AMERICAN HORROR

STORY: COVEN

ASSIGNMENT ONE
A Little Spiel About the Spells
American Horror Story: Coven is a television show about a coven of witches living in present day
New Orleans. The girls seem to reside in some sort of boarding school in the eyes of the outside world
outside but those within the coven know the real purpose. The purpose of the Coven is to keep the
witches protected and help them to meet other witches like themselves. And the coven helps the
witches to learn and understand their powers. These witches are all decedents from the Salem witch
trials. Within the coven there is one witch who holds all the powers; she is the Supreme. Outside of
the coven there are other witches residing in New Orleans. The other witches in New Orleans are not
quite witches because a witch does not need to use tools. These women practice the art of dark magic
and voodoo. All of these witches are living together in secrecy from the normal human society.

Assignment One
A

The Witch Hunt for the Best Assignment one is on. And I think you
found your winner.

Spells

Witch Craft

Fight to the top

YOULL FIND
Relevant Background Information
Actors
Observations
Interview
Analysis
Chart
Proposal

ACTORS

Fiona Goode:

Fiona is The Supreme she is a very confident

witch and she is what you would call That
Bitch. Fiona has been the supreme for decades
and does not care to give that title up. Fiona
recently found out she was dying and returned to
her coven to find the witch that is taking her
power and becoming the new Supreme. Fiona is
not to be messed with. She stated that the only
thing the whole world that the girls within her
coven have to be afraid of is her. Fiona also
stated that she is that witch, which she is. Fiona
contains every power and is not afraid to use her
magic for her benefit. Fiona is a shark so anyone
that cares to cross her path better hail the
Supreme or they may get bit.

Cordelia is Fionas daughter. Cordelia is mad at her

mother for leaving her at the coven as a child and
going to travel the world. Cordelia still loves her
mother a lot deep down. Cordelia is the head
mistress of the coven and is in charge of all of the
new witches. She is a very kind woman and doesnt
believe in using her magic against others or for the
wrong reasons. Cordelia is married to a cheating
husband and is unable to have a baby even though
that is her biggest desire. Cordelia will become the
new Supreme.

Cordelia Foxx:

Madison Montgomery:
Madison is a superstar bitch; her cover up for
the coven is a rehabilitating program her
publicist is making her do. Madison is
basically a little Fiona but not quite. Madison
is a bitchy little witch whose powers are
accelerating at phenomenal rates. Madison
believes she is the next Supreme and will kill
for her title. Madison is confident, beautiful,
and self-absorbed.

Marie Laveau:
Marie is the Voodoo Queen and she has been alive
for hundreds of years. Marie sold her soul and now
has immortality as long she brings the man she
sold her soul to a baby every year. Marie is the
leader of the of the voodoo witches and is a
powerful black woman. Marie settles the score for
African Americans whenever she sees fit. She
settled the last 10-year war between the Coven and
her voodoo witches. Marie is also not to be messed
with.

Madame Delphine LaLaurie:

Delphine Is a white Sadist from slavery times
who use to tortured and kill her slaves. Not only
did Delphine tortured African Americans she
also tortured her daughter when they plotted to
kill her. Marie killed Delphines family and
trapped her in a box for over 100 years for her
crimes against humanity. Fiona let Delphine out
the box to ask her how she stayed alive so long
and then made her into Queenies slaves, since
she hates African Americans so much. Delphine
feels out of place in todays times and is shocked
to find out we have an African American
president. Delphine slowly starts to like Queenie.

Zoe Benson:
Zoe is a sweet girl who upon having sex
for the time came to learn she was witch
with the power of killing people when
she has sex with them. Zoe is very sweet
and falls in love with a boy named Kyle
who she invests most of her time in.

Queenie:
Queenie is an African American witch
who is a real live voodoo doll. Whatever
Queenie does to herself others can feel.
Queenie is spunky and a virgin who just
wants to be loved. Queenies ancestor
was a slave and the first person in Salem
accused of being a witch.

Nan:
Nan is clairvoyant. She is really sweet
and very observant. She often reads
peoples minds and tells others what
she found out. She has a crush on the
neighbor and he likes her back. She
says she has a way with the fellas.

