GOTHIC LITERATURE

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• Origins 

• Conventions 

• Literary devices: alliteration, allusion, allegory, personification, symbolism, simile, and metaphor  

Readings: For each reading, answer the question using complete sentences. 

The Wife's Lament 

Bronte Poems 

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Young Goodman Brown

1. Who do you sympathize with: Young Goodman Brown or the townspeople who might be evil?

2. Young Goodman Brown returns to Salem a very changed man. Is he just over-reacting? Or are distrust and gloominess appropriate reactions to what he saw? Why?

3. What is this story trying to tell us about human nature? Are people bad by nature, or do we only end up harming ourselves by believing that the world is a bad place?

4. Did young Goodman Brown only dream "a wild dream of a witch-meeting?" Explain your opinion.

5. Is Young Goodman Brown a reliable narrator? Why or why not?

6. Name and explain 3 symbols in the story.

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The City in the Sea ​

1. What are some Gothic elements?

2. What is personified? Why did he use personification (what effect does it have)?

3. Why use alliteration?

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The Dance of Death 

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Final Assignment: Write a Gothic poem or short scene.