Lamb to the Slaugther
What does the exposition reveal?
-Mr. and Mrs. Maloney
-Mrs. Maloney is a housewife and is pregnant
-Mr. Maloney is a policeman
Why does Billy go to the bed and breakfast instead of a hotel?
He was drawn to it
Why does Montresor want revenge?
Fortunato has insulted him
Why did the prince lock himself in the castle?
to avoid the plague
Who is the author of "The Fall of the House of Usher?"
Edgar Allan Poe
What is the rising action?
Mary learns her husband is going to leave her
she keeps staring and stay peculiar things
How does Montresor plan on getting his revenge?
By killing him.
What did the ebony clock in the 7th room represent?
Time - in relation to death
Why does the narrator visit Roderick?
He received a concerning letter from him
What is the climax?
- Mary kills her husband
poison
Where does Montresor take Fortunato?
to the vaults to taste Amontillado (a trick)
Why were the party guests offended by the mummer?
It reminded them of death
How does the setting contribute to the theme of fear in the story?
answers vary
What is the falling action?
the policemen unknowingly eating the leg of lamb
What is the landlady's surprising hobby?
taxidermy
How does Fortunato die?
He is walled in by Montresor
What do the 7 rooms symbolize?
the 7 stages of man
What happened to Madeline?
she was buried alive
What is the resolution?
Mary gets away with it
What does the story imply happens to Billy?
he dies from the poison and gets stuffed by the landlady
Does Montresor get away with murder?
Yes.
Blue - birth
Purple - youth
Green - adolescence
Orange - adulthood
White - old age
Violet - imminent death
Black/Scarlet - death itself
Double Points: What does the crack in the house, and its subsequent fall into the tarn, suggest about the Usher family?
they struggle mentally