Gothic Elements
Dark settings, isolation, and madness are all features of this genre.
Gothic literature
The narrator insists this about himself repeatedly.
He is not mad.
This is the only word the raven speaks.
Nevermore.
Darkness.
Montresor seeks revenge on this person.
Fortunato
This type of fear comes from the mind, rather than physical danger.
Psychological fear
The narrator is obsessed with this part of the old man.
His eye.
The speaker is mourning the loss of this person.
Lenore.
This deadly feature is in the center of the room.
The pit.
Fortunato is lured with the promise of this.
Amontillado (wine)
A character who is alone and cut off from others is experiencing this Gothic element.
Isolation
This sound ultimately drives the narrator to confess.
The beating heart.
The Raven represents this emotional state.
Grief (depression, loss)
This object slowly lowers towards the narrator.
The pendulum.
The story takes place in these underground tunnels.
Catacombs
When a character can't trust their own mind.
Madness
The narrator hides the body in this location.
Under the floorboards.
The speaker becomes increasingly *this* as the poem progresses.
Desperate (unstable, emotional, distressed)
The story builds fear mainly through this technique.
Suspense.
Fortunato's name is ironic because it means this.
Fortunate/Lucky
This Gothic feature includes ghosts, spirits, or unexplained events.
What is the supernatural.
This literary device is used because the narrator cannot be trusted.
An unreliable narrator.
Repeating 'Nevermore' is an example of this literary device.
Repetition.
The narrator survives by using this to attract the rats.
Food/meat
Montresor chains Fortunato to this.
The wall.