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setting
character
Theme
The Raven
Miscellaneous
100
a crumbling mansion
What is the setting in "House of Usher"
100
Lenore
Who is the narrator mourning in "The Raven"
100
it foretells the final ruin of both family and mansion
What is the crack or fissure in the mansion
100
the repetition of the initial consonant sound in a poem
What is alliteration
100
assonance
What is the repetition of vowels sounds in poetry
200
the two meanings of House of Usher
What is the mansion itself and the Usher family
200
treated as identical twins in "The House of Usher"
Who are Roderick and Madeline Usher
200
He represents the mind or intellect in "House of Usher"
Who is Roderick
200
They often appear in literature as dark and ominous omens
What is a raven
200
the fungus on the outside of the mansion
What is a symbolic representation of the disease of both the mansion and the Usher family
300
a bleak December evening
What is the time of year in "The Raven"
300
his 1st person point-of-view is different than in most of Poe's works in that he is more of an observer
Who is the narrator in "House of Usher"
300
Poe cautions the reader about the destructive dangers of this
What is the human mind/imagination
300
Poe uses words like dark, dreary, gaunt, and lonely to contribute to this in "The Raven"
What is mood
300
Catalepsy
What is physical illness that Madeline has
400
the setting of the dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year affects...
What is mood
400
Pallas or Athena
What is the bust that the Raven perches on
400
Roderick loses these when he must live without Madeline
What are the senses
400
internal rhyme
What are rhyming words in the same line
400
The narrator mentions that this is the reason why the Usher family is doomed
What is because the family has remained insular and has not reproduced outside of their own bloodline
500
A fissure
What is a crack in the mansion in "The House of Usher"
500
Represents the physical part of the Usher twins
Who is Madeline
500
The mad ravings of a man who mourns the loss of his lover
What is the theme of "The Raven"
500
Nevermore
What is the only reply the raven gives to the narrator
500
Foreshadows the fact that Madeline may not be dead
What is color in her bosom and a slight smile on her face