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What is Gothic Literature?

Gloomy or haunted setting Unreliable, tormented narrator Psychological, physical, or supernatural evil Doomed romance Happy endings? Not likely Will you escape this mansion and have a happy ending? Let's find out...

Where should you never go in a haunted house?Up the stairs? Through a door? Down the hall?

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Gothic Literature includes Romantic, Horror, Southern, and Modern subgenres. Learn more here is thought of as Literature's first "true Gothic novel."

Jane Eyre

Frankenstein

The Castle of Otranto

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Mary Shelley wrote the classic novel Frankenstein. Click to read more about her and then answer the question: After her husband's death, what did Mary Shelley keep with her? (if the link button does not work, copy and paste this in your browser https://rosenbach.org/blog/mary-shelleys-indestructible-heart/

His wedding ring

His watch

His heart

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Southern Gothic is set in the American South and explores madness, decay, despair, and the supernatural. Read more here:

What do the decaying settings often symbolize in Southern Gothic?

Nothing. They're just places

An old alligator

The weight of history

It's not correct...

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On the wall, there is a framed picture titled "A Streetcar Named Desire." What Southern Gothic playwright wrote a play with the same title?

Tony Kushner

Tennessee Williams

Lorraine Hansberry

Rummage through the items on the desk. Find the key to continue

Continue exploring the house

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Who is another Gothic writer whose tales send chills up readers' spines?

Eugenia Price

Tennessee WIlliams

Edgar Allan Poe

Beverly Cleary

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A voice from behind says "Welcome to my house! Enter freely. Go safely, and leave something of the happiness you bring!" To whom does this mysterious voice belong? (hint: Bram Stoker)

Count Dracula

Jacob Marley

Pennywise the Dancing Clown

Captain Hook

“Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!”

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Indulge Count Dracula for a moment. Remember these notes and play them on the piano in the correct order

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...Keep playing

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...One more

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Try again...

You found a new item for your inventory

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How are you going to get out of here?!

Introduce el código secreto

Código(224)

Safely store the old man's heart by clicking on the box.

You finally realize that the only way out is through the cellar and catacombs

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A skull emerges from the darkness and tells you the tale of his death.

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Follow Fortunato to the exit

Remove the bricks to find your way out.

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congratulations

You made it through the decaying mansion in one piece, but there is one more puzzle to solve

Sure you want to go out?

You will lose all the progress so far...

Back

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