This document provides an excerpt from Edgar Allen Poe's short story "The Masque of the Red Death". It describes a masked ball being held in seven colored rooms of a prince's abbey as a plague called the Red Death ravages the outside world. As the clock strikes midnight, the guests notice a strange masked figure among them that was not there before. The excerpt builds ominous tension as it describes the masked revelry against the backdrop of the deadly plague raging outside the abbey walls.
The summary is:
1. The story describes a masquerade ball hosted by Prince Prospero in his abbey, as he and 1000 friends attempt to escape a plague known as the Red Death that is devastating the land.
2. The abbey contains seven elaborately decorated chambers connected by corridors, with the westernmost chamber decorated entirely in black.
3. During the masquerade ball, the revelers notice a strange masked figure that causes terror and disgust, as it violates the bounds of decorum in a way that disturbs even the most reckless partygoers.
This document provides background information on Edgar Allan Poe, including his life events, major works, themes and symbols in his stories, and influences on his writing. It discusses his upbringing, education, military service, marriages, jobs, and untimely death in Baltimore at age 40. It outlines some of his most famous stories like "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Masque of the Red Death", and "The Pit and the Pendulum". The document also examines common Gothic literature elements in Poe's works such as mystery, fear, isolation, and the supernatural.
This document is a collection of poems titled "Tears of My Drum" by S.O. Adebayo. It contains 16 poems of varying lengths focused on themes of love, art, spirituality, and African culture. The poems utilize vivid imagery and metaphorical language.
This screenplay summary introduces the main characters Penelope Platt and Henry Miller in 19th century London. Penelope saves Henry from a trap at the Universal Zetetic Society, a gentlemen's club that promotes flat Earth theory. They are confronted by armed porters but rescued by Lucy Brindle, who arrives through a window with a metal creature on her shoulder.
She Really, Truly And Immortally Loved You.Nikhil Parekh
This document describes how a woman could love a man for who he is, rather than his wealth, status, or abilities. It suggests that while some women may be attracted to a man for superficial reasons like his looks, money or fame, true love is based on accepting someone for their natural, innate qualities without conditions. It conveys the message that real, immortal love is unconditional and exists beyond any external attributes or possessions.
Fantastic novel that proposes an alternative history of the origin of mankind, their main personal like Jesus Christ and the balance of good and evil in the rule of Aztlán Empire.
Woman's Witchcraft. An interesting and entertaining look inside an old book from bygone days. Gloucester, Virginia Links and News website. Not your ordinary place.
The document contrasts the life of a murderous, corrupt tycoon who is obsessed with wealth and power, with the life of the poet who finds meaning and joy through their poetry. The tycoon gets up early each morning stressed and abusive, while the poet sleeps and writes poetry all day, finding peace at night. Though the tycoon has wealth, the poet's life was more blessed as they brought happiness to others through their poetry, while the tycoon only caused suffering and eventually went to hell.
The summary is:
1. The story describes a masquerade ball hosted by Prince Prospero in his abbey, as he and 1000 friends attempt to escape a plague known as the Red Death that is devastating the land.
2. The abbey contains seven elaborately decorated chambers connected by corridors, with the westernmost chamber decorated entirely in black.
3. During the masquerade ball, the revelers notice a strange masked figure that causes terror and disgust, as it violates the bounds of decorum in a way that disturbs even the most reckless partygoers.
This document provides background information on Edgar Allan Poe, including his life events, major works, themes and symbols in his stories, and influences on his writing. It discusses his upbringing, education, military service, marriages, jobs, and untimely death in Baltimore at age 40. It outlines some of his most famous stories like "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Masque of the Red Death", and "The Pit and the Pendulum". The document also examines common Gothic literature elements in Poe's works such as mystery, fear, isolation, and the supernatural.
This document is a collection of poems titled "Tears of My Drum" by S.O. Adebayo. It contains 16 poems of varying lengths focused on themes of love, art, spirituality, and African culture. The poems utilize vivid imagery and metaphorical language.
This screenplay summary introduces the main characters Penelope Platt and Henry Miller in 19th century London. Penelope saves Henry from a trap at the Universal Zetetic Society, a gentlemen's club that promotes flat Earth theory. They are confronted by armed porters but rescued by Lucy Brindle, who arrives through a window with a metal creature on her shoulder.
She Really, Truly And Immortally Loved You.Nikhil Parekh
This document describes how a woman could love a man for who he is, rather than his wealth, status, or abilities. It suggests that while some women may be attracted to a man for superficial reasons like his looks, money or fame, true love is based on accepting someone for their natural, innate qualities without conditions. It conveys the message that real, immortal love is unconditional and exists beyond any external attributes or possessions.
Fantastic novel that proposes an alternative history of the origin of mankind, their main personal like Jesus Christ and the balance of good and evil in the rule of Aztlán Empire.
Woman's Witchcraft. An interesting and entertaining look inside an old book from bygone days. Gloucester, Virginia Links and News website. Not your ordinary place.
The document contrasts the life of a murderous, corrupt tycoon who is obsessed with wealth and power, with the life of the poet who finds meaning and joy through their poetry. The tycoon gets up early each morning stressed and abusive, while the poet sleeps and writes poetry all day, finding peace at night. Though the tycoon has wealth, the poet's life was more blessed as they brought happiness to others through their poetry, while the tycoon only caused suffering and eventually went to hell.
