The Crucible/ Dark Romanticism
After John Proctor gets arrested too, Reverend Hale tries to convince him to do something so he won’t be hanged. What is it?
To confess.
What did Dark Romanticism focus on?
Darkness
Sin
Evil
Which character is conducting a study of haunted houses?
Dr. Montague
Which character do the “hauntings” seem to revolve around?
Eleanor
Which room does Eleanor refuse to enter when they all are touring the house?
The library with the tower.
Why is John Proctor hanged at the end of the play?
Because he refuses to sign his name to a confession.
What are characteristics of the Gothic?
Characterized by a brooding atmosphere that emphasizes the unknown and inspires fear.
Usually fascinated with remote periods of history and exotic places.
Usually takes place in a haunted castle or moor, and has mysterious or violent events in the plot.
How is Eleanor described in The Haunting of Hill House?
Lonely
Imaginative
Who was the original owner of Hill House?
Hugh Crain
What haunting plagues the visitors at night?
Every night there is a pounding on the doors down the hallway.
What happens to Abigail at the end of the play?
She runs away.
In Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle,” what strange event occurs?
Rip Van Winkle goes to sleep and wakes up in the future.
In The Haunting of Hill House, what had Eleanor been doing for so many years before coming to Hill House?
Taking care of her invalid mother.
What does the road to Hill House symbolize?
Which room has a cold spot in its doorway?
The nursery
Which literary movement did Dark Romanticism come from?
Romanticism
In Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” who is Icahbod Crane?
The schoolmaster who tries to woo Katrina van Tassel for her father’s money.
In “The Fall of the House of Usher,” what disease was seemingly making the Usher family sick?
Incest
What phrase was repeated in the hauntings written on the walls of the house?
Help Eleanor Come Home
What happens at the end of the novel?
What characteristic did the Dark Romantic disagree with in the previous literary movement?
The optimism and positive thoughts about life.
What do the townspeople believe happened to Ichabod Crane?
That the headless horseman dragged him away with him.
Who most likely was posing as the headless horseman in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”?
Brom Bones
What does Hill House symbolize?
The fractured self and oppression
What does Eleanor do as the novel, and the hauntings, progress?
Surrender herself