Question
One of these events occurs after a couple studies “the wild pantheism of Fichte, the modified palingenesis of the Pythagoreans, and the doctrines of Identity as urged by Schelling.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this sort of event that the author of “Morella” called “unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world” in his essay “The Philosophy of Composition.”
ANSWER: the death of a beautiful woman [accept any answer that indicates that a woman, wife, or beauty is dying; prompt on answers that indicate only death by asking “of what sort of character?”]
[10e] Edgar Allan Poe’s Morella claims that death has even less horror for her than for one of these animals. Before dying, the title woman of “Ligeia” writes a poem about a “Conqueror” one of these animals.
ANSWER: worms [accept “The Conqueror Worm”]
[10h] In this Poe story, a painter exclaims “this is indeed Life itself!” after completing a “vignette… much in the style of the favorite heads of Sully” modeled on his wife, only to realize that she died while sitting for the piece.
ANSWER: “The Oval Portrait”
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Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 12 | 13.33 | 100% | 25% | 8% |