The Red Death had been ravaging the land, killing half the population. Prospero, the ruler, took a thousand friends to one of his palaces, sealed within strong walls to escape the plague. At a masquerade ball, a strange masked figure appears dressed as the Red Death. When Prospero confronts the figure, he drops dead. Those who touch the figure find no physical form within. One by one, all the remaining party guests fall dead, and the Red Death claims the land.
This poem by Edgar Allan Poe tells the story of Prince Prospero's attempts to escape a deadly plague known as the "Red Death" by hiding away in a locked abbey with 1000 other nobles. Prospero believes the abbey is securely protected against the pestilence. However, during a masked ball, a mysterious figure dressed as the Red Death infiltrates their party, exposing them all to the disease and leading to their demise. The poem serves as a commentary on mankind's futile attempts to avoid death and the inevitability of mortality.
The document describes various ordinary objects and scenes that initially did not seem impressive but ultimately left a lasting impression on the narrator's mind. This included the bubbles in steaming milk, leaves sprouting from an old oak tree, rain accompanied by lightning, the exhilaration of drinking beer, bees buzzing in a hive, an alligator swimming gracefully in a river, a nail holding pieces of wood together, birds flying dexterously in the sky, cars traveling at swift speeds, a broom cleaning dust, the ringing of a bell, and the innocence and vigor of impoverished children in orphanages despite their difficult conditions.
The document is a love poem addressed to a beloved. It consists of 22 stanzas where the speaker reassures the beloved not to worry. In each stanza, the speaker says that while their body part may seem otherwise, when it comes to helping or protecting the beloved, that body part suddenly transforms into something powerful. The body parts referenced include hands, lips, teeth, shoulders, feet, eyes, fingers, eyelashes, throat, eyelids, spine, shadow, nails, bones, blood, conscience, hair, breath, and heartbeats. The overall message is a declaration of the speaker's unconditional love and dedication to the protection and care of the beloved.
The narrator is awakened by a tapping at his chamber door late at night. Upon opening the door, he finds only darkness. Later, a raven enters through his window and perches above the door, speaking only the word "Nevermore" in response to the narrator's questions. The narrator becomes increasingly distressed by the mysterious visitor and its ominous message.
- The narrator is sitting alone in his chamber late at night, pondering books of lore to distract himself from grief over the loss of his lover Lenore.
- He hears a tapping at his chamber door and upon opening it finds nothing, but then hears the word "Lenore" whispered.
- Later, a raven flies into his chamber and perches above the door, uttering only the word "Nevermore" in response to the narrator's questions.
- The narrator, increasingly unsettled, demands that the raven tell him if he will ever be reunited with Lenore in the afterlife, to which it again responds "Nevermore," driving
This document provides an excerpt from the prologue of the novel Lungbarrow. It introduces a solitary figure watching fires in the city of Gallifrey from the Omega Memorial. The Hand of Omega, a sentient machine, follows and bothers him. He considers suicide by stepping off the memorial but knows the machine would save him. Agents of Rassilon approach to arrest him. He prepares to leave Gallifrey, knowing there will be no return. The prologue establishes the setting and introduces a character preparing to depart his home world against his will.
The poem describes the speaker's desire to escape the city and find respite from inner turmoil. Images of Christ's crucifixion are used to represent the speaker's own suffering. Over the course of the day, the speaker has wandered the dreary streets alone with heavy thoughts. As evening falls, a longing for sleep and escape from pain emerges, if only for a brief respite from the "fevered head" and "aching eyes."
The document summarizes the initiation rituals and ceremonies of the ancient Egyptian mysteries. Candidates underwent trials of courage that included descending into darkness, passing through areas of fire and water, and withstanding terrifying illusions. If they succeeded, they learned the secret doctrines over 12 days and took a solemn oath of secrecy. The mysteries centered around the gods Osiris, Isis, and Horus and taught symbolic meanings through initiation rites held in temples and pyramids.
The ghost of Hamlet's father appears before Hamlet and his companions and tells Hamlet privately that he was murdered by Hamlet's uncle Claudius. The ghost provides graphic details of how Claudius killed Hamlet's father by pouring poison in his ear as he slept. The ghost demands that Hamlet seek revenge against Claudius for this regicide and incestuous marriage to Hamlet's mother. The ghost bids Hamlet farewell, telling him to remember him but not to harm his mother.
The ghost of Hamlet's father appears before Hamlet and his companions and asks to speak with Hamlet privately. He reveals that Hamlet's uncle Claudius murdered him by pouring poison in his ear. The ghost demands that Hamlet seek revenge against Claudius for this fratricide and regicide. He provides graphic details of how the poison killed him and pleads with Hamlet not to harm his mother but to leave her fate to heaven.
