Gods and Monsters A Brief Study Guide

							                      Gods and Monsters: A Brief Study Guide

Hamlet: Prince of Denmark
      Characters:
              Hamlet
              Gertrude
              Claudius
              Ophelia
              Laertes
              Polonius
              Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
      Plot Points:
              The Ghost – Real or not?
              Murder most foul
              The Play’s the thing
              Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead
              Ophelia snaps
              Death
      Themes:
              Revenge
              Indecision
              Oedipus

Gertrude Talks Back – Margaret Atwood
       Gertrude’s perspective
       A modern Gertrude
       Who killed the king?

A Good Man is Hard to Find – Flannery O’Conner
      Characters:
             The Grandmother
             The Misfit
             The Cat
             The Family
             Red Sammy
      Plot:
             The trip
             The accident
             The misfit

Wanderers:
      The homeless
      The boys
      The Tunnels
The Man in the Black Suit – Stephen King
      Characters:
              Gary
              The Devil
              Gary’s mom
              His brother
              Dad
      Plot:
              The bee sting
              Fishin’
              Eating
              Dead grass
      Themes:
              Giving up hope

The Battle of the Pellenor Fields – Tolkien
       Characters:
                Eowynn
                Merry
                Theoden
                The Witch King
       Plot:
                No man can harm the wraith
       Theme:
                Good vs Evil
                The meek shall….

The Journey of the Magi – T.S. Eliot
       Three Kings
       Birth and death

The Diameter of the Bomb – Amachai
       Isreal
       No god?