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Here are the excerpts from the Fall of the House of Usher that we've chosen together : pp.90-91 : "During the whole..." / "...eye-like windows." pp. 101-102 : "At the request of Usher..." / "...upper portion of the house." pp. 103 : "And now, some days..." / "...impressive superstitions." pp. 103-104 : "It was, especially..." / "...through the apartment." pp. 104-105 : "The impetuous fury..." / "...terrible night together." pp. 109-109 : "Not hear it ?..." / "...House of Usher." HOMEWORK Tue. Feb. 9th 1. Read The Tell Tale Heart from p. 228 (beginning) to p.230 ("...soldiers into courage.") 2. Write up : What's different / similar with tFotHoU ? 3. Draw an illustration based on what you understood from the story.  

Excerpts ! pp. 90-91 "During the whole..." "...eye-like windows." pp.92-93 : "I have said that..." "... in the sullen waters of the tarn." pp. 93-94 : "Noticing these things..." "...and pervaded all." pp. 102-103 : "At the request..." "..upper portion of the house."   pp. 104-105 : "The impetuous fury..." "...this terrible night together."   pp. 108-109 : "Not hear it?..." -> "...HOUSE OF USHER."     HOMEWORK (FEB. 2nd) : 1. Read from the beginning (p. 228) to "...the soldier into courage."  2. Try and write about the differences and similarities between this new short story and tFotHoU. 3.  into your nice logbook : draw what you understood.

Today we finished studying the Fall of the House of Usher. We talked about the imaginary book that the narrator read to Roderick to calm him down, the Mad Trist.  This story within the story (like a Matrioshka) is set in the Middle Ages, reinforcing the Gothic element of the short story. Coincidently, the Mad Trist parallels what happens in the "real plot" : the storm outside is replicated in the adventures of Ethelred, and the noises of the dragon mimics the sound of Madeline getting out of her vault. Some words hinted at the Gothic nature of the end : Oppressed Extreme terror In the end, Madeline falls on her brother and kills him. Dying this way means they're finally together in death (the double is reunited, Roderick is no longer alone). Likewise, the end is the triumph of the Dyonisian side, culminating in a storm, by night, in death and fright and destruction and chaos. The two Houses fall. The narrator escaped the "intricate labyrinth" of t...

p.105, "the antique volume..." -> The 1st paragraph presents the Mad Trist, one of Usher's favourite books, and the narrator is going to read it . § n°2 : the narrator sums up the passage he's just reading. § n°3 : it's a passage from the book ; the hero Ethelred breaks stuff with his mace. § n°4 : the narrator read about scary sounds, and can hear them for real. § n°5 : the narrator resumes the reading of the book ; the hero doesn't find the hermit, but the dragon. He kills it with his mace. § n°6 : the narrator hears more sounds, and a scream. § n°7 : the narrator sees Usher in front of the door, sitting on a chair. He seems to be out of his mind. § n°8 : Ethelred tries to take the shield, but it falls on the ground, in a big banging sound. § n°9 : the narrator can hear a huge metallic sound. Usher starts moving and talking. (Ellyjah : the House wakes up ). § n°10 : Usher realizes they buried his sister alive, and he becomes crazy. He admits that he knew ...

Today we finished studying the Fall of the House of Usher. We talked about the imaginary book that the narrator read to Roderick to calm him down, the Mad Trist.  This story within the story (like a Matrioshka) is set in the Middle Ages, reinforcing the Gothic element of the short story. Coincidently, the Mad Trist parallels what happens in the "real plot" : the storm outside is replicated in the adventures of Ethelred, and the noises of the dragon mimics the sound of Madeline getting out of her vault. Some words hinted at the Gothic nature of the end : Sensations oppressed Hollow A strange alteration wonder and extreme terror In the end, Madeline falls on her brother and kills him. Dying this way means they're finally together in death (the double is reunited, Roderick is no longer alone). Likewise, the end is the triumph of the Dyonisian side, culminating in a storm, by night, in death and fright and destruction and chaos. The two Houses fall. The narrator escaped the ...