Halloween ELA Literature and History

2. The decade of mental health practices that influenced Shutter Island’s setting.
4. The mental state of confusion or lack of clarity, often felt in eerie and suspenseful settings
6. Poe’s poem about a woman who died young.
11. A room where patients stayed in Waverly Hills for “sun treatment."
13. The unavoidable human end, a central theme in Poe’s writing.
16. The eerie weather on Shutter Island that symbolizes confusion and fear.
17. An underground tomb often used in Poe’s stories for horror.
18. A remote place on Shutter Island associated with hidden truths.
20. A type of fear or sadness, often tied to memories or haunting pasts, affecting both Poe’s characters and Shutter Island’s Teddy
22. A symptom of psychological struggle, common in both Shutter Island and Poe’s works
23. A state of deep mental or emotional suffering that many characters in Poe’s stories experience

1. The feeling of being cut off from others, seen at both Waverly Hills and Shutter Island.
3. Poe’s tale of a murder, featuring a heart under the floorboards.
5. The secure ward on Shutter Island for violent patients.
7. Haunting sounds heard by the narrator in “The Raven."
8. An experimental method used at Waverly Hills to treat tuberculosis.
9. The underground structure used to transport bodies out of Waverly Hills.
10. The effect of traumatic memories, as seen in Shutter Island’s Teddy and in several of Poe’s characters
12. The bird symbolizing death in Poe’s famous poem.
13. The macabre figure in Poe’s tale at a masquerade ball.
14. The room in Waverly Hills associated with paranormal activity.
15. The concept of separation seen on both Shutter Island and Waverly Hills.
16. An intense emotion felt in both the eerie settings of Waverly Hills and Poe’s stories.
19. The genre of Poe’s work, often featuring death and fear.
21. A recurring theme in Poe’s work, represented by the bird in “The Raven”