Narrator
Why did the Narrator go to the Usher Family House?
He was sent a letter from Rodrick asking for him.
Why did the Usher family stand out from other families in the current time period?
They practiced incest.
The form of Literary device being used:
"We painted and read together, or I listened, as if in a dream, to the wild improvisations of his speaking guitar"
What is a simile?
What was a key point the the narrator points out that shows the age of the house?
The large fissure in the facade of the house. Also, the individual stones were crumbling.
How does the setting reflect on the Gothic elements of the story?
It's gloomy, dark, and remote.
What is the Narrators relationship with Rodrick?
They were friends since childhood.
What was the cause for both Roderick's and Madeline's horrible physical state?
Though it was a mysterious illness, they were in a family of incest, and their condition was a side effect.
The type of literary device used in the following phrase
"During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day"
What is alliteration?
Where in the house did the Narrator read the story to Roderick?
The houses apartment that the narrator was staying in.
What mode of transportation was used to get to Usher's house?
The narrator rode on horseback.
What about the Narrator might lead the reader to believe that he is an invalid source?
He uses Opium, which might affect his perception of current events.
Generally speaking, how long was incest practiced within the Usher family?
It was practiced for centuries within the family.
The form of literary device being used in the quote:
"'due to the bewildering influence of the gloomy furniture of the room- of the dark tattered tapestries, which tortured into the motion of the breath of a rising tempest" ( Poe par 31).
What is personification?
Where in the house was Madeline buried?
She was buried in a vault under the house.
What did the windows look like in Roderick's chambers?
They were high, pointed, and made of red stained glass.
This is the story that the narrator read to Usher
"The Mad Tryst"
How were Madeline and Roderick related?
They were twins.
The form of literary device is used in this quote:
"I well remember that suggestions arising from this ballad led us into a train of thought"
What is an idiom?
What is the correlation of the house and the Usher Family?
The house reflects on Roderick Ushers mental state and the crumbling of the Usher family.
What Gothic Literature elements describe events that happen in the house of Usher
What are supernatural events?
In what season does the narrator arrive?
He arrives in autumn.
DAILY DOUBLE
What are some of Roderick's hobbies?
He paints, as well as plays instruments.
The form of literary device used in this quote:
Said I, shudderingly to Usher, as I led him, with a , gentle violence, from the window."
What is an oxymoron?
What are the sedges that are described when the Narrator is at the beginning of the text?
A sedge is a grasslike plant.
What is the setting when the Narrator arrives at the house?
The setting is dull, dark, dreary, and gives off senses of insufferable doom.