The Scarlet Ibis
What does the scarlet ibis symbolize?
Doodle Himself
What does Monsieur Loisel bring home one evening?
An invitation to a ball
What is the setting of the story?
The countryside in China
What animal does General Zaroff hunt?
Humans
What type of narrator is Montressor?
An unreliable narrator
What does the narrator do when Doodle cannot keep up during the storm?
Runs ahead and leaves him behind
Why is Madame Loisel upset when she receives the invitation?
She doesn't have anything suitable to wear.
What are the two towns competing over?
The shapes of their city walls.
After falling into the water, where does Rainsford end up?
Ship-Trap Island
Why does Montressor say Fortunato should go back?
He has a cough.
What is the central theme of this story?
The danger of excessive pride
What does Monsieur Loisel sacrifice so his wife can buy a new dress?
He was saving for a hunting rifle
What problem does the rebuilding cause?
The people become exhausted and sick.
How does the story end?
Rainsford kills Zaroff and sleeps in his bed.
This is a golden foot crushing a rampant serpent on a blue field,with the serpent biting the heel of the foot.
The Montresor family Coat of Arms
What object does the narrator force Doodle to touch?
His own coffin
What shocking truth does Madame Forestier reveal at the end?
What literary device is this?
The necklace was fake and not worth much. This is irony.
The story uses this literary devices frequently throughout?
Symbolism (Or you could say it is an Allegory)
What happens to Ivan?
He is killed by one of Rainsford's traps.
Luchesi
Doodle's favorite place in the story
Old Woman Swamp
How long do the Loisel's work to pay their debt?
What do the golden kite and silver wind symbolize in this story?
Cooperation and harmony
A theme to explore in this story would be....
There is a fine line between being civilized and being Savage
The catacombs are enctrusted with this...
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