Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Tuesday, November 27, The Masque of the Red Death

Objective: By the end of class, students will comprehend the usage of ALLEGORY and analyze the beginning of Edgar Allan Poe's The Masque of the Red Death and identify allegorical components.

DO NOW
  In a paragraph form, tell me five things about the Black plague. 25 points. I am grading for grammar and sentence structure as well as content.  You may use your notes.

Direct Instruction

VOCABULARY  WORD - 

Noun form = profusion

Adjective form = profuse

Use each properly in a sentence!
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Read / listen /  interpret pages 420 - 423 -answer the following questions - 

1. What is allegorical about the names of the characters?
2. Describe each of the seven rooms that lead from East to West.
3. What does Poe's description of the rooms suggest about their allegorical meaning? What might each room represent?
4. How do the colors of the last room affect the mood or emotional atmosphere of the story? 
5. What is the literal meaning / purpose of the clock?
6.Why is the giant clock in the last room and what does it symbolize?

Exit Pass

Identify three things from the story that clearly suggest it is an allegory for the black plague. 

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