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Lit Exam 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Masque of the Red Death: | Red Death ravages the land, Prince Prospero isolates himself in a colored castle for a masquerade, only for a figure to appear at midnight, killing Prospero |
| The Birthmark: | Aylmer becomes obsessed with removing his wife Georgiana’s birthmark, and though his experiment succeeds in erasing the mark, it fatally costs her life |
| Origin of Stories: | Gaqka discovers a magical canoe that takes him on adventures guided by a mysterious voice and returns home as great storyteller and creator of legends |
| Artist of the Beautiful: | Owen Warland, a scorned watchmaker, in love with Annie , channels his passion into creating a butterfly timepiece, only for it to be destroyed by Annie’s child |
| The Poet: | describes the poet as a visionary, through connection with nature and language, reveals truths and the creative spirit central of society |
| Song of Myself: | poetic, sermon-like work asserts his unity with the universe, using grass as a phrase for universal democracy, views the social and spiritual ideals of his time. |
| The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: | Ichabod Crane competes with the bold Brom Bones for a farmer’s daughter, but after a encounter with the Headless Horseman, Crane vanishes |
| The Raven: | a man is visited by a mysterious raven that repeats “nevermore,” driving him into madness as he interprets the bird’s replies as confirmation of his lost love |
| Mishosha: | A young man, abandoned with his brother, is kidnapped by Mishosha but outwits him, ultimately defeating him and rescuing his brother |