Bret Harte and Mark Twain in San FranciscoDoctorSequoia
Mark Twain's short story "The Great Quake of '65" provides a first-hand account of the devastating San Francisco earthquake of October 1865. The narrator describes being in downtown San Francisco when the quake struck just after noon, toppling buildings, derailing streetcars, and instantly transforming the quiet streets into scenes of chaos and panic as residents poured out of homes and businesses. The story recounts specific impacts like a four-story brick building collapsing into the street and a man getting trapped in a shattered streetcar window. It conveys the terrifying power of the earthquake and how in an instant it changed the city from a place of "solemn solitude" to "teeming life."
This document provides the syllabus for an English literature course on South African poetry from the Black Consciousness Movement and protest poetry era to the post-Apartheid era. It lists the dates, topics, and required readings for each class, which include poems from Mongane Serote, Oswald Mtshali, Tatamkhulu Afrika, Ingrid de Kok, Antjie Krog, Gabeba Baderoon that represent the progression of South African poetry through different historical periods.
"The Raven" in Pleasantview (Halloween 2014)kgcowbelle
The narrator is disturbed by a tapping sound at his chamber door one night. When he opens the door, nothing is there. Later, a raven flies into his room and perches above the door, uttering the word "Nevermore" in response to the narrator's questions. The narrator becomes increasingly unsettled by the raven's ominous presence and its constant repetition of "Nevermore," which seems to symbolize his inability to forget his lost love Lenore.
I have compiled this book so that you can get it printed. Its available in PDF form and you can download it, i will leave the option open. Its an anthology taught in NUML and students often have difficulty finding poems.
The document is a poem that requests to be shown disturbing and unpleasant images like insects, animals, and injuries, but asks not to be shown death or perpetual demise. It uses vivid language to describe clusters of cockroaches, scorpions, garbage, spiders, thorns, blood, injured people, and more frightening things, but emphasizes that death should not be shown.
The Completed Compendium Of Kaldorei Songs and Poemsdashpot
This document is a collection of poems and hymns dedicated to Elune, the goddess of the moon in Warcraft. It contains 18 poems by Shaelyssa Bladesinger praising Elune and 3 additional poems by Sorayah Moonseeker also in worship of Elune. The collection is divided into parts containing hymns, songs, and haiku focused on Elune and night elf spirituality.
1) A woman named Abigail Parsley builds an unpowered dirigible to prove that women can achieve flight without engines, in response to a letter from the Royal Society of Aviation saying her design would only fly if pigs could fly.
2) Abigail successfully flies her dirigible, which she decorated to look like a pig, surprising three men from the Royal Society who had mocked her idea.
3) Exhausted after her triumph, Abigail returns home to find two mysterious men waiting to meet with her about a proposition.
The document provides instructions for a student assignment to analyze Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Masque of the Red Death" through discussing its mood and how literary elements like symbolism, imagery, and characterization enhance that mood. Students are asked to write a 3-paragraph essay identifying the story's mood, finding evidence of it through imagery and symbols, and analyzing a character to further prove the mood. They must cite direct evidence from the text using MLA format and receive grades based on their thesis, paragraph structure, and use of evidence.
The document compares three stories by Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart, The Black Cat, and The Masque of the Red Death. All three stories are plots driven by suspense and dealing with themes of madness and death. The Tell-Tale Heart uses a first-person narrator and circular structure, while the other two follow a chronological sequence. Poe aims to provoke fear in readers through his use of style, descriptions, and exploration of human values and their loss through madness or arrogance.
Creative coursework masque red death english.lauren1411
This document provides guidance for Year 12 students on their creative coursework assignment. It outlines the learning objectives, assessment criteria, deadlines, and requirements for the assignment. Students will produce a 500-850 word creative piece that demonstrates their understanding of themes from their paired texts, including "violent tendencies." Examples are provided of potential additional material that could be written for one of the set texts, "The Masque of the Red Death." Guidance is also given on a planning task where students will write from the perspective of "The Red Death" describing an attack on a palace.
The Red Death had been ravaging the land, killing half the population. Prospero, the ruler, took a thousand friends to one of his palaces, sealed within strong walls to escape the plague. At a masquerade ball, a strange masked figure appears dressed as the Red Death. When Prospero confronts the figure, he drops dead. Those who touch the figure find no physical form within. One by one, all the remaining party guests fall dead, and the Red Death claims the land.
This poem by Edgar Allan Poe tells the story of Prince Prospero's attempts to escape a deadly plague known as the "Red Death" by hiding away in a locked abbey with 1000 other nobles. Prospero believes the abbey is securely protected against the pestilence. However, during a masked ball, a mysterious figure dressed as the Red Death infiltrates their party, exposing them all to the disease and leading to their demise. The poem serves as a commentary on mankind's futile attempts to avoid death and the inevitability of mortality.
The document describes various ordinary objects and scenes that initially did not seem impressive but ultimately left a lasting impression on the narrator's mind. This included the bubbles in steaming milk, leaves sprouting from an old oak tree, rain accompanied by lightning, the exhilaration of drinking beer, bees buzzing in a hive, an alligator swimming gracefully in a river, a nail holding pieces of wood together, birds flying dexterously in the sky, cars traveling at swift speeds, a broom cleaning dust, the ringing of a bell, and the innocence and vigor of impoverished children in orphanages despite their difficult conditions.
