Literary History Crossword

2. - For his Miller’s Tale, Chaucer made use of the biblical story of the ………………..
4. - an expression comparing one thing with another, always including the words ‘as’ or ‘like’
7. - Which person from Greek mythology does Faustus’s behaviour mirror?
9. - An expression, often found in literature, that describes a person or object by referring to something that is considered to have similar characteristics to that person or object:
13. - What is the name of the monster in Beowulf?
14. - The story of Faustus is lasting because it explores ……………… themes
15. - Which body part did Beowulf hang from the rafters?
20. - The language Chaucer used in his book
22. - An eight-line stanza in a poem
23. - Who wrote Beowulf?

1. - Theme in Beowulf
3. - We recognise elements of this genre in the Miller's Tale
5. - The play ‘The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus’ is an example of a ………………
6. - What is the name of the book that Chaucer wrote?
8. - the act of giving a human quality or characteristic to something which is not human
10. - An expression that serves to remind people to seize the day
11. - The language Beowulf was written in
12. - We recognise elements of this genre in the Miller's Tale
16. - An expression that serves to remind people that everyone must/will die
17. - One of the estates Chaucer writes about
18. - What do heroes like Beowulf thirst for?
19. - The genre of Chaucer's book
21. - Turn of thought or argument in a poem