Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein becomes obsessed with discovering this
What is the secret of life?
The narrator's insistence that he is sane, despite his actions make him an example of this
What is an unreliable narrator?
The story starts off slow but intensifies gradually which is an example of this plot technique
What is slow build of tension?
What is the uncanny?
Highlighting, circling, underlining, taking notes etc. are all an example of this
What are annotations?
Storms and lightning appearing during key moments act as this literary device
What is pathetic fallacy?
The old man's eye is compared to this animal's eye
What is a vulture?
The candles going out one by one increase this feeling for both the narrator and reader
What is suspense?
Characters being physically or emotionally separated from others reflects this Gothic theme
What is isolation?
When inserting quoted evidence, writers should introduce it using this
What is a signal phrase?
Victor fearing his own creation represents this type of conflict
What is Man vs. Self?
The beating heart symbolizes this
What is guilt?
The narrator experiences this type of conflict in the Red Room
What is Man vs. Self?
Elizabeth in Frankenstein is an example of this
What is a female Gothic archetype?
MLA citations include the author's last name and this additional piece of information
What is the page number?
The monster only becomes evil because of this central theme
The narrator insists he is sane while planning and committing a murder, highlighting this type of tension between what a character thinks and what the reader perceives
What is dramatic irony?
The house and room's history of supposed hauntings create tension before anything actually happens, demonstrating this technique
What is foreshadowing?
What is Man vs. Unknown?
This punctuation is required when omitting words from a quotation
What is an ellipses in square brackets?
Victor's attempt to control life reflects Gothic anxieties about this
What is scientific advancement, or playing God?
As the story progresses, the narrator becomes less logical and more emotional, showing this Gothic element
What is psychological unravelling?
Wells suggests the true source of terror is not supernatural beings but this human experience
What is fear itself or the human mind/imagination?
The narrator's belief that the police knew he killed the old man in The Tell-Tale Heart, and the fear of the candles blowing out in The Red Room are both examples of this Gothic element
What is paranoia?
The P.E.E.D paragraph writing acronym stands for this
What is point, evidence, explain, develop?