The Lottery
On what day does the lottery take place?
June 27th
Why do Prince Prospero and his guests lock themselves in an abbey?
to escape the Red Death
What is the setting?
-Munich, Germany
-Summer/Walpurgis night (people coming back from the dead)
-1800s
How did Lady Madeline die?
-premature death
-exhaustion
-starvation
-illness
"Dracula's Guest" was the original first chapter of what famous novel?
Dracula.
Who "wins" the lottery?
Tessie Hutchinson
What do the Red windows in the last chamber symbolize?
blood and death
Why is the village in Dracula's Guest considered unholy?
the dead do not stay truly dead there
What is the nature of Roderick's illness?
hypersensitivity
Who is the author of "Dracula's Guest?"
Bram Stoker
What is symbolized by the black dot?
Death
What does the chiming of the clock reveal about how the revelers are feeling?
under their happy exterior, they are still worried about the Red Death.
What is the conflict in Dracula's Guest?
man vs. supernatural
What does the fissure in the house represent?
a fissure of the mind
What is the overall type of conflict in the "The Lottery?"
character vs. society
The exposition states that the children are gathering stones into a pile. This is an example of what literary device?
foreshadowing
What does the uninvited guest symbolize?
death
What is the theme in Dracula's Guest?
madness and manipulation
What happened to Lady Madeline?
she was accidentally buried alive
What is an allegory?
a narrative that is really a double story. One story takes place on the surface; under the surface the story's characters or events represent abstract ideas or states of being, things like love or freedom, evil or goodness, etc.
What may be the main theme of "The Lottery"
Evil can be cloaked, or hidden, in something that seems good
What do the colors of the rooms represent?
the circle of life
bats or wolves
What does the house falling into the tarn (lake) suggest?
-death
-complete descent into madness
What is gothic literature?
-an extreme form of romanticism
-grotesque, gloomy settings (often old castles)
-use of mysterious, violent, supernatural occurrences to create mystery and awe