He has gotten everything he needed from nature and he now wants to live his life.
100
Where did the architecture for gothic stories come from?
Ancient cathedrals.
100
What happens when the guests take the mask off of the stranger?
There is nothing there.
100
What do the 4 characters in the story take? What does it do to them?
FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH, MAKES THEM YOUNG AND REDO THEIR EARLIER MISTAKES
100
Setting sets a gothic _________ in literature.
What is SETTING
200
DAILY DOUBLE!!! Why is it fitting that Thoreau is in that specific location in the woods during "Walden"?
It is where the American Revolution started.
200
What were gargoyls used for? WHy is it ironic that they use them in gothic stories?
Keeping away evil spirits. They now represent evil in gothic stories.
200
DAILY DAOUBLE!!! How does the clock impact the guests?
They all stop and grow silent, when it stops, they continue to party. Uneasy.
200
What figurative language is used: "The shadows of age were retreating from her eyes like darkness from the crimson day-break."
SIMILIE
200
How does the story end?
EMILY DIES, HOMER BARRON IS DEAD UPSTAIRS
300
People should be the ___________ not the _____________.
MINORITY, MAJORITY
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
What is seen in gothic literature? What are gothic elements?
Death, strong dark emotions, gloomy atmosphere, murder
300
What happens to the guests at the end of the story?
They all die.
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!! What was in Dr. Heidegger's study that made it a gothic setting?
SKELETON, PAINTING OF HIS DECEASED WIFE, BOOK OF MAGIC
300
3 examples of gothic imagery in "A Rose for Emily"
THE BLOATED BODY, THE BRIDAL TOMB, AND THE SMELL THAT WAS COMING FROM EMILY'S HOUSE
400
Why does Thoreau tell the story of when he was in jail?
He said he felt more free in jail than outside jail because he knew he was doing right. Trying to persuade others to do the same.
400
Gothic literature stemmed from the ______________
Romantic movement
400
What are 3 gothic elements in the story?
Fire outside of each room casting shadows, death from the disease and the stranger, the black room.
400
How is the gothic element of death incorporated into the short story?
The 4 patients lose their lives because they are no longer living, they are just searching for the elixer of life.
400
How did the town feel about Emily being in a relationship with Homer?
Happy that she was finally in a relationship, but upset that it did not follow the social status.
500
Explain the analogy of the acorn and the chestnut.
Two trees cannot grow next to one another. One, in the end, has to overpower the other to survive. That is the citizens and the government. To have a fair government, we must overpower them to shape the government to what we want.
500
Gothic literature is called the _______________
Dark side of individualism
500
What are the allegorical elements for Prince Prospero, the abbey, the clock, and the stranger?
Selfishness, refuge, Life coming to an end, Inability to hide from death.
500
The allegorical elements for Dr. Medbourne, Col. Killigrew, Mr. Gascoigne, and Widow Wycherly?
What is Greed, Gluttony, Pride, and Vanity.
500
Give 2 examples of foreshadowing from the story and what those examples foreshadowed.
Rat Poison--Homer Barron's death.
Emily keeping her dead father in her house for 3 days--Emily keeping her dead husband in her house for years.