Across
- 2. First name of Frankenstein’s ambitious creator
- 4. Crippled child who says “God bless us, every one” in Dickens’ tale
- 5. Merry old soul from a famous nursery rhyme
- 7. Character whose specs spark fire and conflict on the island
- 8. Nurse celebrated for her work during the Crimean War
- 11. Bard behind Macbeth and many other tragedies
- 12. Scottish thane whose ambition leads to regicide and ruin
Down
- 1. Fourteen-line poem often linked to Shakespeare’s love and art
- 3. Dark literary style full of mystery, horror, and the supernatural
- 5. Poem about a shattered statue and the hubris of kings
- 6. Shell that symbolizes order and authority among stranded boys
- 9. Title of Poe’s haunting gothic poem that repeats “Nevermore”
- 10. Author who penned Pride and Prejudice with wit and irony
- 12. Farmer ousted by animals in Orwell’s allegorical novel