Characters
Buries a former friend in a catacomb for insulting his family.
Montresor
Traveled to Canada during the Gold Rush.
Jack London
A reaction against Enlightenment and NeoClassical Literature
Romanticism
Four men try to survive a shipwreck.
The Open Boat
Author of A Horseman in the Sky.
Dead woman whom the narrator of "The Raven" hopes to see again in heaven.
Lenore
Kate Chopin
Dark and picturesque literature that is characterized by melodramatic narrative devices, and permeated by a sense of mystery and dread
Gothic
A murderer confesses his crime to the police because he believes he can still hear the beating heart of his victim.
The Tell-Tale Heart
Stephen Crane and Jack London wrote short stories and novels in this genre.
Naturalism
Warns the man in "To Build a Fire" not to travel alone in dangerously cold weather.
The Old Timer at Sulphur Creek
Author of "The Red Badge of Courage"
Stephen Crane
Literature that tries to replicate real life
Realism
A woman mourns the loss of a young soldier who was believed to have died in battle.
The Locket
Daily Double:
What is an example of place driving the plot of "The Locket?"
The belief that Ned's locket is a protective charm, since he is from New Orleans, known for Voodoo
Union sentinel who must shoot a Confederate cavalry rider.
Carter Druse
Orphaned at 3, had a falling out with his adoptive father, died mysteriously.
Edgar Allan Poe
Naturalism
A young woman is abandoned by her husband because he believes she is "passing" as white.
Desiree's Baby
Daily Double: How does place drive the plot of "Desiree's Baby"?
The culture of paranoia regarding radical identity in the Antebellum South fuels the central conflict
Brothers who are constantly bickering, even though they care deeply about one another's well being.
Billie and Dan Dempster
Wrote "the Awakening"
Kate Chopin
A reaction against Romanticism
Realism
A union soldier has to choose between his duty to protect his companions and the life of his father.
A Horseman in the Sky
Genres attributed to the writings of Edgar Allan Poe