Question

What specific word choices does Poe use in his opening sentences of the 6 stories?

Answer 1

Which six stories?

Answer 2

they are on a website but i cant link the website here

Answer 3

what should i do?

Answer 4

Ah! i think i have found the stories! they are-
The Tell Tale Heart
The raven
The bells
The Cask of Amontillado
In the Fall of the House of Usher,

Answer 5

Here are the opening lines.

"The Tell Tale Heart":
"TRUE! --nervous --very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?"

"The Raven":
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,"

"The Bells":
"HEAR the sledges with the bells,
Silver bells!
What a world of merriment their melody foretells!"

"The Cask of Amontillado":
"THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge."

"The Fall of the House of Usher":
"DURING the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country ; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher."

Poe's choice of words in all except "The Bells" evokes darkness and disaster.

What is your impression?

Answer 6

thank you for the help Ms. Sue

Answer 7

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