The document is a love poem addressed to a beloved. It consists of 22 stanzas where the speaker reassures the beloved not to worry. In each stanza, the speaker says that while their body part may seem otherwise, when it comes to helping or protecting the beloved, that body part suddenly transforms into something powerful. The body parts referenced include hands, lips, teeth, shoulders, feet, eyes, fingers, eyelashes, throat, eyelids, spine, shadow, nails, bones, blood, conscience, hair, breath, and heartbeats. The overall message is a declaration of the speaker's unconditional love and dedication to the protection and care of the beloved.
The narrator is awakened by a tapping at his chamber door late at night. Upon opening the door, he finds only darkness. Later, a raven enters through his window and perches above the door, speaking only the word "Nevermore" in response to the narrator's questions. The narrator becomes increasingly distressed by the mysterious visitor and its ominous message.
- The narrator is sitting alone in his chamber late at night, pondering books of lore to distract himself from grief over the loss of his lover Lenore.
- He hears a tapping at his chamber door and upon opening it finds nothing, but then hears the word "Lenore" whispered.
- Later, a raven flies into his chamber and perches above the door, uttering only the word "Nevermore" in response to the narrator's questions.
- The narrator, increasingly unsettled, demands that the raven tell him if he will ever be reunited with Lenore in the afterlife, to which it again responds "Nevermore," driving
This document provides an excerpt from the prologue of the novel Lungbarrow. It introduces a solitary figure watching fires in the city of Gallifrey from the Omega Memorial. The Hand of Omega, a sentient machine, follows and bothers him. He considers suicide by stepping off the memorial but knows the machine would save him. Agents of Rassilon approach to arrest him. He prepares to leave Gallifrey, knowing there will be no return. The prologue establishes the setting and introduces a character preparing to depart his home world against his will.
The poem describes the speaker's desire to escape the city and find respite from inner turmoil. Images of Christ's crucifixion are used to represent the speaker's own suffering. Over the course of the day, the speaker has wandered the dreary streets alone with heavy thoughts. As evening falls, a longing for sleep and escape from pain emerges, if only for a brief respite from the "fevered head" and "aching eyes."
The document summarizes the initiation rituals and ceremonies of the ancient Egyptian mysteries. Candidates underwent trials of courage that included descending into darkness, passing through areas of fire and water, and withstanding terrifying illusions. If they succeeded, they learned the secret doctrines over 12 days and took a solemn oath of secrecy. The mysteries centered around the gods Osiris, Isis, and Horus and taught symbolic meanings through initiation rites held in temples and pyramids.
The ghost of Hamlet's father appears before Hamlet and his companions and tells Hamlet privately that he was murdered by Hamlet's uncle Claudius. The ghost provides graphic details of how Claudius killed Hamlet's father by pouring poison in his ear as he slept. The ghost demands that Hamlet seek revenge against Claudius for this regicide and incestuous marriage to Hamlet's mother. The ghost bids Hamlet farewell, telling him to remember him but not to harm his mother.
The ghost of Hamlet's father appears before Hamlet and his companions and asks to speak with Hamlet privately. He reveals that Hamlet's uncle Claudius murdered him by pouring poison in his ear. The ghost demands that Hamlet seek revenge against Claudius for this fratricide and regicide. He provides graphic details of how the poison killed him and pleads with Hamlet not to harm his mother but to leave her fate to heaven.
Bret Harte and Mark Twain in San FranciscoDoctorSequoia
Mark Twain's short story "The Great Quake of '65" provides a first-hand account of the devastating San Francisco earthquake of October 1865. The narrator describes being in downtown San Francisco when the quake struck just after noon, toppling buildings, derailing streetcars, and instantly transforming the quiet streets into scenes of chaos and panic as residents poured out of homes and businesses. The story recounts specific impacts like a four-story brick building collapsing into the street and a man getting trapped in a shattered streetcar window. It conveys the terrifying power of the earthquake and how in an instant it changed the city from a place of "solemn solitude" to "teeming life."
This document provides the syllabus for an English literature course on South African poetry from the Black Consciousness Movement and protest poetry era to the post-Apartheid era. It lists the dates, topics, and required readings for each class, which include poems from Mongane Serote, Oswald Mtshali, Tatamkhulu Afrika, Ingrid de Kok, Antjie Krog, Gabeba Baderoon that represent the progression of South African poetry through different historical periods.
"The Raven" in Pleasantview (Halloween 2014)kgcowbelle
The narrator is disturbed by a tapping sound at his chamber door one night. When he opens the door, nothing is there. Later, a raven flies into his room and perches above the door, uttering the word "Nevermore" in response to the narrator's questions. The narrator becomes increasingly unsettled by the raven's ominous presence and its constant repetition of "Nevermore," which seems to symbolize his inability to forget his lost love Lenore.
I have compiled this book so that you can get it printed. Its available in PDF form and you can download it, i will leave the option open. Its an anthology taught in NUML and students often have difficulty finding poems.
The document is a poem that requests to be shown disturbing and unpleasant images like insects, animals, and injuries, but asks not to be shown death or perpetual demise. It uses vivid language to describe clusters of cockroaches, scorpions, garbage, spiders, thorns, blood, injured people, and more frightening things, but emphasizes that death should not be shown.