OBSERVATIONS
Observation 1: Fearful Pranks Ensue

5 minutes: A black boy who attended an all-white school for the first time was chased down and
hung in New Orleans 1961. Marie then conjured up a voodoo spell bringing up Zombies of civil war
veterans and creole people to kill the white men that killed the little boy. The opening song then
comes on. During the opening song a lot of images pop up of witchcraft and disturbing animals.
12 minutes: The butler Spalding comes downstairs from a tea party with his dolls to see Fiona killing
Madison. Spalding cleans up Madisons body and pours Fiona a drink while Fiona tells him Madison
would have made a lousy supreme. Fiona goes to the greenhouse and sees the aftermath of
Queenies rape by the Beast. Fiona and Cordelia work to help keep Queenie stay alive while also
arguing about Cordelia undermining Fionas authority and going to see Marie. Queenie dies and Fiona
brings her back to life but it seems to take a lot out of her. Delphine and Fiona talk about how the
beast was actually sent there for Delphine. Fiona kills the beast and sends its head to Maries hair
salon in a box.
17 minutes: Zoe talks to Kyle while he repeatedly bangs his head on the bathtub. Kyle is sad and says
he is no longer Kyle. Zoe goes to make Kyle some food and puts Rat poison in it but by the time she
gets back Kyle is gone. Zoe frantically goes to look for Kyle and realizes it is Halloween. Fiona is happy
because it is Halloween and that is her favorite day of the year. Fiona says she is going to let the whole
world in to get a good look at her tonight and then looks in the mirror and says, Whos the baddest
witch in town?
24 minutes: Marie starts to make a spell and has a discussion with someone within her coven
about the repercussions of starting another war. Cordelias husband has sex with someone else and it
seems as though the baby spell Cordelia cast may have worked on her instead. Queenie wakes up and
Delphine attempts to thanks her for saving her life. The council then arrives. The council arrives
because Nan summoned them on behalf of the fact she cannot hear Madison anymore and thinks that
she is dead. The council starts to question the coven.
30 minutes: Cordelias husband killed the girl that he had sex with; he met her online. The council
continues to question people. One of the council member tries to confront Fiona. Then a flashback to
the time right after Fiona killed her supreme was shown and the same witch suspected her of killing
her supreme then.
Observation 2: Boy Parts

5 Minutes: The episode starts with two men catching an alligator. The men kill the alligator and then
they go back to a spot where they illegally have all of the alligators that they caught. When they return
back to this place they find Misty Day who is presumed to be dead she has the power of resurgence.
Misty is a witch who has the ability to bring things back to life. Misty brings the alligators that the
men killed back to life and they then kill the men. Then the intro to every episode plays. After that the
song plays that often comes on in and out, throughout the episode. Then the head mistress Cordelia
tells the girls to come down to a house meeting. Zoe and Madison then talk about how Madison killed
Zoes boy crush. Cordelia tells Fiona to come down for food while Fiona talks to Delphine, who she
has hidden in secrecy in her room.
12 minutes: Fiona asks Delphine how she stayed alive in a box for so long. Queenie tells the story of
how she arrived at that coven. She killed a man at the chicken place that she worked at by dipping her
hand in oil so in return it happened to him; she is a voodoo doll basically. Then she says her ancestor
was a slave and the first person in Salem accused of being a witch. Detectives come and question
Madison and Zoe about the frat bus Madison turned over and the surviving frat boy. Zoe came to the
hospital and killed the boy that raped Madison. Zoe tells the cops the whole story she cant take the
heat Madison and Cordelia deny these facts but Cordelia cannot take control of the conversation.
Fiona comes down stairs and spits in 2 cups of water then she wills the detectives to drink it, one of
them tries to put up a fight but Fionas powers are too strong. Fiona then goes upstairs and slams the
girls around the room and tells them if the heat comes they close rank.
21 minutes: Fiona tells the girls the only thing they have to be afraid of in the whole world is her.
Madison decides to help Zoe since she killed the guy the raped her. The girls break into the morgue
because Madison stole a reincarnation spell from Cordelia. Madison decides to put together the
perfect boy for Zoe so she brings the boy Zoe had a crush on back to life. Madison uses other dead
boys from the crashs body parts to put together Zoes boy. Cordelia goes to the hospital and the
doctor tells her she still cannot have a child, her husband suggested they use magic but Cordelia does
not want to because she says it is dark, which escalated to a fight between her and her husband. Fiona
again asks Delphine how she has immortality. Delphine tells Fiona about Marie Laveau tricked her
and gave her a portion of immortality for her sins against humanity. Laveau also killed Delphines
family and told her that they had horrible deaths then she locks Delphine in a box and buries her
there.
25 minutes: The girls sew Kyle the dead boys body parts back on and recite the reincarnation spell
but it does not seem to work. Zoe tells Madison to sit in the car while she searches for her phone. As
Madison is outside a car pulls up so Madison gets in the car and says Good luck bitch. Zoe is inside
telling Kyle that she is sorry she then gives him a kiss and then a scene of Misty walking appears and
then the scene switches back to Zoe. A man that works at the morgue comes in so Zoe quickly hides he
tries to turn on the light but it does not work.
30 minutes: The man at the morgue sees Zoe and asks her what she is doing when Kyle comes alive
from behind him and kills him Zoe stops him. Kyle does not seem the same he is less human like and
more animal like. The scene then flips back to Misty. Nan starts to complain about something being
too loud she is clairvoyant. Queenie does not hear anything so she follows Nan to see what is wrong.

