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Upon her death, where is Madeline put?
What is the vault? Below the house. A tomb.
Madeline's physical appearance at the end was?
What was a white robe covered in blood?
What does the narrator realize as he spends time with Usher?
What is his mind is getting worse and worse?
Why does the narrator visit The House of Usher?
What is Usher sends him a letter?
How does Usher think he will die?
What is of fear?
Describe the weather conditions in the middle of the night as Usher knocks on the narrators door
Storm
Ominous air
Vapers
What does Usher say is the cause of the noise that is getting louder and louder?
What is Madeline breaking out of the vault?
What does the author note about the Usher family tree?
What is direct line of descent?
The house itself is a symbol of this.
what is the Usher family or the mind?
The narrator refers to the house of Usher as the Melancholy House of Usher. Define Melancholy.
What is gloomy or depressing
This literary device is used when the house mirrors Roderick’s mental state.
What is symbolism
What elements of Gothic literature are evident in the setting of the story.
Gloom, a setting of decay, an old mansion, crypts. Poor weather.
How Usher dies
What is he was shocked to death?
Fear
Madeline falls on him Any of these work
Name two descriptions of the house.
Antique
Covered in fungus
Discolored
Crack down middle
From what condition is usher suffering?
What is mental disorder?
What does the narrator learn about Roderick and Madeline while burying Madeline?
What is they are twins?
What is Usher sensitive to?
Touch, hearing, taste, smell (all senses)
What happens to the house as the narrator flees?
What is the house collapses?
Give 3 examples of Roderick’s physical appearance.
Pale, silk hair, big luminous eyes
What type of music is Usher restricted to?
What is stringed instruments? Or guitar