Class Fourteen

Class Fourteen

Edgar Allen Poe: The Fall of The House of Usher

1) Reaction:

2) What are some important specific details about these Characters?a. Speaker:
b. Roderick:
c. Madeline:
d. Servant/Doctors:

3) Setting:
a. Where are we?
b. When are we?
c. Who are “the Ushers?”
d. What are some of the Cultural References in this story?
i. What do you make of the Strange Books and Paintings that are described in this story?

4) Identify the following aspects of the Plot
a. Exposition
b. Rising Action
c. Climax
d. Falling Action

5) Motifs. What are some of the motifs, or recurring ideas or images, in this story?

b. How can an understanding of the motifs help us understand the story?

6) Theme:
a. A Theme is the Dominant or Unifying idea.
i. What is one of the themes of this story?

7) What about The Haunted Palace!
a. How do the themes of “The Haunted Palace” and the “Mad Trist” (the story of Ethelred and the Dragon) resemble the themes of the main story?

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