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VOCABULARY:
ResponEliminaACTIVITY A.
illness: malaltia fear: por mind: ment
shadow: ombra ghost: fantasma weak:feble
death: mort pale: pàl•lid coffin: taüt
gloomy: malenconiós/a mad: boig sad: trist/-a
dark: fosc/a crack: esquerda hole: forat
lake: llac noise: soroll scream: crit
to shake: tremolar to fight: lluitar to knock: tocar a la porta
ACTIVITY B.
1.Coffin: the box in which a dead person is put.
2.Weak: not strong.
3.Mind: the part of you that thinks, feels and remembers.
4.Vault: a room under the ground of an old house or church
5.Mad: with a sick mind.
6.crack: a think hole where something is broken.
7.gloom: a feeling of deep sadness and hopelessness.
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1.What does the title mean?
The title symbolises the ending of the house of Usher, both with the death of Usher and Madeleine and the destruction of the building.
2.When did the narrator arrive to the house of Usher? What was the weather like?
He arrived in autumn on a cloudy day.
3.How did he feel in front of the house?
He felt a deep gloom.
4.What’s the name of the narrator’s friend?
His friend's name is Roderick Usher.
5.What did R.Usher write to the narrator?
R. Usher wrote a letter to the narrator asking for help. He said he wanted and needed to see him.
6.Why did the narrator go to the House of Usher?
The narrator went to the house of Usher because he was his only friend and the one who could help him.
7.How did the narrator describe the house when he was outside?
The house was old, horrible and gloomy.
8.When he came in the house, did he like the walls? Why?
He didn't like the walls because of the strange pictures hanging on them.
9.Describe the room.
The room was large, long and dark. It had heavy furniture and many books and guitars.
10.Describe R.Usher. Did the narrator like him?
R. Usher was pale, with big bright eyes and wild hair. The narrator didn't like him.
11.What type of illness did R.Usher have? Give two examples of his problems.
R. Usher had a nervous illness. He was hypersensitive, he suffered from violent changes of mood, difficulty to think, etc.
12.Complete the sentence: “R.Usher thought his strange illness came from ...”
From the house itself.
13.Who was Madeleine?
Madeleine was Roderick Usher's sister.
14.What did Madeleine’s mysterious illness consist of?
ResponEliminaHer illness made her become weaker everyday and she sometimes went into a deep sleep which was more like death than sleep.
15.What activities did R.Usher and the narrator do in the house together?
They spent time painting, reading and playing guitar together.
16.What did R.Usher think about plants, trees and stones?
R. Usher thought that all these things were capable to feel.
17.What did R.Usher think about the house itself?
He thought it was like a living thing.
18.When Madeleine died, what did they do with her body? Why?
They put the corpse into the coffin and inside the vault. They did so instead of burying it because R. Usher said doctors wanted to study her strange illness.
19.How did his sister’s death affect R.Usher?
He got even worse.
20.What happened to the narrator (at night) seven or eight days after Madeleine’s death?
He started hearing ringing voices. He couldn't sleep because of the fear and gloom in his mind.
21. The narrator heard some low sounds. Where did they come from?
From somewhere inside the house.
22. When R.Usher came in the room he was afraid and he was pale. What did the narrator decide to do with him?
He decided to read him a story.
23. Which book did they read? What was the name of the main character?
They read “The Sad, Mad Life of Sir Launcelot Canning”. Ethelred was the main character.
24. What noise did the narrator hear after reading the first paragraph?
He heard the noise of cracking and breaking wood.
25. And after reading the second paragraph?
He heard a cry. It was far away but it was a long screaming sound.
26.And after reading the third?
He heard a heavy sound of metal falling.
27. What did R.Usher realize about her sister Madeleine?
He realized that her sister was alive.
28.Which three scenes in Ethereld’s story are connected to Madeleine’s story?
The breaking of her coffin and the crash when the metal gate fell on the floor.
29. Why did Madeleine have blood on her hands and arms?
Because she had tried to escape from the coffin.
30. What did she do when she saw her brother?
She fell heavily onto her brother.
31. What happened to Usher then?
He fell with her to the floor and he died. He was killed by his own terror.
32. What happened to the house after R.Usher and Madeleine’s death?
The house fell down.
Hellow Sandra
ResponEliminaI like the story and i found interesting
hello Sandra!
ResponEliminaThis story I liked it, but some parties do not have understood.
I think it will be the book is very interesting
Hello Sandra!
ResponEliminaI like the story is very interesting.
Hi Sandra!
ResponEliminaI'm not a fan of horror stories, but I have to be honest, I enoyed a lot read this story. It wansn't exactly how I imagine that it'll be. It wasn't too much scare, how I thought it'll be.
Hello Sandra!
ResponEliminaI like so much the story of Tales of Mystery and Imagination, I am fan of horror sotories and the storiy begans very interesing.
See you tomorrow at last hour !
Hi Bilal,
EliminaI'm glad to read that you liked this story by E.A.Poe. I guess you wrote "sotories" instead of "stories" and you wrote "storiy" intead of "story". Please, check your texts before sending them. Thanks.
See you tomorrow.
Hello Sandra!
ResponEliminaI found the story interesting but the end i don't like much.
Hi sandra,
ResponEliminaEdgar allen Poe is one of my most faviroute writers, Its actually the oxford version but if one reads the original version, Its far more difficult, The vocabulary is a mindtwister
Hi Sandra,
ResponEliminaEdgar Allan Poe is an awesome writer, one of my favorites, but I think that it isn't one of her best stories.
PS: I read the original version long time ago, and like Sherjan's opinion, the vocabulary is a mindtwister.
See ya!
Hi Sandra,
ResponEliminaI really like this story, because i'm into read those books.
Hello Sandra.
ResponEliminathe history is interesting but i don't like.
Hello Sandra
ResponEliminaThe plot is a little interesting but nah I don't like
Hello Sandra.
ResponEliminaI like the history and I found it very interesting.Thank you.
Hello Sandra
ResponEliminaI like the history because is interesting, but the end I don't like.
I must say that the story was interesting.
ResponElimina