Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded --with what caution --with what foresight --with what dissimulation I went to work!
Tell-Tale Heart narrator
100
What addiction did Poe suffer from?
Alcoholism
100
Gothic Fiction
Castles, dark, masquerade
**** narrator loves himself but hates something
100
THE _____________ had long devastated the country
Red Death
100
What was the Read Death?
Fictional plague created by Poe that is very deadly; it can kill someone in up to or less than 30 minutes
200
"who dares insult us with this blasphemous mockery? Seize him and unmask him --that we may know whom we have to hang at sunrise, from the battlements!"
Prospero
200
Describe Poe's economic situation while he was living
He was very poor (His best world was sold for roughly 9$)
200
allegory
Hidden, deeper message in written work
200
It was in this apartment, also, that there stood against the western wall, a gigantic _________ of ebony.
Clock
200
What kind of person was Prince Prospero
A rich, arrogant, naive person
300
If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body.
Tell-Tale Heart narrator
300
What is Poe's nickname? What does it mean?
Father of Detective fiction
300
literal
It is what it is
300
I then took up three _________ from the flooring of the chamber, and deposited all between the scantlings.
Planks
300
Describe what the narrator did to the old man every night
He would sneak inside his room, open the door and peer in to see if he was awake. He did this for 8 straight nights
400
"Villains! Dissemble no more! I admit the deed! --tear up the planks! here, here! --It is the beating of his hideous heart!"
Tell- Tale Heart Narrator
400
Describe elements of Poe's short stories
Dark, grotesque, horror, create sense of anxiety, murder
400
personification
giving living characteristics to nonliving things
400
The ____________ apartment was closely shrouded in black velvet tapestries that hung all over the ceiling and down the walls
Seventh
400
What is unique about the layout of the rooms in Prince Prospero's castle?
Go from east- west
1. blue 5. white
2. purple 6. violet
3. green 7. black
4. orange
500
"Who's there?"
Old man
500
What country was Poe from?
United States
500
Term all of Poe's works are classified referencing the gruesome deaths they involve
macabre
500
He had the ______ of a vulture
Eye
500
Why does the narrator confess to murder?
The beating of his own heart leads to a nervous breakdown- guilt?