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Gothic Literature
Poe's Life
Young Goodman Brown
Poe's Short Stories
The Raven
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During what years did Gothic Literature take place?
What is the 1840s-1860s.
100
This lady was Poe's cousin/wife.
Who is Virginia Clemm.
100
The name of Young Goodman Brown's wife.
Who is Faith.
100
The Cask of Amontillado and Hop Frog both deal with the theme of what?
What is revenge.
100
Poe wrote this poem as a prelude to what event?
What is the death of his wife, Virginia Clemm.
200
What other literary movement was taking place during the same time as Gothic Literature.
What is Transcendentalism.
200
This was the place that Poe was found dead.
Where is Baltimore, MD.
200
This is the person Young Goodman Brown met in the woods.
Who is the Devil.
200
The reader has a different emotional appeal to Hop Frog than The Cask of Amontillado because of what reason?
What is the reader knows what happened in HF, while we don't know why revenge is sought in TCOA.
200
What words can the Raven speak?
What is nevermore.
300
What was Gothic Literature a reaction against?
What is the reason and rationalism of the times.
300
This was Poe's definition of poetry.
What is the rhythmic creation of beauty.
300
This is the institute that Hawthorne was taking a shot at.
What is church.
300
The literary term "unreliable narrator" best describes the narrator in what story?
What is "The Black Cat."
300
What is the setting of the poem?
What is midnight in a bleak December.
400
What inspired Gothic Literature?
What is medieval architecture.
400
Poe's family/love life was affected by this disease.
What is tuberculosis.
400
Nathaniel Hawthorne's stories are different than Poe's stories in what way?
What is they leave more ambiguous.
400
In "The Black Cat," what disease does the narrator suffer from?
What is alcoholism.
400
Why is the speaker so depressed?
What is he lost his wife, Lenore.
500
This is how you find yourself under the Gothic style.
What is by being pushed to the brink of insanity.
500
Who are Poe's two mothers?
Who are Frances Allen, and Elizabeth Arnold Poe
500
What does this story say about human nature?
Answers will vary.
500
What is Hop Frog's breaking point?
What is when the King pushes down Trippetta, and throws wine in her face.
500
What is the symbolic meaning of the poem?
What is the speaker's feelings of depression, fear, anxiety, etc. will never leave him. Basically, he will never get over losing Lenore.