Poe's Life
Poe's birth date.
January 19, 1809
True or false: Romance is a key element of Gothic Literature.
False
What is at the narrator's door the first time he opens it?
Nothing.
How does the narrator change in the story?
He goes from loving and caring to a drunken and abusive murderer.
He does not want there to be consequences for getting revenge on Fortunato.
Who did Poe marry?
Virginia Clemm, his cousin.
True or false: Poe is credited with inventing the Gothic Literature genre.
False.
Why is the narrator upset?
He is still mourning Lenore.
What is the main conflict in the story?
The narrator becoming taken over by his addition (alcohol) and becoming abusive and evil.
How does Montresor guarantee he and Fortunato will be alone?
He tells his servants that he will be going out of town. He knows if he tells them this that they will leave too.
Name one text Poe wrote.
Oval Portrait, Black Cat, The Raven, Tell-Tale Heart, Fall of the House of Usher, Cask of Amontillado...
What is a key element of Gothic Literature?
Graphic morbidity, omens, supernatural, heroines in distress, personal torment, etc.
True or false: the narrator dies at the end of the poem.
False.
True or false: The narrator kills both black cats.
False - the narrator kills Pluto, the first cat. The narrator wants to kill the second cat, but his wife intervenes. This saves the cat, but angers the narrator. As a result, the narrator kills his wife.
What leads to Fortunato's downfall?
His trust in Montresor, his love of wine, his pride in himself as an expert wine-taster
Poe considered his home to be _____.
Virginia.
Gothic Literature is a form of...
Dark Romanticism
Name one allusion mentioned in "The Raven."
Plutonian shore, bust of Pallas, balm in Gilead, Nepenthe
What do black cats symbolize? What do they symbolize in this story?
Witchcraft, evil, bad luck.
Bad luck, but bad luck for the narrator, who is evil.
Who is killed and how is that person killed?
Fortunato, buried alive
Poe is the father of ______.
The modern day detective story.
What is thought to be the first Gothic novel?
The Castle of Otranto.
What is "And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor..." an example of?
Personification
What gives the narrator away to police?
He bangs on the wall with a cane and the cat meows.
What type of irony is it when Montresor tells Fortunato, "I drink to your long life?"
Verbal irony --> Montresor is not actually wishing Fortunato a long life.
Dramatic irony --> the audience knows Montresor does not mean Fortunato well, but Fortunato does not know that.