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Warm UpWarm Up  Please write 5 facts you learned about Poe from this video!  XW4tvX3cYwkGsObIxlbBSxIs XW4tvX3cYwkGsObIxlbBSxIs

Edgar Allan Poe IntroEdgar Allan Poe Intro  Edgar Allan Poe ( ) was an American author. He is credited as the master of horror and the creator of detective stories.  Poe was born in to poverty and lived most of his life in poverty, working as an author and literary critic  He was abandoned by his father at birth and his mother died of tuberculosis soon after leaving him as a foster child to Mr. and Mrs. Allan  At 27 Poe married his cousin Virginia Clemm only 13, she dies of tuberculosis at age of 24.  1849 two years after Virginia’s death Poe disappears for 5 days in Baltimore and is found ill in the streets he dies a few days later. His death is still a mystery.

Intro to Gothic LiteratureIntro to Gothic Literature  After transcendentalism and nature came….  Anti-Transcendentalism or Gothic ;.A pessimistic offshoot of romanticism  Known as the “Dark Side of Individualism” Gothic writers took a pessimistic view of humans and saw the potential for evil in all people  The focus on imagination in Romanticism led to a focus on the demonic, the fantastic, and the insane for Gothic.  ‘Essential truths’ about life were found in extreme situations or the darker side of human nature (greed, betrayal, fear, etc.) On a dark and stormy night…

Famous Gothic WritersFamous Gothic Writers Washington Irving Nathaniel HawthorneEdgar Allan Poe

The Plague: Black DeathThe Plague: Black Death  It was a pandemic- killed everyone indiscriminately  In the years it was estimated to have killed 75 to 300 million people in Europe  It was spread by fleas on rats  People thought it was caused by bad smells, shut themselves in to avoid it.  Poe’s red death is fictional but combines the elements of the black death with symptoms of tuberculosis

A MasqueA Masque  Also known as a masquerade  A black tie costume party  At the time something the wealthy would throw in their mansions or castles.

The Masque of The Red Death  Text Reading

Group ActivityGroup Activity  Trace Prince Prospero through the Abbey during the masquerade.  Work to identify the symbolism with in the story.  Create your own mask utilizing textual evidence, symbols, and character analysis.

Closure  How does Poe’s diction set the mood?  XW4tvX3cYwkGsObIxlbBSxIs XW4tvX3cYwkGsObIxlbBSxIs