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Unit 9 Subtle Gui（第1页）

Unit9SubtleGuilt

Naggingguiltislikegraypaintsplashedoverlife’ssparklis。

—SallyShannon

UnitGoals

Afterlearudeed

·tolearnabouttheDarkRomantiditscharacteristics，

·toknooeasaAmeriwriter，

·touhethemeofguiltanddexploremihetexts，

·tobeatedwithE。E。gs’spoems，

·tolearnsomeusefulressionsfromtheunit，and

·tlishlanguageskills，uniskillsandcritiking。

BeforeYouRead

1。Thefolklblackcatsvariesfromculturetoculture。Readthefollraphandfillintheblankswiththegivenchoices。

In1），blackcatsareasymbolofgoodluck。The2）believethatastrangeblackcat’sarrivaltothehomesignifiesprosperity。In3），afairyknowhtakestheformofablackcat。Blackcatsarealsoodlu4）。Furthermore，itisbelievedthataladywhoownsablackcatwillhavemanysuitors。However，iory，blackcatshaveoftenbeenlookeduponasasymbolofevilomens，specifigsuspectedofbeingthepanionsofwitdsomostofwesternandsouthern5）siderstheblackcatasasymbolofbadluck，especiallyifohserson，whichisbelievedtobeanomenofmisfortuh。In6），somebelievethatblackcatsgaperson’spathfrhttoleft，isabadomen。Butfromlefttht，thecatisgrantingfavorabletimes。

2。TheBlackeofEdgarAllamemorableworksofhorror，andalsoastudyofthepsychologyofguilt。Readthefollowingquotesonguiltandshareywithyourpeersintheclass。

&hetaxthatcepaystoguilt。

b。Guiltisperhapsthemostpainfulpah。

c。Guiltuponthece，likerustuponiron，bothdefilesa，gnaingintoit，asthatdoeswhichatlasteatsouttheveryheartandsubstaal。

d。Guiltisaourselves—atwhatwedidordidisaothers—atwhattheydidordidnotdo。

3。Froupsofthreeorfourstudents。Trytofiorinthelibrary，informationabouttheDarkRomantidEdgarAllanPoe。GiveapresentationabouthowthecharacteristicsofDarkRomanticismarereflePoe’sworks。

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