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Lovecraft's Themes
Literary Elements
Shunned House
Lovecraft Lexicon
Lovecraft's Influences
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Insanity
What is one of the major themes in The Shunned House.
100
the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
What is plot?
100
She was the wife of Captain William Harris who built the shunned house. She went insane after her husband and children's deaths, before dying herself.
Who is Rhoby Harris?
100
of or like a ghost.
What is spectral?
100
Writer of gothic literature known for themes such as death and insanity.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
200
Basic premise that the universe is beyond human comprehension and that humanity's place is terrifyingly small.
What is Cosmic Horror?
200
It introduces main characters; provides background information; sets scene; establishes potential for conflict
What is Exposition?
200
He and his family were killed in a riot and buried on the same plot of land that the Harris built the shunned house.
Who is Etienne Roulet?
200
used to describe something that has appeared or grown rapidly and is considered unpleasant or unattractive.
What is funguous?
200
His math scores prevented his ability to do this branch of science.
What is Astronomy?
300
It is used to describe forbidden books or other information to which access is restricted or deprecated for political or religious reasons.
What is forbidden knowledge?
300
It is the unraveling of tensions; most questions answered; characters left to deal with consequences of conflicts
What is Resolution?
300
vampire that eats both blood and psychic energy.
What is the evil that was haunting the house?
300
a person who studies or collects antiques or antiquities.
What is antiquarian?
300
His aunt lived in the house and may have influenced Lovecraft to write this short novella.
What is the Shunned House?
400
Guilt carried by your ancestors and carried down your family line.
What is atavistic quilt?
400
It is the moment of greatest emotional intensity; turning point
What is the climax?
400
flamethrower, crooke's tube, sulphuric acid.
What are the weapons the narrator used on the evil in the hosue.
400
weird and sinister or ghostly.
What is eldritch?
400
dreams of night guants and other spectral images that scared him.
What is his nightmares?
500
The vampires draining and madness on the residents of Shunned House.
What is non-human influence on humans.
500
The most important element in H.P. Lovecraft's writing; time and place.
What is setting?
500
He fell asleep and dreamed, but awoke to find his uncle literally engulfed in yellow vapors and decaying in front of his eyes.
What is the narrator, Dr. Whipple's nephew?
500
of, resembling, or characteristic of demons or evil spirits.
What is daemonic?
500
the branch of science concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy. The subject matter of physics, distinguished from that of chemistry and biology, includes mechanics, heat, light and other radiation, sound, electricity, magnetism, and the structure of atoms.
What is Physics?