Characters
Elements of Horror
Plot
Elements of Horror Part 2
Plot
100
This character seems normal at first, then slowly shows that he's crazy!
What is Jack Torrance?
100
Room 237 would be an example of
What is The Unknown
100
The Torrance family moves into this isolated hotel because...
Jack is going to be the caretaker for the winter
100
Jack destroying the bathroom door with an axe adds to the...
Sense of urgency or intensity
100
The first ghosts that we see...
Are the twin girls
200
This character is the wife of the main character.
What is Wendy.
200
Ghosts, clowns, spiders, the dark, are all examples of...
Primal fears
200
Redrum is...
Murder backwards
200
The flashes of blood and dead bodies in the hotel throughout the film add to the...
Forbidding setting
200
Jack takes the batteries out of the radio and ruins the snow cat. This adds to...
The sense of urgency OR isolation and helplessness
300
This character explains to the audience what exactly "The Shining" is
What is Mr. Halerin / The head chef
300
The fact that the hotel is cut off from the rest of society adds to this element of horror..
Isolation
300
This character is the first one to see a ghost in the film...
Danny
300
When the hotel manager tells Jack that a previous winter care taker murdered his family here, it adds to the...
Forbidding Setting
300
What does Danny say he saw in room 237?
A crazy woman
400
This little boy has a sixth sense
What is Danny
400
Danny being psychic could be an example of...
The unnatural
400
Why does Jack enjoy being isolated with nothing else to distract him?
He is trying to write a novel
400
Wendy never sees a ghost, this plays up her sense of...
Cluelessness
400
Who has "The Shining"?
Danny and Mr. Halerin / The head chef
500
This character is very small and lives inside a small boy's mouth.
What is Tony?
500
A dream that Jack has of brutally killing his wife and son is an example of...
The unconscious mind
500
At the end of the film this character dies..
Jack Torrance
500
When Danny comes down from room 237 and his clothes are all messed up and he has choke marks around his neck, this would be an example of...
The unexpected OR the unknown
500
Jack quit drinking months ago because...
He dislocated Danny's arm when he was drunk and angry
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