Elements of
Gothic Literature
Gothic Literature
Describe a setting that might be considered a CASTLE.
*answers might include:
-large, old houses
-abandoned buildings
-electricity does not work
-secret passages, trapdoors, etc.
Most stories written by Edgar Allan Poe are _________
dark, depressing, creepy, sad, involving death, ghostly
The main character in "The Landlady," Billy Weaver, is visiting Bath, England for what reason?
Work
This is the type of irony when someone says one thing, but they mean the exact opposite of that.
Verbal Irony
Give an example of a HERO-VILLAIN from the unit so far.
Answers might include:
-Angels in "Annabel Lee"
-Montresor in "Cask"
-Little Boy in "Click Clack"
-Old Woman in "The Landlady"
-Narrator in "TTH"
In "Annabel Lee," who does the narrator accuse of killing the young girl and why?
Angels because they are jealous
In "Click Clack the Rattlebag," what does the Little Boy say Click Clacks look like?
"They look like what you aren't expecting. What you're not paying attention to."
This is the type of irony where the reader is made aware of something that other characters in the story do not know.
Dramatic Irony
True or False: WILD NATURE can only be considered an element in a story if it takes place deep in the woods.
False. WILD NATURE could just be a secluded location away from people (a house on the edge of town, a cemetery at night, etc.).
In "The Cask of Amontillado," why does Montresor want revenge against Fortunato?
Fortunato insulted him
What does Billy Weaver see through the window in "The Landlady" that he initially thinks is a good sign in a place to stay?
The bird in one corner and a dog curled up by the fireplace.
This is when we expect one thing to happen, but exact opposite of that happens instead.
Name an example of SUPERNATURAL in this unit
*teachers will judge answers*
In "The Tell-Tale Heart," what does the narrator continue to convince the reader of throughout the entire story?
That they are not insane.
In "Click Clack the Rattlebag," where is the girlfriend supposedly gone off to?
To pick up dinner with her friend.
Montresor telling the reader in the first paragraph that he has vowed revenge on Fortunato is an example of this kind of irony.
Dramatic Irony
Name an example of DOUBLES that we have seen in this unit.
*teachers will judge answers*
Edgar Allan Poe's mother and wife both died as young women from this disease, common during their time (1800s).
Tuberculosis (TB)
What does the tea in "The Landlady" taste faintly of?
*poison does not count*
Bitter almonds
When Montresor tells the reader he has two rules for revenge, and then follows a carefully planned out murder plot, only to break one of his own rules in the end, it is this type of irony.
Situational Irony
the reader expects him to follow both of the rules he has told them about, so it is unexpected that he should break one of them