READ--The Fall of the House of Usher

The Fall of the House of Usher
Edgar Allan Poe


Read the "Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe. As you read notice the following:

  • What is the relationship between the house and the Usher family?
  • What point of view is their story told from?
  • Do you think that this narrator is reliable?
  • How does the setting and point of view lead to the terror of this story?
  • What do you think is wrong wither Roderick and his sister?
  • What elements in this story give the sense that you are trapped?

Also, note that this is a hyper linked text. Poe has quite a vocabulary. Be sure to use the hyperlinks to help you decipher his language and pick up a few new vocabulary words!
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