The Feather Pillow

What details from the story help the reader predict the outcome of the story

"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.

What do the doctors find wrong with Alicia

Do not know

With what does Alicia first become ill

Fluz

In the depths of her illness, Alicia imagines she see what

Her husband try to kill her

At the beginning of The Feather Pillow, what gives the young bride "hot and cold shivers"

Honeymoon

What is a Gothic theme that can be found in both The Feather Pillow and A Rose for Emily

House with secret evil

The Feather Pillow and A Rose for Emily both use the Gothic form to show the effects of what

Isolation for women in old-fashioned communities

The tale of Alicia and pillow most closely resembles what legend

Legend about earwigs burrow in people brain

What causes Alicia's death

Little creature

During his wife's illness, it becomes clear that Jordan feels what about his wife

Love his wife deeply

Unlike the Gothic fiction of Faulkner, Poe, or Hawthorne, Quirinal's story is a product of what culture

Product of Latin American culture

What does the feather pillow have to do with Alicia's death

The creature "parsite" sucks her blood

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?

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.

What does Alicia do during a typical day

Waits Jordan return from Work

How does the author describe Alicia and Jordan's house

White and cold