Nan lets Delphine free Delphine then moves pass Queenie and says Move slave. Queenie say Bitch
who you calling a slave, then Delphine hits her in the head while she isnt looking. Fiona and Laveau
have a conversation as to how witches and people who do voodoo are the same and different. Fiona
asks Laveau for the secret to how she has stayed alive so long.

Observation 3: The Replacements

5 minutes: Fiona cannot sleep she reaches for her medicine and then a flashback comes into screen
Fiona is now young and talking to her supreme. They talk about how someone knows when they are
about to become supreme and Fiona says she will be the next one. Fiona then kills her supreme after
her supreme makes a threat that Fiona will be in hell before she gets a chance to be supreme. Fiona
cuts her Supremes throat and says see you there. Then she turns and sees that the butler she nods
and he smiles. Then present day comes and Fiona is in the exact same spot looking at the picture of
her supreme she turns around and see the butler and says Whats the matter; cats got your tongue
and gave him her drink then walks away. Then the beginning song comes on.
11 minutes: Fiona goes to a plastic surgeon for her face because she feels as though she has lost her
dance. Zoe goes to visit Kyles mother who is smoking weed through a bowl Zoe tells Kyles mother
she will see him again. The girls watch as their new hot neighbors move in his mom doesnt seem to
like the girls. Delphine sees that there is a black president and is in denial then Fiona orders Delphine
to be the house maid. Madison talks about Nan and Queenie being virgins but Nan isnt one. Delphine
refuses to serve Queenie because she is black. Queenie almost smacks Delphine then Fiona comes
down stairs and orders Delphine to be Queenies slave. Fiona then says there is nothing she hates
more than a racist.
19 minutes: Zoe and Misty get into a fight over Kyle. Misty wants Zoe to stay but Zoe wants to get
Kyle back to his mother. Kyle choses Zoe then Misty gets sad and starts dancing. Madison and Zoey go
over to meet the next door neighbor Nan brings his favorite cake, Madison brings a hot dress. The
neighbor seems more interested in Nan his mother then storms in and makes a smart remark Is this
the welcoming committee, then asks the girls to go because she about to go to church. Madison says
church is a Crock of shit, then the mother tries to take the knife Madison was cutting the cake with
and Madison flung it across the room the mother orders them to leave and never talk to her son again.
24 minutes: Madison sets the neighbors curtain on fire with her power she didnt even know she
had. Zoe takes Kyle back to his mother even though he didnt seem to want to go. The doctor tells
Cordelia she cannot have children while simultaneously another doctor is telling Fiona she cant get
plastic surgery because her body is breaking down. The neighbor mom comes to snitch on Madison
and Fiona condones Madisons behavior saying she needs to work on her aim, because the neighbor
said the knife missed her by an inch. She then tells her that Madison set her curtain in fire which
sparks Fiona attention Madison tells the neighbor she conjured the devil and thats how the curtains
combusted which scared the neighbor off. Madison and Fiona then talk.

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31 minutes: Kyles mother sees that his body parts are not the same then she starts to molested him
and he starts to cry. Cordelia goes to Marie Laveau for a poison for her to have a baby and Laveau
seems to be for it, for only 50 thousand in cash. Cordelia wants to do it and Laveau says no because of
Fiona. Cordelia starts to cry.

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In American Horror Story Coven, the rules

and conventions for appropriate behavior
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show. In the coven it is appropriate to call
someone a bitch at any given moment; the
word bitch is used as common as the word
girl in the real world. Also in AMS it is
appropriate to succeed, or attempt to kill
Rules and Conventions
someone, one second then protect them in
the next. In the coven in order to be The
Supreme, one has to go through the trials
which can ultimately kill them but they are
expected to do it anyway. Also in this
society, in order for someone to become
Supreme after completing the trials; the
present supreme has to die first. Madison
and Lily share a boyfriend that they
handmade and created together, which is
Popping Themes
perfectly appropriate. Killing people
Madison getting raped. (date rape in us)
without repercussion is appropriate Lily killing the guy that raped Madison(s
behavior within the coven. Having no
Fiona getting cancer (cancer killi
The power
of Marie Laveau (creole magic and wome
remorse or guilt for ones actions
is an
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the creole witches and Salem witche
important factor in succeeding
inbetween
the Coven
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society. A person with antisocial personal
Lily loves Kyle, Church boy loves Zoey (love even thou
disorder would be a perfect fit for the
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culture of the coven. Also withinThe
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character
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killing slaves Another
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aspect
of the
culture is sex; in the coven sex is literally
just sex it is often portrayed of having no
emotional feeling behind it. Sex in general
is an important part of the culture in AMS
everyone has sex for any reason they please,
Queenie was ridiculed for being a virgin.
The absence of religion is a cultural norm
within this show for instance most of the
witches showed atomicity toward the Bible
thumping neighbor because that kind or
religion did not fit into their culture.