1. Do you think that the so-called “Goths” in today’s twenty-first century youth culture embody any of the traits and beliefs that define Gothic literature/architecture or the beliefs of the Romanticists? If so, which ones, and why? If not, why not? 2. Give an example of a film, television show, or play you have watched that seems to fit the Gothic genre. Describe at least its setting, characters, and mood, and also any other details that make you believe it fits the genre.
3.Characters in Gothic literature present their tales to us as “case studies,” in which they describe all the internal and external forces that have caused their situation to exist. Choose which of the following “forces” you think is MOST responsible for controlling the events in our lives, and explain why you think that one compared to all the others is the strongest factor. Choose from heredity, fate/destiny, the will of supernatural beings, society/peers, personal choice, fear, authority figures, past or present traumas, mental health issues, or love.
4. Imagine someone wanted to terrify you. What types of things or situations would cause you that kind of anxiety and dread just to think about the possibility of them coming true? If someone wanted to horrify you, what would have to happen to accomplish that? Can you think of something that would give you the sort of “fun terror” that good Gothic literature is supposed to create in a person? If so, what is it?
5.What purpose(s) do you think Gothic literature served for its authors during the Romantic period? We already know what purpose it is supposed to have for us as the audience (to terrify and horrify). But what personal, political, or social goals might an author try to satisfy in writing these stories of misfits, mysteries, monsters, melancholy, and the macabre? Discuss at least two such goals.

Nthis excerpt from act v of shakespeare's romeo and juliet, friar laurence's letter to romeo is not delivered due to circumstances beyond his control. what is the conflict in the scene?

Buck did not cry out. he did not check himself, but drove in upon spitz, shoulder to shoulder, so hard that he missed the throat. they rolled over and over in the powdery snow. spitz gained his feet almost as though he had not been overthrown, slashing buck down the shoulder and leaping clear. twice his teeth clipped together, like the steel jaws of a trap, as he backed away for better footing, with lean and lifting lips that writhed and snarled. read this passage. explain what the conflict shows about buck and spitz.

Plagiarism quiz read both the paragraph below and the information following it that identifies the source using the american psychological association format. then read each of the numbered statements and determine if each is plagiarized or not. circle “yes” if the statement is plagiarized, “no” if it is not, and then fix the “yes” answers). original source the presence of the taiwanese on everest was a matter of grave concern to most of the other expeditions on the mountain. there was a very real fear that the taiwanese would suffer a calamity that would compel other expeditions to come to their aid, risking further lives, to say nothing of jeopardizing the opportunity for other climbers to reach the summit. but the taiwanese were by no means the only group that seemed egregiously unqualified. camped beside us at base camp was a twenty-five-year-old norwegian climber named peter neby, who announced his intention to make a solo ascent of the southwest face, one of the peak’s most dangerous and technically demanding routes—despite the fact that his himalayan experience was limited to two ascents of neighboring island peak, a 20,274-foot bump that required little more than vigorous walking. krakauer, j. (1998). into thin air: a personal account of the mount everest disaster. new york: anchor books, 122 - 3. student samples yes 1. there was a very real fear that the taiwanese would suffer a calamity that would compel other expeditions to come to their aid(krakauer, 1998). no) 2. many climbers overestimate their abilities, as krakauer (1998) explains when he writes of peter neby, whose himalayan experience in the past “required little more than vigorous walking” (122 - 3). no 3. jon krakauer (1998) discusses other concerns besides those of unpredictable weather and his own climbing group’s capabilities. for example the existence of a taiwanese group on everest was a matter of serious unease to most everyone else on the mountain. yes/no 4. krakauer (1998) states that the taiwanese group was not the only inexpert climbers to attempt mt. everest: camped beside us at base camp was a twenty-five-year-old norwegian climber named peter neby. . [whose] himalayan experience was limited to two ascents of neighboring island peak, a 20,274-foot bump that required little more than vigorous walking (122 – 3). yes/no 5. the author asserts that the taiwanese “were by no means the only group that seemed egregiously unqualified.” yes/no 6. in his book into thin air, jon krakauer (1998) discusses many of the dangers he noted prior to his disastrous attempt to climb mt. everest in 1996. among them were encounters with other groups and individual climbers who were ill-trained and ill-equipped to handle the demands of such a climb.