Gothic characters
In "The Tell-Tale Heart," the unreliable narrator of the story attempts to convince the reader that he is this.
What is sane or "not a madman"?
In "The Tell-Tale Heart," this was the distinctive feature of the old man who the narrator kills.
What is a vulture eye?
Haunted castles, graveyards, and the broken down Blackwood house are characterized as looking like this from those outside of them.
What is abandoned or isolated?
Jonas is this type of colored animal, often considered symbols of bad luck and companions of witches
What is a black cat?
This character in We have Always Lived in the Castle is an example of a Gothic victim, as he is unable to walk and has a faulty memory.
Who is Uncle Julian Blackwood?
These creatures were featured in Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Raven" as symbols of death.
What are birds?
Gothic literature creates characters of different types in order to _________ them, such as victim vs predator, supernatural vs human, damsel in distress vs hero.
What is contrast?
This character shows up one day at Blackwood house to hunt down the family fortune and moves into Constance and Merricat's father's bedroom.
Who is cousin Charles Blackwood?
This is the name of prince in "The Masque of the Red Death" who holes up in an castle-like abbey to escape the pestilence.
Who is Prospero?
The sugar, poisonous mushrooms, and canned preserves are these types of items through which Constance and Merricat both exert control and power in their lives.
What is food?
In We have Always Lived in the Castle, Merricat will begin to recite the names of mushrooms--both safe and poisonous--in order to deliver this type of message to cousin Charles.
What are ominous warnings?
Merricat does this with a box of coins, an old doll, and baby teeth in her attempt to keep people out of the Blackwood estate.
What is bury objects?
In We have Always Lived in the Castle, this is the motive for Merricat's poisoning of her family and destroying her cousin Charles' possessions in his room the first time.
What is revenge?
In We have Always Lived in the Castle, Merricat often refers to this celestial body as her and her sister's ideal, happy place.
Where is the moon?
Whether it is physical or mental, the characters in Gothic literature are frequently described as being this way in a physical space or in their mind.
What is trapped or confined?
This is where Merricat goes when she feels upset or threatened.
Where is the creek?