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Edgar Allan Poe

Edagr Allan Poe study for The Raven and The Fall of the House of Usher

Question	Answer
Importunate	insistent
Munificent	generous
Equivocal	having more than one possible interpretation
Specious	seeming to be but not actually sound
Anomalous	odd; out of the ordinary
Sentience	capacity of feeling
Why has the narrator gone to visit Usher?	The narrator was the User's only friend
Does the narrator succeed in his purpose?	The narrator did not succeed in helping Usher.
What beliefs about the “sentience” of matter does Usher express to the narrator?	Usher believes that the house has feelings and it depends on the people’s feeling when they are in the house.
How are Usher’s beliefs and fears borne out by the final events of the story?	The house will collapses as Usher dies
In the description of the exterior of the house, which words suggest the presence of decay in the structure itself?	Discoloration of ages and barely perceptible fissure extending from the roof to the tarn.
In what ways does this description foreshadow, or hint at, the ending of the story?	The crack in the middle of the house and the bricks are cracked and decaying apart
Which descriptive details of the interior of the house suggest that the narrator has entered a realm that is very different from the ordinary world?	Feeble gleams of crimsoned light
Which details in Usher’s appearance suggest that he has been cut off from the outside world for many years?	Usher was ghostly pale and had spider like hair.
In what ways is the appearance of the interior of the house related to Usher’s appearance and to the condition of his mind?	The single crack in the house is similar to the "crack" in his psyche, with the sorrow of his dead sister; he looks damaged as well.
What is the significance of the detail that the narrator finds himself becoming affected by Usher’s condition?	The narrator had a change of mood and suddenly like the urge to go into the darkness, just as Usher did.
Do you think the narrator is a reliable witness of the events he describes? Explain your opinion.	I do not think the narrator was a reliable witness because he thought Usher’s metal illness was affecting him and his mind.
With what emotion does the speaker first greet the Raven?	The speaker was happy at first to meet the Raven. The speaker thinks the Raven is a massager from Heaven, from his wife.
As the poem progresses, how does the speaker's attitude toward the Raven change?	The speaker started to get annoyed with the Raven because all he said was nevermore.
In what way is the word nevermore related to the emotional changes?	The speaker asked the Raven if he will ever see is wife again, but the Raven said nevermore, so the speaker it is more angry and sad.
What does the speaker eventually order the Raven to do?	The speaker tells the Raven to leave
At the end of the poem, what does the speaker mean when he says the Raven "still is sitting" above the door?	The speaker means that the Raven will always be there and never get away from it.
What is the relationship between the Raven's shadow and the speaker's soul at the end of the poem?	The relationship is that the Raven’s shadow and the speaker’s soul is both black because of the grief of losing his wife.
In your opinion, what does the Raven finally come to represent?	I think the Raven represents the speaker’s grief about his wife being gone and the Raven was saying nevermore because the speaker will never get to see his wife again.

Created by: esmith11

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