The Feather Pillow
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At the beginning of The Feather Pillow, what gives the young bride "hot and cold shivers"
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Honeymoon
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How does the author describe Alicia and Jordan's house
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White and cold
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What does Alicia do during a typical day
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Waits Jordan return from Work
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With what does Alicia first become ill
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Fluz
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What do the doctors find wrong with Alicia
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Do not know
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In the depths of her illness, Alicia imagines she see what
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Her husband try to kill her
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During his wife's illness, it becomes clear that Jordan feels what about his wife
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Love his wife deeply
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What causes Alicia's death
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Little creature
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What does the feather pillow have to do with Alicia's death
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The creature "parsite" sucks her blood
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The tale of Alicia and pillow most closely resembles what legend
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Legend about earwigs burrow in people brain
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What is a Gothic theme that can be found in both The Feather Pillow and A Rose for Emily
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House with secret evil
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Unlike the Gothic fiction of Faulkner, Poe, or Hawthorne, Quirinal's story is a product of what culture
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Product of Latin American culture
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The Feather Pillow and A Rose for Emily both use the Gothic form to show the effects of what
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Isolation for women in old-fashioned communities
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What details from the story help the reader predict the outcome of the story
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"Then her sobs subsided, and she stood a long while her face hidden in the hollow of his neck, not moving or speaking a word.
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Horacio Quiroga, like Edgar Allan Poe, believed that every word and action in a short story should build to a unified emotional effect. What effect do you think Quiroga was trying to achieve in The Feather Pillow? What aspects of his style show him trying to achieve that effect? How well do you think he achieved the effect and why?
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The effect Quiroga wishes to achieve is one of suspense in horror. The way author describe the house and Jordan's repeating footsteps are effective of horror for the audience back to his time.
