The Raven: Who, What, Where?
This is the time ofday, gloomy and tired, when the narrator first hears a tapping.
What is midnight dreary?
This is the name of the family who lives in the HappyLife Home.
Who are the Hadleys?
The overall dark and sad feeling of "The Raven."
What is mood (or tone)?
This is the type of animal that constantly appears in the nursery and becomes very real.
What are lions?
Both "The Raven" and "The Veldt" have a generally dark and unsettling __________.
What is mood / atmosphere?
The narrator is deeply saddened by the loss of this person.
Who is Lenore?
These are the names of the two children.
Who are Peter and Wendy?
When Poe writes "each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor," he is giving human-like qualities to something non-human.
What is personification?
The parents find these two small objects in the nursery, which are big clues about their future danger.
What are a wallet and a scarf (or bloody remains)?
In "The Raven," repetitive tapping helps build suspense, while in "The Veldt," the sound of _______ helps build tension.
What are lions (or their roars)?
The mysterious bird perches on a bust of this Greek goddess of wisdom.
What is Pallas Athena?
This specific wild African landscape is what the children are obsessed with in their nursery.
What is the African veldt (or savannah)?
The repeated sound of "tapping, tapping" and "rapping, rapping" is an example of this literary device.
What is repetition?
The loud roars, the intense heat, and the smell of blood all contribute to this unsettling feeling in the story.
What is tension / suspense / a frightening mood?
One big difference is that "The Raven" focuses on internal, psychological terror, while "The Veldt" focuses on external terror created by this.
What is technology (or machines)?
This is the exact word the Raven repeats over and over.
What is Nevermore?
This is the profession of David McClean, the expert called in by the parents.
What is psychologist?
This literary device compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as," such as when the narrator's sould is described as "fire."
What is a metaphor?
This major theme of "The Veldt" warns about the dangers of letting machines do everything for people, especially children.
What is the danger of too much technology / over-reliance on technology?
Both authors use this literary technique, where small details or hints are given that suggest something bad is coming.
What is foreshadowing?
The narrator's setting for the entire poem is primarily this specific room.
What is his chamber?
This is the technology in the nursery that makes the children's thoughts come to life.
What is telepathy/advanced technology (that responds to thoughts)?
The narrator's slow journey into sadness and near-madness due to his grief is a major theme of the poem.
What is overwhelming grief / despair / loss?
The fact that the "HappyLife Home" and the "nursery" (which should be safe and fun) become places of extreme danger and death is an example of this literary device.
What is irony (or situational irony)?
Describe one way the main character's downfall in "The Raven" is different from the parents' downfall in "The Veldt."
The narrator's downfall is psychological/due to grief; the parents' downfall is physical/due to their children's actions and technology. The narrator's is self-inflicted (obsessing), the parents' is from their creation/lack of control.