Antagonists: three weird sisters; Lady Macbeth; Macduff; 
   himself
  Setting: Scotland and England
  Historical Context: Shakespeare paid homage to his king’s 
   Scottish lineage
  Universal Themes: Ambition; Fate; Supernatural
  Literary Terms: soliloquy (a speech meant to be heard by 
   the audience but not by other characters on the stage); 
   aside (words spoken by an actor directly to the audience, but 
   not "heard" by the other characters on stage during a play); 
   comic relief (a moment of “relief ” with a light-hearted scene)