The Boarded Window | Topics for Further Study
Conduct research to find out more about the opening of the American frontier in the early 1800s, particularly such aspects as settlement patterns and economic trends. Do the comments of the narrator in ‘‘The Boarded Window’’ aptly reflect what you have learned?
Read some supernatural horror stories, such as those of Edgar Allen Poe or H.P. Lovecraft. How do true ghost stories compare to ‘‘The Boarded Window’’?
Study gothic-type paintings such as Henry Fuseli’s ‘‘The Nightmare’’ (1871). What elements of the supernatural do these works contain?...
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