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1
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who wrote the house of usher

A

edgar allen poe

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when was the house of usher written

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1839

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what type of text is the house of usher

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gothic literature combined with aspects of psychological horror

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how is the house of usher described in the opening paragraph, and give a correponding quote

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it is compared to the crash after taking opium.

“the bitter lapse into everyday life,”

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the house of usher is personified in the opening paragraph. why is it and how is it impactful?

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it is personified to reinforce the link between the house and the usher’s and they co-dependency between them, and also provides an eerie symbolism of the house being alive.

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give a quote used to describe the house of usher in the opening paragraph.

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“vacant eye-like windows”

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what impact does the description of the house of usher in the lake have

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it introduces the theme of secrecy and hidden knowledge and again makes the setting more eerie.

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why is the narrator travelling to the house of usher

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to reunite with his childhood friend, rodrick usher who has become ill and is in need of a friend.

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9
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what is odd about the usher family and give the quote.

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incenst is hinted at, with the quote “the entire family lay in the direct line of descent, and had always, with very trifling and very temporary variation, so lain.”

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how is the crack in the house of the usher initially described

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“a barely perceptible fissure”

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how is the interior of the house of usher described

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ghostly, dark and gothic

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is rodrick usher healthy and stong

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no he is described as pale, ghostly and thin.

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13
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who is madeline usher

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rodrick usher’s sister who is ill and fragile

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what is weird about rodrick usher

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he is a hypochondriac and hated the light

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what verses are written out in the house of usher

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the haunted palace

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what was one of rodrick usher’s weird beliefs

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the sentience of all vegetable things

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when madeline died what did roderick do

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preserve her corpse for a fortnight in a tomb underneath the narrator’s bedroom

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what does the narrator realise when ‘burying’ madeline and give the quote

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that they are twins

“a striking similitude between the brother and the sister,”

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what does it mean by ‘gaseous exhalation’ in the house of usher

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the entire house is glowing - a natural phenomenon and is repeating the personification

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what is the main text read near the end of the house of usher

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mad trist by sir lancelot canning

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what happens as they read mad trist in the house of usher

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the sounds in the story start appearing in real life

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what happens at the end of the house of usher

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madeline is standing at the door after being buried for 2 weeks and falls onto rodrick, killing him. the narrator flees from the house of usher as it crumbles to the ground.

23
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who wrote the open boat

A

stephen crane

24
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when was the open boat written

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1898

25
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was the boat in TOB large? how do you know

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no, “many a man ought to have a bathtub larger than the boat”

26
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who are the characters in TOB

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the cook, the oiler, the correspondant, and the captain

27
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who is billie in TOB

A

the oiler

28
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where is the beginning of TOB set

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just before dawn, and not far off the coast of Florida

29
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how is the sea anthropomorphized in TOB?

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like an animal: “not unlike a seat upon a bucking broncho,”

30
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are the men aware of their surroundings at the beginning of TOB

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no “the colour of the sea changed from slate to emerald green streaked with amber lights, and the foam was like tumbling snow. the process of breaking day was unknown to them.”

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what are the cook and the correspondant arguing about near the beginning of TOB

A

the difference between a house of refuge by Mosquito Inlet Light or a lifesaving station.

32
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what came near TOB in the beginning of the second part

A

canton-flannel gulls

33
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why didn’t the captain get the gull off his head

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he didn’t want to capsize the boat.

34
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who is the most optimistic in TOB

A

the cook

35
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are the men close in TOB

A

“it would be difficult to describe the subtle brotherhood of men that was here established on the seas.”

36
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who thinks the lifesaving station has been abandoned in TOB

A

the cook

37
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what does the correspondent find that is comforting and encouraging in TOB

A

four dry cigars

38
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do the men become accustomed to the boat

A

yes “they now rode this wid colt of a dinghy like circus men”

39
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was there a lifesaving station where the men were looking in TOB

A

no, but they didn’t know that

40
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what do they say about fate in TOB

A

they are angry that they survived that longa and had that much hope, when they are intended to die anyway. she is personified. “just as I was about to nibble the sacred cheese of life?”

41
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how do the men in TOB switch from rowing to sailing

A

they put the captains overcoat on the end of the oar and use it as a sail

42
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what does ‘spell’ me in the context of TOB

A

take over the rowing temporarily

43
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what does the correspondent (and captain) see during the night

A

a shark

44
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what does the correspondent think about during the night

A

why he is trying and rowing, when he will probably drown, and how nature does not regard him as important, and there is nothing he can do about it. also a poem about a soldier who is at war, and never returns home. (very similar to his situation).

45
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what happens when the men finally see on the shore in TOB

A

the boat is overturned in the surf, and so they must swim.

46
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what are the men compared to consistently throughout TOB

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“children” “babes”

47
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what does the correspondent mean when he says in TOB

A

“they were not afraid, but the full meaning of their glances were shrouded,”

48
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why does the dinghy “drunken with this weight of water, reeled and snuggle deeper into the sea”

A

it personifies the dinghy, relates to the state of dizziness and exhaustion the men are feeling, and makes the fate imagery true by implying the dinghy wants to sink, and it was always intending to.

49
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why is it so major that the water was cold in TOB

A

it emphasizes the situation and seems unluckily coincidental

50
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who is swimming fastest at the beginning of the rescue in TOB

A

the oiler, Billie

51
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who dies in TOB

A

the oiler, Billie

52
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how is the oiler’s death portrayed powerfully in TOB

A

“his forehead touched sand that was periodically, between each wave, clear of the sea.”

53
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where is it shown that the men in TOB have formed a connection with the sea

A

“the wind brought the sound of the great sea’s voice to the men on the shore, and they felt that they could then be interpreters.”

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