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Edgar Allan Poe ESCAPE ROOM

Wendy Howk

Created on October 10, 2023

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fear stress & bravery ESCAPE ROOM

Edgar Allan POE

start

Introduction

"The ghost of Edgar Allan Poe is trapped in this house, doomed to wander through it until he recovers all his memories.To help him find them, you must first pass all the tests and get the missing items in your inventory. Explore the house and try not to get trapped yourself too..."

Explore the house

Inventory

01

Source: Judson portal>Library applicationsTexQuest>Britannica School

According to the article about Edgar Allan Poe, his parents were traveling actors and he was orphaned at age...

12

02

Edgar Poe was taken in by a merchant named John Allan. When John Allan became very wealthy, Poe thought...

he would be made a partner in the business

he would be the heir and inherit the money

he would be kicked out of the house

03

Edgar A. Poe dropped out of college because...

He drank alcohol and got sick.

He had failing grades.

He gambled and owed money

04

Poe joined the military and soon decided he would rather be an officer. He went to _______ but didn't like it and was expelled after only 8 months.

West Point

Annapolis

Colorado Springs

It's not correct...

Find the key to continue

Continue exploring the house

Inventory

01

The disease had sharpened my senses—not destroyed—not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. Use context clues to figure out the meaning of the highlighted word.

an angle less than 90 degrees

adorable, small and sweet

extremely sharp or intense

dulled, worn down

02

And this I did for seven long nights—every night just at midnight—but I found the eye always closed; and so it was impossible to do the work; for it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye.

to look at

disturb the peace of mind of

to make someone fearful

to calm someone down

03

In the enthusiasm of my confidence, I brought chairs into the room, and desired them here to rest from their fatigues, while I myself, in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim.

wild, crazy

hesitant, shy

aggressive or outright boldness

without thinking, brash

04

He was still sitting up in the bed listening;—just as I have done, night after night, hearkening to the death watches in the wall.

listen

look

hide

fearful

You found a secret message

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Remember these notes and play them on the piano in the correct order

01

...Keep playing

02

...One more

03

Try again...

You found a new item for your inventory

Continue exploring the house

Inventory

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Use the magnifying glass to find the code and then insert it into the typewriter.

224

Introduce el código secreto

Código(224)

What mood are the images and music trying to create?

01

insanity and fear

humor and silliness

death and despair

What conflicting emotions does the narrator feel about the old man?

02

forgiveness & anger

love & revulsion

adoration & fear

How is the narrator trying to prove he is not mad in this section of the story?

03

by taking care of the old man

by planning things out carefully

by only sneaking in at night

A briefcase appeared...

congratulations

You've recovered all the ghost's memories! Now he can finally rest and you can escape from the house!

"Handwritten text of Edgar Allan Poe." Gale In Context Online Collection, Gale, 2010. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/PC4295800253/MSIC?u=j015916&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=92e1c093. Accessed 11 Oct. 2023.

A portrait of Edgar Allan Poe was painted by William E. Winner, a neighbor of Poe's in the Spring Garden section of Philadelphia in 1843–44. A detail of the portrait is shown. Joan Broderick/Rare Book Department, Free Public Library of Philadelphia

Sure you want to go out?

You will lose all the progress so far...

Back

Exit

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Oh, no. Failure...