To prepare for Poe Day on Monday, October 31st, read Poe's biography in your lit book, pages 260-261, then read The Fall of the House of Usher, pp. 264-279 and answer the following questions:
1. How would you describe the Ushers as a family? List a couple quotes here.
2. What is Roderick Usher like himself?
3. How is the house seen by the narrator? By Roderick Usher? What do you think the house might symbolize or represent?
4. To what extent has Roderick Usher's environment become a symbolic representation of his own morbid mindset?
5. HOw is the ending a classic scene of Gothic horror?
6. To have one's dreams come true is ordinarily supposed to be a desirable thing. Is it a desirable thing for Roderick Usher?
7. What is the doom on the House of Usher? Why does the story "work" as a tale of terror?
Due Tuesday, Nov. 1: be finished with Chapter 12 of Huck Finn and be ready for a quiz.
Next Vocab (List 3)...Friday Nov. 4.
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