The Beggar and the King

• author of the beggar and the king?

  Winthrop Parkhurst
• author's place of birth?

  New York City, United States
• author's father?

  Howard Elmore Parkhurst
• author's mother?


  Mary Sophie Huss
• author's wife?

  Grace Mary Moore
• author's birthdate?


  October 15, 1891
• author's death?

  September 19, 1983 (91 years old)
• author's death place?

  Los Angeles, California
• one-act play written Winthrop Parkhurst?

  The Beggar and the King
• one-act play has only ___ scene?

  one
• common characteristics of most one-act plays?

  written in a concise manner, fewer characters, often single setting
• characters of The Beggar and the King?


  King, Beggar, and Servant
• theme of the play?

  pride leads to the downfall of man
• crown symbolises?

  power and authority, and the king's arrogance and pride
• bread symbolises?

  compassion
• what is the figure of speech for "The spears of thy soldier are as straws against my body"?

  simile
• what is the figure of speech for “My arms will become as strong as steel rods”?

  Simile
• what is the figure of speech for “With one breath of my mouth I can blow over this whole palace”?

  Hyperbole
• what is the figure of speech for “All the bones in thy foolish body I will snap between my fingers”?

  Hyperbole
• what is the figure of speech for “Ha ha, ha!”?

  Onomatopoeia
• what is the genre of the play?

  historical fiction
• synonym of impudence?

  disrespect, rudeness
• synonym of treason?

  betrayal, disloyalty
• synonym of Illustrious?

  outstanding, famous
• synonym of Jest?

  joke, laugh
• synonym of Forsooth?

  honestly, actually
• synonym of Smote?

  knocked, hit
• synonym of fling?

  dump, leave
• synonym of fattened?

  filled, feasted
• synonym of yonder?

  distant, away
• synonym of Grievous?

  dreadful, shameful
• synonym of Lamented?

  regret, deplore
• synonym of Solemnly?

  earnest, intense
• synonym of Insolence?

  abuse, arrogant
• synonym of languidly?

  sluggishly, lazy
• synonym of abashed?

  embarrassed, humiliated
• synonym of pompously?

  arrogant, self-important