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Opposites
The Devil & Dracula's Guest
Silver Blaze & Ligiea
Young Goodman Brown
Vocabulary
100
Like Dori, this character does not have very much information about his or her back story.
What is a flat character
100
In The Devil and Tom Walker, How did Tom meet the Devil?
What is He met him in a forest when he found remains of an indian burial ground.
100
In Silver Blaze, who killed the trainer?
Who is Silver Blaze
100
What do Faith's ribbons represent?
Innocence and Faith. When he saw them in the woods she lost her innocence, but it was restored when he woke up in the morning.
100
What is an exposition?
the introduction to a story, this is where your background info comes from
200
This is the main character, he or she may be good or bad.
What is the protagonist.
200
In The Devil and Tom Walker, what does the Devil look like? Why?
What is An indian Man, during this time in history, the people living in America were fighting against the indians for territory.
200
What was the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes?
Who is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's med professor.
200
When does Goodman go out for a walk? Why is that important?
He goes out at night, it is important because nothing really good tends to happen at night.
200
What is the Inciting Incident?
It is the initial conflict or problem in the story, it essentially gets the whole story moving.
300
This character has a bad reputation he or she tends to be labeled a villain, but is merely the opposition to the main character.
What is the antagonist
300
In The Devil and Tom Walker, what deal did Tom make with the Devil?
In exchange for his soul, he wanted to be rich
300
Edgar Allan Poe wrote some creepy stories, what was one huge inspiration for Poe?
Death. He was obsessed with it. All the people he truly loved got sick and died, leaving him alone again and again. He wrote about death constantly.
300
Where does the story take place? What did that location represent?
It took place in the woods outside of Salem, which could be an evil place because they were doing the devil's bidding and in every case before when the woods are represented near Salem it is seen as a wild and therefore bad place.
300
What is it called when you have a conversation in a story?
Dialogue
400
This character doesn't change a lot, he or she is like the old tvs with white noise and the screen of death proving there is nothing to watch
What is static character
400
In Dracula's Guest, what creatures cross paths with the narrator?
What is a Werewolf and Dracula
400
In Ligeia, we have a story involving two women and one man. How does this weird love triangle resolve itself?
The narrator was married to both women, but only loved Ligeia. Since Ligiea died early on, the narrator ended up remarrying, but chose poorly. Ligeia came back from the dead and replaced Rowina in body and spirit, eliminating the other woman.
400
While in the woods, Goodman Brown comes along and finds a man, who is the man? Who does he resemble?
He comes along and finds a man who looks like his father, but is really the Devil.
400
Please explain Cape Foreshadowing
Concrete tangible piece of evidence about what will happen. Abstract - Non tangible hint at what will happen (ex. Storms) Prominent- When an author starts the book off by telling how it will end, and then spends the rest of the book explaining how they got there. Evocative- When an author evokes or pulls out emotions by using phrases like "Little did I know.."
500
Describe Goodman Brown in terms of Static/Dynamic, Flat/Round, Major/Minor, Antagonist/Protagonist
Goodman Brown is our PROTAGONIST or main character, which also makes him a MAJOR part of the story. Although there is not a lot of background information, there is enough to make him ROUND. As the story progresses he goes through a lot of changes, which makes him DYNAMIC.
500
In Dracula's Guest, what is significant about Walpurgis Nacht?
It is the night of the Devil, a time when the undead and evil things can awaken.
500
In Ligeia, how were Ligeia and Rowina different?
Essentially, they were opposites, one dark and warm/mysterious, the other pale and cold/unfeeling
500
What does Goodman Brown discover while in the woods? How does it make his life better or worse?
Goodman Brown realizes you cannot necessarily trust anyone because a lot of the people he trusted before were out in the woods with the Devil even though they preached about God in town. It ruined his life, he became bitter and cynical for the rest of his life.
500
What is an unreliable narrator?
It is a character who you cannot trust. Although people themselves tend to be unreliable, there is a little more that goes with unreliable narrators.