Characters
This main character in the House of Usher asks the narrator for help.
Who is Roderick Usher?
This is a common setting for Gothic stories.
What are old houses, churches, mansions, castles
cemeteries, forests, caves, ruins?
Why does the narrator go to help a friend?
What is he is sick?
The fissure in the House of Usher symbolizes this main point.
What is the ruin of the Usher family?
This is the author of The Fall of the House of Usher.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
This character is buried alive for 8 days before killing their sibling.
Who is Lady Madeline Usher?
This is a common type of atmosphere in Gothic lit.
What is fear of the unknown, suspense, mystery, isolation, a threatening feeling?
What does Mary use to kill her husband?
What is a lamb leg?
The lamb leg symbolizes this important idea/plot point in Lamb to the Slaughter.
What is Mary's beginning innocence and the terrible split of her and her husband?
This character said: "Not hear it?--yes, I hear it, and have heard it. Long-long-long many minutes, may hours, many days..."
Who is Roderick Usher?
This character is murdered by their spouse in Lamb to Slaughter.
Who is Patrick Maloney?
These are TWO examples of raw emotions in Gothic lit.
What are wailing, screaming, moaning, terror, crying?
How long is Lady Madeline supposed to be buried before her formal burial ceremony?
What is a fortnight/two weeks?
This type of figurative language was used to describe the windows in the House of Usher.
What is personification?
This is the author of Lamb to Slaughter.
Who is Roald Dahl?
This officer leads the investigation into the death of Mary's husband.
Who is Jack Noonan?
These are TWO examples of the supernatural in Gothic lit.
What are ghosts, giants, monsters, the walking dead, & demons?
Where does Mary go to serve as a potential alibi?
What is the store/market?
The storm symbolizes this main idea in the House of Usher.
What is the troubled mental state of Roderick & the narrator?
Mary disposes of the murder weapon in this fashion.
What is she cooks it and feeds it to the police?
These are two afflictions which plague Roderick.
What are sensitivity to touch, all flowers smelled horrible, sensitivity to light, music hurt his ears, and food lacked flavor?
This is an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
What is a portent?
The cops say the murder weapon is probably where?
What is right beneath their noses?
This is a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
What is metonymy?
This person said: "Terror does not show horrific things explicitly, it only suggests them."
Who is Ann Radcliffe?