Students’ Questions about Literature Page 45

Pride and Prejudice was written in 1796 and first published in 1813.

The tragic hero in Romeo and Juliet is Romeo. He is a tragic hero because he is responsible for the death of his own wife, Juliet.

John Proctor is a fictional character from the 1953 play The Crucible by Arthur Miller. He is a farmer in seventeenth century Massachusetts who is accused of witchcraft.

The masque is a symbol for the inevitability of death. No matter how much one tries to avoid it or how much wealth one accumulates, death will come for us all in the end.

The excerpt employs the technique of ambiguity by not clearly defining who is the protagonist and who is the antagonist.

“The Tell-Tale Heart” was written in 1843 and “The Black Cat” was written in 1845.

He tears Grendel’s arm off, and Grendel bleeds to death.

Grendel is mortally wounded by Beowulf and dies. Beowulf then tears off Grendel’s arm and presents it to Hrothgar as a trophy.

The Canterbury Tales is a collection of short stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the late 14th century. The stories are told by a group of pilgrims on their way to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury.

The most suitable theme for The Metamorphosis would be change. This is because the novel is about a man who changes into a beetle, and his family must adjust to his new form.