The Completed Compendium Of Kaldorei Songs and Poemsdashpot
This document is a collection of poems and hymns dedicated to Elune, the goddess of the moon in Warcraft. It contains 18 poems by Shaelyssa Bladesinger praising Elune and 3 additional poems by Sorayah Moonseeker also in worship of Elune. The collection is divided into parts containing hymns, songs, and haiku focused on Elune and night elf spirituality.
1) A woman named Abigail Parsley builds an unpowered dirigible to prove that women can achieve flight without engines, in response to a letter from the Royal Society of Aviation saying her design would only fly if pigs could fly.
2) Abigail successfully flies her dirigible, which she decorated to look like a pig, surprising three men from the Royal Society who had mocked her idea.
3) Exhausted after her triumph, Abigail returns home to find two mysterious men waiting to meet with her about a proposition.
The document provides instructions for a student assignment to analyze Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Masque of the Red Death" through discussing its mood and how literary elements like symbolism, imagery, and characterization enhance that mood. Students are asked to write a 3-paragraph essay identifying the story's mood, finding evidence of it through imagery and symbols, and analyzing a character to further prove the mood. They must cite direct evidence from the text using MLA format and receive grades based on their thesis, paragraph structure, and use of evidence.
The document compares three stories by Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart, The Black Cat, and The Masque of the Red Death. All three stories are plots driven by suspense and dealing with themes of madness and death. The Tell-Tale Heart uses a first-person narrator and circular structure, while the other two follow a chronological sequence. Poe aims to provoke fear in readers through his use of style, descriptions, and exploration of human values and their loss through madness or arrogance.
Creative coursework masque red death english.lauren1411
This document provides guidance for Year 12 students on their creative coursework assignment. It outlines the learning objectives, assessment criteria, deadlines, and requirements for the assignment. Students will produce a 500-850 word creative piece that demonstrates their understanding of themes from their paired texts, including "violent tendencies." Examples are provided of potential additional material that could be written for one of the set texts, "The Masque of the Red Death." Guidance is also given on a planning task where students will write from the perspective of "The Red Death" describing an attack on a palace.
Edgar A. Poe, The Masque Of The Red Death Laurys and Natalieguest33c124
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer born in 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. He is considered one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is known for his tales of mystery and the macabre. One of his most famous works is "The Masque of the Red Death", set in an abbey during a plague. It describes a masked ball attended by nobles trying to escape the disease. A mysterious figure known as Red Death arrives and causes the partygoers' deaths. The story is seen as reflecting Poe's criticism of the Transcendentalist movement of his time.
The document provides background information on literary techniques like unity of effect, allegory, and mood. It then summarizes the plot of Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death", including details about Prince Prospero locking himself and others in an abbey to escape a plague, holding a masquerade ball, and an uninvited masked guest appearing who is revealed to be the Red Death, killing all in the abbey. The summary explores allegorical meanings and themes of illusions of safety and the inevitability of death.
This document discusses Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Masque of the Red Death" and analyzes some of its symbolic elements. It explains that in the story, Prince Prospero's house has seven rooms decorated in different colors from east to west - blue, purple, green, orange, white, violet, and black. The document then discusses how different colors can symbolize various ideas and emotions. It suggests the ordering and colors of the rooms may have deeper symbolic meaning. Finally, it notes the story can be read as an allegory with literal plot elements also representing abstract concepts.
The document summarizes Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Masque of Red Death" and identifies some Gothic literary elements present in the story. It describes how Prince Prospero hosts a masquerade ball in his castle while a plague called the Red Death afflicts the land outside, but one of the guests appears to be the personification of the disease itself. When the Prince confronts this ominous party crasher, he suddenly drops dead, with the guest revealed to actually be a supernatural force representing the plague.
1) Edgar Allan Poe wrote the short story "The Masque of the Red Death", which takes place during a terrible plague called the Red Death.
2) To escape the disease, Prince Prospero holds a masked ball in his secluded abbey for him and hundreds of other nobles.
3) At the height of the festivities, a mysterious figure disguised as the Red Death makes its way through the abbey, killing indiscriminately. In the end, the Red Death claims Prince Prospero as its final victim.
This document contains a letter from John Doe, a landscape designer at Finial Landscaping. The letter includes John Doe's contact information and signature at the bottom. The body of the letter contains an excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Masque of the Red Death", describing a masked ball held in a suite of seven rooms during a plague known as the Red Death that had devastated the land.
This document provides a detailed 3-paragraph summary and analysis of T.S. Eliot's poem "The Waste Land". The summary analyzes various sections of the poem, including "A Game of Chess" and characters like the woman at the dressing table. It discusses themes of denial of nature, the stifling of sensibility, and the mixing of high and low culture. The summary analyzes Eliot's techniques of juxtaposing different levels of sensibility and using devices from his earlier work. It provides insightful commentary and interpretation of Eliot's masterful modernist poem in under 3 sentences.
This document provides an introduction and summary of the novel "The Vampire Lestat" by Anne Rice. It begins with endorsements of the book from various publications. The contents section then lists and summarizes the various parts and chapters within the novel. The majority of the document consists of the first chapter of the novel, told from the perspective of Lestat. It introduces Lestat as a rock star who emerged from underground after hearing rock music being played nearby.
