Poe's Writer's Voice
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Objective
I can identify elements of Edgar Allan Poe's writer's voice.
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Warm-up video
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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Gothic literature is an extreme form of Dark Romanticism, often described as macabre, with plots involving madness or death.
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Horace Walpole wrote the first Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto, in 1764, while Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein in 1818.
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Edgar Allan Poe, often called the Father of Gothic literature, wrote poems like The Raven and short stories like The Fall of the House of Usher.
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Practice
12 questions
What is Gothic literature often described as, indicating its disturbing or horrifying nature?
Name two emotions that characters in Gothic literature frequently experience.
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Exit ticket
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“Name two elements of Edgar Allan Poe's writer's voice as discussed in the video. Explain how they were present in "Tell-Tale Heart" and in your Tell-Tale stories.”
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