Pg. 329-330 by Natalie Nguyen [Student FVHS] https://padlet.com/ntnguyen148/vldo7xrwr0a5 The Fall of The House of Usher en-us 2018-11-29 17:26:26 UTC 2024-10-15 00:57:26 UTC hello@padlet.com "The mockery of a front blush upon the bosom and the face, and that suspiciously lingering smile upon the lip which is so terrible in death" ntnguyen148 https://padlet.com/ntnguyen148/vldo7xrwr0a5/wish/309429977 This connects to the romantic and gothic literature because the narrator's paranoia begins to grow the more he spends time in Roderick's house. For example, he begins to believe in the supernaturals and thinks of visions from his imagination such as the dead body "mocking" him.]]> 2018-11-29 17:28:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ntnguyen148/vldo7xrwr0a5/wish/309429977 "He roamed from chamber to chamber with hurried, unequal, and objectless sleep." ntnguyen148 https://padlet.com/ntnguyen148/vldo7xrwr0a5/wish/309432036 Roderick reflects to the romantic & gothic literature by allowing his feelings overcome him and leaving him in an endless loop of despair. He roams throughout his home like a ghost: without a reason.]]> 2018-11-29 17:31:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ntnguyen148/vldo7xrwr0a5/wish/309432036 Picture ntnguyen148 https://padlet.com/ntnguyen148/vldo7xrwr0a5/wish/309432983 2018-11-29 17:33:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ntnguyen148/vldo7xrwr0a5/wish/309432983 "As if listening to some imaginary sound. It was no wonder that his condition terrified - that it infected me" ntnguyen148 https://padlet.com/ntnguyen148/vldo7xrwr0a5/wish/309433827 The story relates to the romantic and gothic theme of the power of imagination as Roderick's desparity and emotional instability begins to rub off on the narrator as he dream of his imagination.

]]> 2018-11-29 17:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ntnguyen148/vldo7xrwr0a5/wish/309433827 "I struggled to reason off the nervousness which had dominion over me" ntnguyen148 https://padlet.com/ntnguyen148/vldo7xrwr0a5/wish/309434720 Evidently, we can see the toll in which Roderick's emotional defects that shows the value of feelings over their logic, in which the narrator is scared beyond reason.]]> 2018-11-29 17:36:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ntnguyen148/vldo7xrwr0a5/wish/309434720 Summary ntnguyen148 https://padlet.com/ntnguyen148/vldo7xrwr0a5/wish/309438936      Roderick explains to the narrator how his own home is haunting him. Before, Roderick had read some supernatural and mysterious books. With his mental problem and with the help of the stories he read, he starts to hallucinate certain things about his home and dead sister. Roderick develops vagaries of madness and can't stop thinking about his sister, Madeline. Roderick feels as he is living in an incubus and cannot handle his sister's death. 
     When he would hear a little sound or just thunder, he would start to think about the worst possible things. Roderick's mental illness has taken over his life and the narrator doesn't know how to help him. The narrator watches as his friend suffers from his mental illness. He and Roderick buries Madeline and Roderick claims that he can't stand the fact that she is dead and begins to feel insane. ]]> 2018-11-29 17:42:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ntnguyen148/vldo7xrwr0a5/wish/309438936