This document provides a summary of the novel "The Hour of the Dragon" by Robert E. Howard. It was published in 1936 and is a work of fantasy fiction. The summary describes how four men - Orastes, Amalric, Tarascus and Valerius - perform a ritual to revive the long dead sorcerer Xaltotun using the magical Heart of Ahriman jewel. They hope that Xaltotun will use his necromantic powers to help Tarascus claim the throne of Nemedia and Valerius the throne of Aquilonia. Xaltotun agrees to aid them in exchange for being revived from death after 3000 years.
- The document describes a party being held at a shepherd's isolated cottage on a rainy night. 19 people have gathered to celebrate the christening of the shepherd's second daughter. The party involves dancing, singing, and socializing. Meanwhile, an unknown man walks alone through the stormy night and passes by the cottage.
The document discusses different definitions and perspectives on what poetry is. It provides 7 definitions ranging from poetry being a form of art that conveys beauty and truth, to being a game that breaks conventional rules of language. It also includes two short poems as examples of poetry.
The Fall Of The Hause Of Usher, By Cindy Gordonicampo
The narrator visits his childhood friend Roderick Usher at his gloomy mansion. Roderick is in poor mental health and believes his family is cursed. While at the mansion, Roderick's sister Madeline falls ill and is buried alive. She later appears at the mansion, having escaped her tomb, and dies in Roderick's arms. This causes the house of Usher to crack and collapse into a nearby tarn, disappearing entirely.
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. EliotLet u.docxarnoldmeredith47041
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
by T. S. Eliot
Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table;
Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
The muttering retreats 5
Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:
Streets that follow like a tedious argument
Of insidious intent
To lead you to an overwhelming question ... 10
Oh, do not ask, “What is it?” !
Let us go and make our visit.
In the room the women come and go
Talking of Michelangelo. !
The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes, 15
The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes,
Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening,
Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains,
Let fall upon its back the soot that falls from chimneys,
Slipped by the terrace, made a sudden leap, 20
And seeing that it was a soft October night,
Curled once about the house, and fell asleep. !
And indeed there will be time
For the yellow smoke that slides along the street,
Rubbing its back upon the window-panes; 25
There will be time, there will be time
To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet;
There will be time to murder and create,
And time for all the works and days of hands
That lift and drop a question on your plate; 30
Time for you and time for me,
S'io credesse che mia risposta fosse
A persona che mai tornasse al mondo,
Questa fiamma staria senza piu scosse.
Ma percioche giammai di questo fondo
Non torno vivo alcun, s'i'odo il vero,
Senza tema d'infamia ti rispondo.
etherized: anesthetized. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Michaelangelo: Italian painter, poet,
and sculptor (1475-1564). !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
works and days: Hesiod's Works and
Days, an 8th-century (B.C.)
description of rural life.
The epigraph comes from the Inferno of Dante's Divine Comedy (XXVII, 61-66). Count
Guido da Montefeltro, embodied in a flame, replies to Dante's question about his
identity as one condemned for giving lying advice: “If I believed that my answer would
be to someone who would ever return to earth, this flame would move no more, but
because no one has ever returned alive from this gulf, if what I hear is true, I can reply
with no fear of infamy.”
!1
And time yet for a hundred indecisions,
And for a hundred visions and revisions,
Before the taking of a toast and tea. !
In the room the women come and go 35
Talking of Michelangelo. !
And indeed there will be time
To wonder, "Do I dare?" and, "Do I dare?"
Time to turn back and descend the stair,
With a bald spot in the middle of my hair -- 40
(They will say: 'How his hair is growing thin!")
My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin,
My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by.
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IN most of the books of the Bible
there occur lyrics which might be
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of Old Age in the last chapter of Ecclesiastes,
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1. The Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado and The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe
The Ma s que of t he Red Dea t h
by Edgar Allan Poe
2. The Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado and The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe
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3. The Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado and The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe
The "Red Death" had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so
fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seal--the redness and the horror of
blood. There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at
the pores, with dissolution. The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon
the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from
the sympathy of his fellow-men. And the whole seizure, progress and termination
of the disease, were the incidents of half an hour.
But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his
dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale
and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court, and with
these retired to the deep seclusion of one of his castellated abbeys. This was an
extensive and magnificent structure, the creation of the prince’s own eccentric yet
august taste. A strong and lofty wall girdled it in. This wall had gates of iron. The
courtiers, having entered, brought furnaces and massy hammers and welded the
bolts. They resolved to leave means neither of ingress nor egress to the sudden
impulses of despair or of frenzy from within. The abbey was amply provisioned.
With such precautions the courtiers might bid defiance to contagion. The external
world could take care of itself. In the meantime it was folly to grieve, or to think.
The prince had provided all the appliances of pleasure. There were buffoons, there
were improvisatori, there were ballet-dancers, there were musicians, there was
Beauty, there was wine. All these and security were within. Without was the "Red
Death".
4. The Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado and The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe
It was towards the close of the fifth or sixth month of his seclusion, and while the
pestilence raged most furiously abroad, that the Prince Prospero entertained his
thousand friends at a masked ball of the most unusual magnificence.
