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	GREATEST LITERATURE CONTEST #18 They @#$% you up, your mom and dad Answer these questions about MONSTROUS PARENTS. Winners and answers below.
		1	Okay, easy one to start: Who wrote that famous poem from which the (censored) title of this contest is taken?
		2	His father was murdered and then his mother married the killer, but the prince killed them both in the end. Question: What was the stepfather's name?
		3	Another evil stepfather: Dickens's most autobiographical character is thrashed by him, after which the boy bites him and is sent away.
		4	Like mother, like daughter. They're both monsters in the epic of Old English poetry and they're both slain by the Nordic hero, whose name means "bright wolf". The mother monster isn't named in the story, so who's the daughter?
		5	He married his dying son Linton to neighbour Catherine to get control of her estate, all the while pining for her dead mother Cathy.
		6	Wicked stepmother this time. Maybe the wicked stepmother: Snow White's. The question is: in the Grimm brother's version of the tale how did she meet her end?
		7	The narrator's uncle Tiberius is a nasty emperor, but not a patch on the ruler's own conniving mother, the real villain of the piece behind the scenes. What was her name?
		8	She says she wants the best for her daughter but this southern belle is all too ready to sacrifice the naïve girl and her own husband in a ruthless fight against her own brothers for the family fortune. A great dramatic role.
		9	He scorned his loving daughter and gave his kingdom to the sisters who praised him shamelessly, but they too were monsters and later turned on him. Too easy? Okay, what were the wicked daughters' names?
		10	"When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy," the novel begins. And for good reason. Who said this?
	The winners include Millie Simampo of Palatine, Illinois, and José Gonzalez of Toronto, Ontario. The remaining winner has been notified and will be posted here as soon as it is confirmed. Answers: 1. Philip Larkin 2. Claudius 3. Mr. Murdstone 4. Grendel 5. Heathcliff 6. Danced to death in burning shoes 7. Livia 8. Regina 9. Regan and Goneril 10. Ellen Foster