Unreliability
The raven perches on this symbol of wisdom and knowledge.
What is the bust of Pallas (Athena)?
What is the general atmosphere/mood of most gothic works of literature?
Dark, depressing, fearful
This tangling pattern becomes a living nightmare the narrator believes she must decode.
What is the yellow wallpaper?
This sarcastic creature becomes Coraline's guide and ally, rather then representing a bad omen as in traditional Gothic literature.
The story repeatedly emphasizes that humans should not interfere with this force.
What is fate or destiny?
The narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart" hides the old man's body here.
What is the floorboards?
This novel is considered to be the first gothic novel and was published in 1764.
What is The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole.
This act of rebellion is our narrator's only chance at autonomy?
What is writing down her thoughts?
The Other Mother offers Coraline this in order to stay in the Other World.
The monkey's paw was enchanted by this type of person?
What is a fakir or shaman
The unrelenting presence of the raven and the heartbeat serve as what kind of symbol in both of these pieces.
A representation of the narrator's guilt and their descent into madness.
Name two examples of Metonymy.
Things like: Creeking door hinges, distant howling, rain on a sad day, gloomy or stormy skies, footsteps approaching, slamming doors, etc.
The creeping woman in the wallpaper evokes this classic Gothic figure.
What is a double or doppelgänger?
This part of the Other World decays first, revealing its illusion.
What is the background scenery and the edges of the world.
These were the three wishes of the White family.
1. For 200 pounds
2. For Herbert to be brought back to life
3. For Herbert to be dead again
This gothic element was added to the line up by Edgar Allan Poe and is present in most, if not all, of his stories and poems.
What is an unreliable narrator?
These architectural changes occurred at the time Gothic Literature became popular.
What are gargoyles, vaulted ceilings, structural ribbing and stained glass?
When John faints, the narrator stepping over him reveals this dramatic reversal
What is role inversion (instead of a damsel in distress fainting, we have the husband fainting).
What aspect of the Real World represents a Gothic Element?
What is the dark, dreary and nearly colorless aspects of the setting.
The final two wishes represent what Gothic element?
What is heightened emotions and a descent into insanity through grief?
Both stories amplify terror through this very Poe-ish literary device.
What is repetition of sounds and phrases?
Name 5 Gothic Elements.
What are:
Setting
Dark and Mysterious Atmosphere
Supernatural Elements
Damsel in Distress
Anti-Hero and Gothic Villains
Inversion
Dark Romance
Duality and "doppelgängers"
Heightened emotions, madness and insanity
Metonymy
Unreliable Narrator
The final haunting revelation suggests the narrator has become this very figure she feared.
Who is the creeping woman?
Rather then falling prey to this common Gothic element, what happens with Coraline's personality?
What is finding courage and bravery rather then descending into madness.
This is where Mr. White sees imagery/symbolism that represent the concept of foreshadowing. Where is he looking and what does he see?
In the fire and sees images of monkeys.