Quiz 3 Flashcards
what was the romantic period of literature
The political and economic atmosphere at the time heavily influenced this period, with many writers finding inspiration from the French Revolution. There was a lot of social change during this period.
what is gothic literature
- romantics rejected reason and empiricism
- intuition, imagination, emotin, and communion with nature
- subtype of romantic literature
what author wrote the Mask of the Red death
edgar allen poe
what happened to edgar allen poe’s parents
mother died when he was 2 and his father left
who raised poe
his foster father
what did poe’s foster father want him to be
he wanted him to get into business just like he did
why did poe’s foster father disown him
because Poe wanted to become a writer
what university did poe drop out of
university of Virginia
how much money did poe’s foster father give him that lead to him dropping out
$150
who did poe’s fiance marry
someone else
what happened after poe went to the army
he got expelled from west point
when did poe start writing poetry
as a teenager
was poe paid a lot for his published work
no
what jobs was poe getting
working at a magazine job, and the magazine that he owned failed
what did poe do with his cousin,what happened to his cousin after
- married her when she was 13, she died from tuberculosis at age 24
what was sad about poe’s death
his wife had died, his old fiance was widowed and they were planning to get married then when he stopped in Baltimore he was found dead outside a tavern in clothes that were not his and he was in a delirium and later died after
what were poe’s demons
Alcoholism and other substances
did poe’s readers think he was insane himself
yes
what type of writing did poe write
literary criticism, he is known for his short stories about the raven
what was poe considered a father of
modern detective fiction and horror tales
what well known modern writer loved poe’s work
stepehen king
did poe make money off of his writing, and what did he say we needed better laws on
- no he didn’t and he lectured on better copy right laws
what did poe claim about poetry
that is should be beautiful above all else
why did he write gruesome things
he believed in the insanity of art
are poe’s stories part of the gothic genre
yes
what was poe’s most famous work
the raven
what is a MASQUE
a former entertainment in the 16th century with music, singing and dancing
what were the main characteristics of the red death
dizziness, bleeding on the pores, 1/2 an hour before you die
who is the main character in the MOTRD
prince prospero he is not a nice guy
what is the setting of the MOTRD
castled abbey in the country
what does the prince do to escape the read death
hid in one of the rooms in the abbey
what does the external world could take care of itself
they thought that they were better than the other people and that they wouldn’t be affected
what were some gothic elements in the Masque
- the weird castellated abbey
- prince getting mad bc of the red death
- the six chambers
- the red death became a thief in the night
is the MOTRD an allegory
yes because it shows that death is unavoidable
what did the rooms represent
seven stages of life or the 7 deadly stems
what does prince prospero represent
that you can’t buy your way out of death
what does the clock represent
that you can’t buy your wau out of death or situaitns
what evidence of the seven deadly sins are in the story
pride/vanity; envy; gluttony, lust,wrath/anger,greed, sloth/laziness
what was the setting of the raven
midnight at night
who was the narrator and why was he suffering
the narrator is upset about lenore his ex wife and he is looking for some comfort because lenore has died and is hoping that if he reads his books then everything will be okay
what is the narrator struggling with
finding reason and the narrator is in high emotion and in grief and he is trying to use reason to not open the door
what does the raven represent
grief
what is the significance of the raven perching above the bust of the pallas athena
the bird sitting on top and it shows how the bird is sitting on wisdom and grief has more of an impact than wisdom
how does the narrator react to the raven at first
the narrator was marvelled because the bird is speaking to him and then insinuates that the bird came from hell
what does the raven keep saying
nevermore
what does the narrator say will happen with the raven
that the raven will leave him just like the other people have left him before
where did the narrator say the raven learned the word from
a master
what is a trochee
a metrical foot with two syllables, the first one accented and the second unaccented
what is an octameter
8 metrical feet which is 16 syllables
what is alliteration
repitition of the same initial sounds in words that are close together
what is assonance
repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together
what is onomatopoeia
words that sound like the sounds they represent
rustling of each purple curtain
what is personification
attribution of human characteristics to an animal
what is imagery
words that describe visual images and thus appeal to our senses
what is an allusion
brief refernce to a person,place, or thing or idea from history
what wicked thing did the white man give to the native americans
alcohol and it was referenced as the poision
where did red jacket get his coat
the british gave it to him and he did not want to assimilate with the other white men
how did his position change in the war of 1812
used his infkuence to convince the seneca to side with the Americans during the war of 1812
with what greeting does he address the missionaries
he calls them brothers
who called the meeting
the native americans or the boston missonary society
red jacket explains that the great spirit gave what
the land and the animals to them because he loves his red childen
what evil substanced killed thousands according to red jacket
alcohol
what was another reason red jacket could not accept the white man’s religin
- white men has tricked the inidans and he saw hyprocrict
what is red jacket’s attitude toward the attempt to christianize the Seneca tribe
red jacket said the great spirit made them and that his group would reconsider after seeing how the Christians would behave toward the native americans
