The Great Gatsby
Where does The Great Gatsby take place?
Long Island, NY and NYC
Merricat is strange, antisocial, and seems to live in an alternate reality.
True or False: Gothic literature typically ends with a happy ending.
False- an example of this is the ending of Castle.
Define: Specter
a visible disembodied spirit; a ghost
A woman who embraced a less traditional, more free lifestyle during the 1920s.
Flapper
Who owns the coffee shop?
Stella
Where does the term "gothic" originate from?
Gothic Architecture (European buildings from the 12th-16th century)
Define: melancholy
a feeling of pensive sadness, typically without a specific cause
Name different aspects of the Roaring 20s.
Flappers, economic gain, women's suffrage, automobile production
Modernism developed as a reaction to which event in American History? (think about what years Gatsby takes place)
WW1
What does Merricat's obsession with poison reveal about her character?
She is fascinated with death, she has an obsession with the morbid/ macabre.
What are two typical gothic settings?
Haunted house, graveyard, an old church, etc...
Define: mar
to ruin or destroy something
The belief that every person has the opportunity and ability to succeed and have a better life.
Writing style in which the author's thoughts flow directly to the paper without any specific rhyme or reason.
Stream of Consciousness
Why does Merricat go into the coffee shop knowing the villagers do not like her?
To show she is unafraid of what they think.
What are three common elements of gothic lit.?
Supernatural events, Isolated characters and settings, dark tone/atmosphere
to pretend or fake; give a false appearance
What is the central theme of Gatsby?
The unattainability of the American Dream.
What elements of Gothic Lit. are found in Castle?
Isolated characters/location, mysterious deaths, dark atmosphere, "magic"
What two elements combined= Gothic Lit.?(romance, horror, sci- fi, biography)
Horror and Romance
Define: Ostracize
to exclude someone from a society or group