1. Unit Two The Human Condition -- Solitude Get Started: 1.Review Figurative Language 2.Gothic Literature Pre-Writing Activity 3.Introduce Gothic Literature and Edgar Allan Poe HOMEWORK: Review Grammar

2. Observe this photo (3 minutes)

3. Write about this photo and the observations you made (7 minutes)

4. Let’s share and discuss

5. Gothic Literature  Mood – gloom, horror, mystery, suspense  Horrifying or terrifying events  Haunted castles or structures in ruins  Dungeons, dark corridors, winding staircases  Bad omens and ancestral curses  Supernatural or unexplainable happenings  Women in distress

6. Edgar Allan Poe  His birth mother, adoptive mother, and wife all died of tuberculosis  Lived in poverty majority of his life  Struggled with alcohol, drug, and gambling addictions  Author of gothic literature  “The Masque of the Red Death”  “The Fall of the House of Usher”  “The Black Cat”  “The Tell-Tale Heart”  “The Raven”