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Free Write What scares you? Literary Movement which began in
1764 with the publication of English author Horace Walpoles novel
The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story. Discuss with your table what
you believe to be the elements of a scary/Gothic story. Make a list
to share with the group. What components do horror stories
typically have? Example: Murder Elements of Horror Literature
Terror Madness & Insanity Ghosts Haunted Houses Darkness The
Best Scary Story Origin Youll Ever Hear
The year: 1818 The players: Lord Byron (British poet), Percy
Shelley (British poet), John Polidori (British writer), and Mary
Shelley (wife of Percy) The contest: To see who could come up with
the scariest story The winner? Gothic Literature Timeline A Spooky
Century
Dracula 1897 Frankenstein 1817 The Tell-Tale Heart 1843 The Legend
of Sleepy Hollow 1820 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1886 The Monkeys Paw
1902 What is it about that Gothic Lit?
The hypothalamus in the brain signals to the adrenal glands that
it's time to produce adrenaline and other stress hormones. The
adrenal glands produce adrenaline by transforming the amino acid
tyrosine into dopamine. Oxygenation of dopamine yields
noradrenaline, which is then converted into adrenaline. Adrenaline
binds to receptors on the heart, arteries, pancreas, liver, muscles
and fatty tissue. By binding to receptors on the heart and
arteries, adrenaline increases heart rate and respiration, and by
binding to receptors on the pancreas, liver, muscles and fatty
tissue, it inhibits the production of insulin and stimulates the
synthesis of sugar and fat. What is it about that Gothic Lit?
More commonly known as an ADRENALINE RUSH. There is a chemical
reaction that happens in your brain when you are exposed to fearful
stimuli. Edgar Allan Poe Where was the detective story before Poe
breathed the breath of life into it? Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of
Sherlock Holmes In 1841, before the word detective had entered the
English language, Poe published the first modern detective story
The Murders in the Rue Morgue. In this tale, Poe established the
prototype future mystery writers would follow. First, there would
be a seemingly impossible crime, in this case a double murder
occurring inside a room still locked from the inside. Then the
detective character analyzes the clues in order to solve the
mystery. To explain to the audience just how intelligent the
detective is, the narrator is not the detective but his slightly
dim-witted side-kick. (www.poemuseum.org) Edgar Allan Poe 1809 -
1847 Horror Short Stories Berenice
The Black Cat The Fall of the House of Usher The Masque of the Red
Death The Pit and the Pendulum The Premature Burial Question for
you: What is insanity?
Poe & Insanity Question for you: What isinsanity? From The
Simpsons: Lisa looks in awe as her rival classmate has created a
diorama depicting The Tell-Tale Heart, using a ticking metronome
beneath the floorboard to represent the victims beating heart.
Question for you: What is insanity?
Poe & Insanity Question for you: What is insanity? Insanity:
doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different
results. -Albert Einstein Question for you: What is insanity?
Poe & Insanity Question for you: What is insanity? Insanity is:
mental illness of such a severe nature that a person cannot
distinguish fantasy from reality, cannot conduct her/his affairs
due to psychosis, or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive
behavior. Poe & Insanity Question for you: What is insanity?
According to U.S. law, if a person commits murder but is found
legally insane, they are not responsible for their actions and will
be given psychiatric treatment in lieu of jail. Do you agree with
this? Poe & Insanity We will be splitting into two teams: the
PROSECUTION and the DEFENSE. The prosecution will set out to prove
that the narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart was not insane and is
responsible for his actions. The defense will set out to prove that
the narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart was insane when he committed
the murder and is not responsible for his actions.