TFOTHOU 4 gr B & A
GROUP B :
About the next paragraphs :
The narrator says he received a letter from his friend Roderick Usher, who was ill and requested his presence. The narrator then thinks about the house, and talks about his imagination. Is he crazy ?
some themes :
- Time and decadence ("ancient family," "long ages," time-honoured," "the long lapse of centuries")
- Insanity and inbreeding ("nervous agitation," "mental disorder," bodily illness," "ancient family," "the Usher race," "deficiency," "from sire to son," "direct line of descent")
- the air is full of disease ("an atmosphere peculiar," reeked," "pestilent," "mystic vapour," "leaden-hue")
- The narrator's trustworthiness ("sentiments," first singular impression," "the consciousness," "my superstition," "paradoxical," "a strange fancy," "ridiculous," "my imagination")
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Plot |
Themes |
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2 : The narrator talks about a letter from a childhood's friend, Roderick Usher. He has a mental problem. |
sickness & derangement of the humours : "mental disorder," "malady," "heart," "nervous agitation" |
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3 : He talks about his friend's family. The House of Usher is both the house AND the family. |
Time : "very ancient," "always," "long lapse of centuries," "time honoured," "through long ages" Legacy, Incest, Inbreeding : "Usher race," "direct line of descent," "undeviating transmission," "from sire to son," patrimony," "deficiency" |
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4 : He talks about his imagination, and about a vapour hanging about the house. |
Can we trust the narrator ? "childish," "impression", "consciousness," "superstition," "paradoxical," "sentiments," "terror," "a strange fancy," "ridiculous" |
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5 : He speaks about the dilapidation of the house. |
decadence : "excessive antiquity," discoloration of ages," extraordinary dilapidation," "crumbling condition," "rotted for long years," "neglected," "extensive decay" |
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6 : He steps in the house, is ushered in by a valet, and will meet the master. He also meets the family physician. |
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