It was a voluptuous scene, that masquerade. But first let me tell of the rooms in
which it was held. These were seven--an imperial suite. In many palaces, however,
such suites form a long and straight vista, while the folding doors slide back nearly
to the walls on either hand, so that the view of the whole extent is scarcely
impeded. Here the case was very different, as might have been expected from the
duke’s love of the bizarre. The apartments were so irregularly disposed that the
vision embraced but little more than one at a time. There was a sharp turn at every
twenty or thirty yards, and at each turn a novel effect. To the right and left, in the
middle of each wall, a tall and narrow Gothic window looked out upon a closed
corridor which pursued the windings of the suite. These windows were of stained
glass whose colour varied in accordance with the prevailing hue of the decorations
of the chamber into which it opened. That at the eastern extremity was hung, for
example in blue--and vividly blue were its windows. The second chamber was
purple in its ornaments and tapestries, and here the panes were purple. The third
was green throughout, and so were the casements. The fourth was furnished and
lighted with orange--the fifth with white--the sixth with violet. The seventh
apartment was closely shrouded in black velvet tapestries that hung all over the
ceiling and down the walls, falling in heavy folds upon a carpet of the same
material and hue. But in this chamber only, the colour of the windows failed to
correspond with the decorations. The panes here were scarlet--a deep blood colour.
Now in no one of the seven apartments was there any lamp or candelabrum, amid
the profusion of golden ornaments that lay scattered to and fro or depended from
the roof. There was no light of any kind emanating from lamp or candle within the
suite of chambers. But in the corridors that followed the suite, there stood, opposite
5. The Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado and The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe
to each window, a heavy tripod, bearing a brazier of fire, that projected its rays
through the tinted glass and so glaringly illumined the room. And thus were
produced a multitude of gaudy and fantastic appearances. But in the western or
black chamber the effect of the fire-light that streamed upon the dark hangings
through the blood-tinted panes, was ghastly in the extreme, and produced so wild a
look upon the countenances of those who entered, that there were few of the
company bold enough to set foot within its precincts at all.
It was in this apartment, also, that there stood against the western wall, a gigantic
clock of ebony. Its pendulum swung to and fro with a dull, heavy, monotonous
clang; and when the minute-hand made the circuit of the face, and the hour was to
be stricken, there came from the brazen lungs of the clock a sound which was clear
and loud and deep and exceedingly musical, but of so peculiar a note and emphasis
that, at each lapse of an hour, the musicians of the orchestra were constrained to
pause, momentarily, in their performance, to harken to the sound; and thus the
waltzers perforce ceased their evolutions; and there was a brief disconcert of the
whole gay company; and, while the chimes of the clock yet rang, it was observed
that the giddiest grew pale, and the more aged and sedate passed their hands over
their brows as if in confused revery or meditation. But when the echoes had fully
ceased, a light laughter at once pervaded the assembly; the musicians looked at
each other and smiled as if at their own nervousness and folly, and made
whispering vows, each to the other, that the next chiming of the clock should
produce in them no similar emotion; and then, after the lapse of sixty minutes,
(which embrace three thousand and six hundred seconds of the Time that flies,)
there came yet another chiming of the clock, and then were the same disconcert
and tremulousness and meditation as before.
6. The Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado and The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe
But, in spite of these things, it was a gay and magnificent revel. The tastes of the
duke were peculiar. He had a fine eye for colours and effects. He disregarded the
decora of mere fashion. His plans were bold and fiery, and his conceptions glowed
with barbaric lustre. There are some who would have thought him mad. His
followers felt that he was not. It was necessary to hear and see and touch him to be
sure that he was not.
He had directed, in great part, the movable embellishments of the seven chambers,
upon occasion of this great fete; and it was his own guiding taste which had given
character to the masqueraders. Be sure they were grotesque. There were much
glare and glitter and piquancy and phantasm--much of what has been since
seen in "Hernani". There were arabesque figures with unsuited limbs and
appointments. There were delirious fancies such as the madman fashions. There
were much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of
the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust. To and fro in
the seven chambers there stalked, in fact, a multitude of dreams. And these--the
dreams--writhed in and about taking hue from the rooms, and causing the wild
music of the orchestra to seem as the echo of their steps. And, anon, there strikes
the ebony clock which stands in the hall of the velvet. And then, for a moment, all
is still, and all is silent save the voice of the clock. The dreams are stiff-frozen as
they stand. But the echoes of the chime die away--they have endured but an
instant--and a light, half-subdued laughter floats after them as they depart. And
now again the music swells, and the dreams live, and writhe to and fro more
merrily than ever, taking hue from the many tinted windows through which stream
the rays from the tripods. But to the chamber which lies most westwardly of the
seven, there are now none of the maskers who venture; for the night is waning
away; and there flows a ruddier light through the blood-coloured panes; and the
7. The Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado and The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe
blackness of the sable drapery appals; and to him whose foot falls upon the sable
carpet, there comes from the near clock of ebony a muffled peal more solemnly
emphatic than any which reaches their ears who indulged in the more remote
gaieties of the other apartments.
