"The Yellow Wallpaper"
The major theme of "The Yellow Wallpaper"
What is the crushing force of the patriarchy/gender roles?
The way in which Emily killed Homer Barron in "A Rose for Emily"
What is arsenic?
The reason Montressor is able to lure Fortunado into the catacombs?
What is Amontillado?
The reason this poem, "Daddy", is considered highly controversial to this day
What is the poets use of Holocaust references?
Focusing on Halloween allowed Craig Santos Perez to express these themes
What is the themes of greed and ignorance?
The setting in "The Yellow Wallpaper"
What is an old nursery?
The significance of the state of the house in "A Rose for Emily"
What is a symbol of Emily's mental health declining as well as the symbol of tradition resisting progress?
The meaning of Montressor's family motto
What is "no one may attack my family and get away with it"?
The form or style of the poem, "Daddy"
What is free verse?
The poetic device used in "Halloween in the Anthropocene" to show irony
What is repetition?
The internal and external conflicts for the protagonist in "The Yellow Wallpaper"
What is the conflict in balance between being a dutiful wife and mother versus living freely for oneself?
The shared themes between "The Yellow Wallpaper" and "A Rose for Emily" (not the patriarchy)
What is isolation and mental health?
Fortunato's tone at the end of "The Cask of Amontillado"
What is realization and fear?
Recurring theme between "Daddy" and Plath's other poem, "Lady Lazarus"
What is suicide and mental health?
The poetic device used in "Halloween in the Anthropocene" to force readers to think about standard practices of Halloween in a new and pessimistic way.
What is enjambment?
The literary device and explanation for the yellow colored and oddly patterned wallpaper in "The Yellow Wallpaper"
What is symbolism of illness caused by expectation?
The climax in "A Rose for Emily"
What is the moment the townspeople break down Emily's door to discover Homer's corpse?
A phrase indicative of verbal irony at the end of "The Cask of Amontillado"
What is "rest in peace"?
The meaning of "marble heavy, bag full of god" to describe the speaker's father in "Daddy"
What is the statuesque and stoic way her father carried himself, as well as the notion of him being all powerful?
The tone of the poet, Craig Santos Perez, in "Halloween in the Anthropocene"
What is pessimistic, sarcastic, and frustrated at the ignorance of destruction and devastation caused by capitalism as seen on Halloween?
The role the protagonist's child plays in "The Yellow Wallpaper"
What is an allusion to the protagonist's mental state and internal conflict?
The narration of the story "A Rose for Emily"
What is first person plural?
The theme both settings in "The Cask of Amontillado" point towards
What is the theme of life verses death?
The character flaw the speaker is suffering from in "Daddy"
What is an Elektra Complex?
The mood in Craig Santos Perez's "Halloween in the Anthropocene"
What is the feeling of dreariness and guilt.