labyrinth - Scarlet Theatre

Section 5 - The story of the labyrinth
Worksheet 10: questions and activities on the story
1. Which character do you like the most? Why?
2. What do you think was the most exciting part of the story? In
a group, create a freeze frame of this moment.
3. If you could ask the Minotaur three questions, what would
you ask?
4. Why do you think Theseus forgot to change the sail?
5. Ariadne thought of a clever way to help Theseus out of the
labyrinth. Can you think of any other ways he could have done
this?
6. The Minotaur is a typical Greek monster, because he is half
man and half bull. What other combinations of creatures would
be scary? What would their characters be like?
7. Can you think of some new describing words (adjectives) to
fill these gaps?
Minos also had another problem. The Gods had been weaving their
magic again, and his wife had given birth to a .............creature with the
head of a bull and the body of a man. This ..............being was terrifying
the people of Crete, who called him Minotaur, which meant ‘half man,
half bull’. Day after day they fled to the ..................corners of their houses
when they heard his ......................tread in the street.
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