Authors “Usher”“Raven”“Minister”Moby Dick
Nathaniel Hawthorne Hawthorne’s most famous piece of writing
Nathaniel Hawthorne Answer: What is The Scarlet Letter
Edgar Allan Poe Cause of Poe’s darkness
Edgar Allan Poe Answer: What is father was a drunk & left Mother died when he was young Foster parents would never adopt him Foster father remarried & wouldn’t give him money
Nathaniel Hawthorne Source of darkness
Nathaniel Hawthorne Answer: What is his ancestor was a judge in the Salem Witch Trials. He changed his name from Hathorne to Hawthorne so he wouldn’t be associated to them
Herman Melville Where he got his ideas for writing
Herman Melville Answer: What is from his personal experiences at sea AND/OR reading other sea writings
Edgar Allan Poe Type of stories he laid the foundation for
Edgar Allan Poe Answer: What is detective stories Example: Sherlock Holmes
“Usher” Who dies?
“Usher” Answer: Who is Roderick & Madeline Usher
“Usher” Activities narrator does with Usher to cheer him up
“Usher” Answer: What is painting, reading, writing, listening to music All activities turn negative though
“Usher” The way the title fits the story
“Usher” Answer: What is the house that the Ushers own fell Or The family name fell – no more Ushers
“Usher” How the narrator knows Usher
“Usher” Answer: What is they were childhood friends – Usher sends the narrator a letter
“Usher” Disease the sister has
“Usher” Answer: What is catalepsy – the victim loses sensation and the ability to move the limbs or entire body
“Raven” The sound the narrator hears
“Raven” Answer: What is a tapping at the door
“Usher” Definition of atmosphere
“Usher” Answer: What is the mood or feeling created in a piece of writing
“Raven” The name of the bird, so the narrator thinks
“Raven” Answer: What is Lenore
“Raven” The cause of the shift of feeling from the narrator to the bird
“Raven” Answer: What is when the narrator says he’ll see “Lenore,” the raven says, “Nevermore.” The narrator thinks the bird means he’ll never see Lenore again.
“Raven” The symbol of the bird
“Raven” Answer: What is the love of Lenore OR His mental instability
“The Minister’s Black Veil” Does the veil come off ever
“The Minister’s Black Veil” Answer: What is NO
“The Minister’s Black Veil” Two places he wears the veil
“The Minister’s Black Veil” Answer: What is a funeral and a wedding
“The Minister’s Black Veil” Symbol of the veil
“The Minister’s Black Veil” Answer: What is secret sins
“The Minister’s Black Veil” Reason others feel he wears the veil
“The Minister’s Black Veil” Answer: What is they think he has a secret sin. Maybe had something to do with the little girl from the funeral. One lady saw her body shudder & saw their spirits walking together.
“The Minister’s Black Veil” Way Elizabeth’s views of the veil change throughout the story
“The Minister’s Black Veil” Answer: What is at first she hates it & wouldn’t marry him. At the end she is the one who tells the others to leave it on.
Moby-Dick Reason why Ahab wants to kill Moby
Moby-Dick Answer: What is revenge – Moby took his leg.
Moby-Dick Reward for spotting Moby
Moby-Dick Answer: What is a gold ounce
Moby-Dick Characterization of Moby
Moby-Dick Answer: What is big, mean, dented brow, harpoon holes, intelligent malignity, tough
Moby-Dick Symbol of Moby
Moby-Dick Answer: What is evil Examples: everything bad is blamed on him p. 321 He is immortal p. 324 Ubiquitous p. 323 Intelligent malignity p. 324
Moby-Dick Reason crew decides to join Ahab in 2 nd section even though some (like Starbuck) are against it to start with
Moby-Dick Answer: What is the isolation has made them all crazy OR They fear being called out for mutiny