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| Why did the narrator go to the House of Usher? |
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| Roderick Usher sent him a letter earnestly asking for company. |
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| What are some reasons that Roderick wanted the narrator to visit? |
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| He was feeling mentally ill and he was feeling phisically ill |
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| What is unusual about the house? |
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| It has a long crack down the outside and it is crumbling, but he frame is still sturdy. |
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| What is wrong with the Usher family? |
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| Only one persn has lived through each generation so it never branches off. |
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| How does Roderick feel about the house? |
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| What is wrong with Madeline? |
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| She is suffering from a mysterious illness which causes her to have no control over hr movement percieving the idea that she is dead. |
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| Does Roderick think that Madeline is alive? |
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| When he thinks she is finally dead he buries her but realizes that she was still alive. |
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| He died of Fear because he saw that they had buried Madeline alive. |
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| After Roderick dies what happens? |
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| The narrator flees the House as it crumbles and it ends the family blood line. |
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| Was Roderick able to move freely through the house? Why or Why not? |
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| Roderick or anyone couldn't move freely through the house because of its design. |
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| What was Roderick and the narrators thought about the house? |
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| That it was unhealthy. This is true because the house was like a living creature who was controling the people living in it. |
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| What is Catalepsy and how is it signifigant in the story? |
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| It is a disease- the loss of control of the limbs which can make it mistakable as dead. Madeline has this. |
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| How does the Narrator know Roderick? |
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| They were boyhood friends. |
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| What is "Haunted Palace"? |
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