A Worn Path
This is the name of the elderly woman who travels the worn path to town.
Who is Phoenix Jackson?
This archetype serves as a teacher or guide who gives the hero advice, tools, or wisdom before a major challenge.
What is the Mentor?
This prince isolates himself and his wealthy friends in an abbey to escape the Red Death.
Who is Prince Prospero?
This family member is especially skilled with animals and helps tame and care for wildlife on the island.
Who is Ernest?
This type of vessel was the Edmund Fitzgerald.
What is a freighter, or Great Lakes freighter?
This city is Phoenix's destination, where she goes to get medicine.
What is Natchez?
This archetype represents the main antagonist or force that stands directly in the hero’s path.
What is a villain?
This object in the black room reminds guests of mortality every time it chimes.
What is the ebony clock?
This is the setting where the family is stranded after their shipwreck.
What is a tropical island? *Deserted
This Great Lake is where the Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a severe storm.
What is Lake Superior?
Phoenix purchases this after her long journey as a present for her grandson.
What is a (paper) windmill?
This stage occurs when the hero is first invited or challenged to leave their normal life and begin an adventure.
What is the 'Call to Adventure'?
Within the abbey, this may symbolize the unavoidable progression of life, the passage of time, or deadly sins.
What are the seven colored rooms?
This major event forces the family to work together and survive without civilization.
What is the shipwreck?
This happened to all 29 crew members aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald.
What is loss of crew/ they all died/ no survivors.
This obstacle causes Phoenix to fall into a ditch during her journey.
What is a barbed-wire fence (or getting tangled in a bush/fence)
This archetype often appears as a funny or clever character who challenges rules and creates change through humor or mischief.
What is the trickster (jester)?
The masked figure dresses as this to relay the inevitability of death.
What is a victim (carrier) of the Red Death?
The family creates this type of home to live safely and comfortably on the island.
What is a treehouse or island shelter system?
This is still unknown about the wreck, making it one of the Great Lakes’ most famous maritime mysteries.
What is the exact cause of the sinking?
The protagonist's name symbolizes this mythical bird that rises from the ashes, representing endurance and renewal.
What is a phoenix?
Many narrators in stories by this author display traits of the Madman archetype, showing obsession, paranoia, and unreliable thinking.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
Prince Prospero’s decision to lock himself away from the outside world shows this character flaw of believing wealth and power can defeat death.
What is arrogance (or hubris)?
Three major themes are shown through the family’s ability to survive by cooperating and using knowledge and skills. (List 2/3)
What is survival, teamwork, and human ingenuity?
The famous song, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was created by this Canadian singer.
Who is Gordon Lightfoot?