The votes have been compiled for the final quiz and the winners are revealed! There were some surprises–and some not so surprising–winners, losers, and close seconds. Hope everyone had a great semester, and good luck in your future endeavors.
Best Gothic Setting
Winner: The Asylum
Second Place: (Tie) Haunted House and Forest
Best American Gothic Thematic Element
Winner: Isolation
Second Place: Mirroring
Best Short Story
Winner: “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor
Second Place: (One vote less) “The Midnight Sun” by Rod Serling
Most Horrifying Text
Winner: It Follows
Second Place: (One v
ote short) The Shining
Most Disturbing Text
Winner: Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin (With 13 votes!)
Second Place: (not even close, three votes) Shutter Island
Best Supporting Female Character
Winner: Wendy Torrance from The Shining (14 votes!)
Second Place: Sabbath Lily from Wise Blood (5 votes)
Best Supporting Male Character
Winner: Chuck from Shutter Island
Second Place: Danny Torrance from The Shining
Best Female Protagonist
Winner: Rosemary Woodhouse from Rosemary’s Baby (11 votes)
Second Place: Jay from It Follows (5 votes)
Best (sometimes worst) Male Protagonist
Winner: Teddy Daniels from Shutter Island
Second Place: Jack Torrance from The Shining
Best Villain
Winner: Satan (ironically, 6 votes)
Second Place: (tie with 5 votes each) Witches and “It” from It Follows
Best Author
Winner: (tie with 7 votes each) Flannery O’Connor and Edgar A. Poe
Best Text of the Semester
Winner: (8 votes) Shutter Island
Second Place: (5 votes) The Shining
English 2001: American Gothic 