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ENGL 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: The Cask Of Amontillado, E-Book, Trowel

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The original short story is in the public domain in the. United states and in most, if not all, other countries as well. Readers outside the united states should check their own countries" copyright laws to be certain they can legally download this e-story. The online books page has an faq which gives a summary of copyright durations for many other countries, as well as links to more official sources. This pdf ebook was created by jos men ndez. The thousand injuries of fortunato i had borne as i best could; but when he ventured upon insult, i vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that i gave utterance to a threat. I would be avenged; this was a point definitively settled but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved, precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity.

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by Edgar Allan Poe

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, 'tapping at my chamber door -

6- Only this, and nothing more.'

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.

Eagerly I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Lenore For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore

12- Nameless here for evermore.

And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me - filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now. to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating...

Who does the narrator in "The Raven" say is tapping on his chamber door?

A. a visitor and the wind

B. Lenore and the Raven

C. his mother and his sister

by Edgar Allan Poe

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,

As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, 'tapping at my chamber door -

6- Only this, and nothing more.'

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,

And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.

Eagerly I wished the morrow; - vainly I had.....

some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door; -

18- This it is, and nothing more,'

Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,

'Sir,' said I, 'or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;

But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,

And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,

That I scarce was sure I heard you' - here I

42- Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,

By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,

Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,' I said, 'art sure no craven.

Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly shore -

Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!'

48- Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore.'

In addition to the rhyme at the end of the lines in "The Raven," Poe uses rhyme within the lines, such as "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary."

Another example of this "internal rhyme" is which of the following lines?

The Masque of the Red Death

by Edgar Allan Poe

Nine Elements of Gothic Fiction

1- Settings that often include large, drafty old houses that have "been in the family for years"

2- An atmosphere of mystery and suspense that is enhanced by a plot containing secrets

3- A ghostly legend, an unexplainable occurrence, or a story about a horrible death or murder

4- Omens, foreshadowing, and dreams (bad dreams about something bad that is going to happen) play a role in the mysterious air of the story

5. Highly charged emotional states like: terror, the brink of insanity, anger, impending doom, and obsessive love

6. Supernatural events: ghosts, unexplained sounds, etc.

7- Damsels in distress are frequent (sometimes to be rescued; sometimes not to be rescued)

8. Words designed to evoke images of gloom and doom ]

9. The death of a man or woman in the throes of some great passion, the obsessive nature of a man or woman in love, or excessive grief one feels upon the loss of a loved one.

What element of Gothic fiction do you find in Paragraph 4 of Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death"?

A. Element 8 - Words designed to evoke Images of gloom and doom.

B. Element 9 - The death of a man or woman in the throes of some great passion.

C Element 3 - A ghostly legend, an unexplainable occurrence.