The Masque of the Red Death
Name one of the symptoms of the Red Death.
Profuse bleeding, seizures, sharp pains, sudden dizziness.
What did the masks symbolize?
Fear
Watch the clip and then answer the teacher's question.
Payback
Indirect characterization
After being shot with a taser, the drunk man screamed and ______ in agony on the ground.
Writhe/Writhed
Which vocabulary word is best illustrated by the following video clip?
Summer of Sam
Throng
Why did Prince Prospero throw a masquerade ball?
To distract his guests from the Red Death.
What did the abbey or castle symbolize?
Man's efforts to stave off or avoid death
What is ironic about Prince Prospero?
His name. Because it means "prosperous".
In the sixth season finale of Game of Thrones, the Night King launched a full-scale invasion of the Seven Kingdoms from his frozen _________ North of the Wall.
Dominion
What vocabulary word is best captured by the following clip?
300
Dauntless
What was the color of the first room?
Blue
What does the green room symbolize? What life stage and what does the color itself symbolize?
150 points each
Adolescence and Spring
What literary device is used by the writers in this scene from Game of Thrones?
Tyrion
Direct characterization
Define the following vocabulary word
GAUNT
Lean and haggard, skinny
What vocabulary word does this video clip best illustrate?
Children of Men
Cessation
What was Prince Prospero's reaction to the intruder?
He was outraged because he thought that the "man" was mocking them by dressing up as the Red Death.
What life stage did the white room symbolize and why? 200 points each
Old age. Hair turns white in old age.
Give an example of foreshadowing in Masque of the Red Death? What happens in the very beginning of the story that predicts what happens in the end?
Prospero sealed the keep and welded the gates so that no one could enter or leave. In the end, none of the guests were able to escape the Red Death.
What vocabulary word best describes Denzel in the following clip?
Gaudy
What vocabulary word is best illustrated by Morgan Freeman in this video clip?
Lean on Me
Disapprobation
What is the mood of the masquerade ball?
Tense or suspenseful. Madness will also be accepted.
What is symbolic of the rooms being arranged from east (blue) to west (black/red)?
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, symbolizing the life cycle.
What is Erudius? Watch the clip and find out.
A symbol of freedom.
Professor Camunali finally renounced his belief in aliens after years of exhaustive research yielded no ________ proof of extraterrestrial life.
Tangible
Define the vocabulary word that you hear in the following movie clip.
Generations
Emanate--to emit or be produced from
What was different about the seventh room, besides the fact that it had two colors?
The ebony clock or the fact that the guests stayed away from it.
Why did the color purple symbolize the life stage of young children?
Because purple is associated with royalty and young children are demanding and difficult to control.
OH LOOK YOU GOT FAKED OUT BY MR. MCCARTHY!
IT'S NOT A LITERARY DEVICE
IT'S ANOTHER VOCAB WORD -- DISSOLUTION!
DEFINE IT!
The break up of an organization or official body. Or the decomposition of the flesh.
Define the vocabulary word in the following video clip.
Snow White and the Huntsman
Wane--to diminish, weaken, fade, lessen in vigor or power
Once you hit the buzzer you have exactly five seconds to use the word august in a sentence (not the month!).
AUGUST
Teacher evaluation
Name the colors of all seven rooms in the correct order.
Blue, purple, green, orange, white, violet, black-red.
The character in the following clip is portrayed as being a very wise figure. Identify a common form of symbolism that is used by the director to make him seem wise.
His white beard.
What is the theme of the Masque of the Red Death?
Death is inevitable. You can't cheat death. You can't escape death.
An illusion or apparition, usually terrifying in nature.
Phantasm
Fill in the Blank
Eric's arms and legs were ________ as he slowly made his way back to the dugout after hitting an inside-the-park home run.
Tremulous