Gothic Literature
Lovecraft video
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What type of settings do Gothic Literature stories typically have?

Decayed castles and haunted houses

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Who is a writer that influenced Lovecraft to want to become an author?

Edgar Allan Poe

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Explain:

And at last I resolved to scale that tower, fall though I might; since it were better to glimpse the sky and perish, than to live without ever beholding day.

He would rather die trying to escape the castle than be stuck there forever without glimpsing daylight.

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Putrid

Gross, disgusting, foul smell

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Finish the Title: ______ and the Giant Peach

James

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What type of plot do Gothic literature stories usually have?

Supernatural elements and suspense. 

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When Lovecraft first started writing, why were people no longer scared of certain horror works?

World War I

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Who were the only alive things the narrator can recall except himself?

Rats, bats, spiders

200

Uncanny

Strange

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Who invented the telephone?

Alexander Graham Bell

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Name 2 of the 3 supernatural beings and monsters found in gothic literature

ghosts, witches, vampires

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Instead of "recognizable monsters," Lovecraft's horror stories focused on ________.

The unknown

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Explain: I know that the light is not for me.

He belongs in the dark- with the night creatures

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Moat

Body of water (around the castle)

300

What color is Sonic the Hedgehog?

Blue

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Gothic genre combines horror and __________.

Romanticism

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In what state was Lovecraft born?

Rhode Island

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Explain: This I have known ever since I stretched out my fingers to the abomination within that great gilded frame; stretched out my fingers and touched a cold and unyielding surface of polished glass

Narrator looked in the mirror and touched it.

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Pinnacle

Top

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Who will be performing at the 2025 Super Bowl?

Kendrick Lamar

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Why did Gothic literature become popular in the late 1800's?

Popularity of science, religion, and industry

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What new terror did Lovecraft want to write about?

Rapid scientific progress

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Now I ride with the mocking and friendly ghouls on the night-wind.

He flies around with the ghosts or hangs out with the "other wordly" 

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Accessible 

Easily approached

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What is a Heisman Trophy?

Trophy given to the best college football player

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