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Lesson 1 (from The Fall of the House of Usher)
Objective
Setting. Where a play, story or story takes place often affects the characters' personalities and the possibilities for plot. Setting is a usually carefully considered item in an author's set-up for fiction.
Objective: The objective of this lesson is to understand setting and how it relates to the story, why it is important and how an author sets up setting. The students should also be able to identify the setting in The Fall of the House of Usher and how the setting relates to the story, the plot and the characters.
Lesson
Class Discussion: Could The Fall of the House of Usher had been set anywhere? How does the setting make this a unique story? How do the people in The Fall of the House of Usher differ from the students' hometown? How does the setting affect the characters? The plot? The themes? Why is the...
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