This story was exremely lond and contained very distinctive details of every thing, event, and thought. Poe's descriptive words are very gand and often unfamiliar to me. He obviously had an extremely verbose vocabulary. I had to re-read many sentences multiple times each to understand and put the language into my own words. I also took breaks between reading each paragraph to figure out what was happening because I am so unfamiliar with this style of writing, particularly Poe's lush language.
I kept trying to relate the acutual story to the movie and saw some similarities, although many things were changed for the film. Having already seen the movie did help me to understand the setting and events within the story that I otherwise would have had trouble seeing due to my unfamiliarity with this style of writing.
Usher's madness did not seem as apparant in the story as it was portrayed in the movie. I think that Usher suffered from Schizophrenia, an illness "characterized by impairments in perception or expression of reality, most commonly manifesting as auditory hallucinations, paranoid, or bizzare dillusions.." (dictionary.com) This definately describes Usher's symptoms and state. Also, leading to him suffering the consequences of burrying his sister alive.
I was having trouble seeing the conflicts within the story.I don't understand why he burries her alive. What were his motives? That is, if he had any and was not just simply mad (a total oxymoron). And what was the narrator's role in all of this? Did Poe simply put him in there as to have someone to tell the story from an outside veiw? This story was very difficult for me to understand on my own, although I found it very intruiging. I need some clarification of the conflicts and events within the story to sort out all of my confusion.
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Caitlin-
From reading your summary I am glad i choose "I stand here Ironing." I also have trouble with Poes writing and his use of big words, most of which I have trouble defining. I did not watch the movie, so Ireally have no idea what is going on throughout the story. When was this story set? THat is porbably the biggest question that i have
Good Caitlin. I curious about the version of the film you saw. As I think I told you, Ive (apostrophe doesnt work on my computer!) never seen a good Poe adaptation. I think he doesnt intentionally bury her alive. It was common to be weary about burials because death was not always certain. People would place a bell and string in the coffin to alert mourners that the dead for in fact not dead. But he does seem to go mad and is clearly obsessed with his sister in some way. It seems he lets his imagination take over (similar to Giovanni perhaps?)
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