But these other apartments were densely crowded, and in them beat feverishly the
heart of life. And the revel went whirlingly on, until at length there commenced the
sounding of midnight upon the clock. And then the music ceased, as I have told;
and the evolutions of the waltzers were quieted; and there was an uneasy cessation
of all things as before. But now there were twelve strokes to be sounded by the bell
of the clock; and thus it happened, perhaps, that more of thought crept, with more
of time, into the meditations of the thoughtful among those who revelled. And
thus too, it happened, perhaps, that before the last echoes of the last chime had
utterly sunk into silence, there were many individuals in the crowd who had found
leisure to become aware of the presence of a masked figure which had arrested the
attention of no single individual before. And the rumour of this new presence
having spread itself whisperingly around, there arose at length from the whole
company a buzz, or murmur, expressive of disapprobation and surprise--then,
finally, of terror, of horror, and of disgust.
In an assembly of phantasms such as I have painted, it may well be supposed that
no ordinary appearance could have excited such sensation. In truth the masquerade
licence of the night was nearly unlimited; but the figure in question had out-
Heroded Herod, and gone beyond the bounds of even the prince’s indefinite
decorum. There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which cannot be
touched without emotion. Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are
equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made. The whole company,
indeed, seemed now deeply to feel that in the costume and bearing of the stranger
8. The Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado and The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe
neither wit nor propriety existed. The figure was tall and gaunt, and shrouded from
head to foot in the habiliments of the grave. The mask which concealed the visage
was made so nearly to resemble the countenance of a stiffened corpse that the
closest scrutiny must have had difficulty in detecting the cheat. And yet all this
might have been endured, if not approved, by the mad revellers around. But the
mummer had gone so far as to assume the type of the Red Death. His vesture was
dabbled in blood--and his broad brow, with all the features of the face, was
besprinkled with the scarlet horror.
When the eyes of the Prince Prospero fell upon this spectral image (which, with a
slow and solemn movement, as if more fully to sustain its role, stalked to and fro
among the waltzers) he was seen to be convulsed, in the first moment with a strong
shudder either of terror or distaste; but, in the next, his brow reddened with rage.
"Who dares,"--he demanded hoarsely of the courtiers who stood near him--"who
dares insult us with this blasphemous mockery? Seize him and unmask him--that
we may know whom we have to hang, at sunrise, from the battlements!"
It was in the eastern or blue chamber in which stood the Prince Prospero as he
uttered these words. They rang throughout the seven rooms loudly and clearly, for
the prince was a bold and robust man, and the music had become hushed at the
waving of his hand.
It was in the blue room where stood the prince, with a group of pale courtiers by
his side. At first, as he spoke, there was a slight rushing movement of this group in
the direction of the intruder, who at the moment was also near at hand, and now,
with deliberate and stately step, made closer approach to the speaker. But from a
certain nameless awe with which the mad assumptions of the mummer had
9. The Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado and The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe
inspired the whole party, there were found none who put forth hand to seize him;
so that, unimpeded, he passed within a yard of the prince’s person; and, while the
vast assembly, as if with one impulse, shrank from the centres of the rooms to the
walls, he made his way uninterruptedly, but with the same solemn and measured
step which had distinguished him from the first, through the blue chamber to the
purple--through the purple to the green--through the green to the orange--through
this again to the white--and even thence to the violet, ere a decided movement had
been made to arrest him. It was then, however, that the Prince Prospero,
maddening with rage and the shame of his own momentary cowardice, rushed
hurriedly through the six chambers, while none followed him on account of a
deadly terror that had seized upon all. He bore aloft a drawn dagger, and had
approached, in rapid impetuosity, to within three or four feet of the retreating
figure, when the latter, having attained the extremity of the velvet apartment,
turned suddenly and confronted his pursuer. There was a sharp cry--and the dagger
dropped gleaming upon the sable carpet, upon which, instantly afterwards, fell
prostrate in death the Prince Prospero. Then, summoning the wild courage of
despair, a throng of the revellers at once threw themselves into the black
apartment, and, seizing the mummer, whose tall figure stood erect and motionless
within the shadow of the ebony clock, gasped in unutterable horror at finding the
grave cerements and corpse-like mask, which they handled with so violent a
rudeness, untenanted by any tangible form.
And now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a
thief in the night. And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls
of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. And the life of the
ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods
expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion
over all.
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The Ca s k of Am ont illa d o
by Edgar Allan Poe
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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. At length I would
be avenged; this was a point definitely settled--but the very definitiveness with
which it was resolved, precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but
punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its
redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as
such to him who has done the wrong.
It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to
doubt my good will. I continued, as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did
not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation.
He had a weak point--this Fortunato--although in other regards he was a man to be
respected and even feared. He prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine. Few
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Italians have the true virtuoso spirit. For the most part their enthusiasm is adopted
to suit the time and opportunity-- to practise imposture upon the British and
Austrian millionaires. In painting and gemmary, Fortunato, like his countrymen,
was a quack-- but in the matter of old wines he was sincere. In this respect I did not
differ from him materially: I was skillful in the Italian vintages myself, and bought
largely whenever I could.
It was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season,
that I encountered my friend. He accosted me with excessive warmth, for he had
been drinking much. The man wore motley. He had on a tight-fitting parti-striped
dress, and his head was surmounted by the conical cap and bells. I was so pleased
to see him, that I thought I should never have done wringing his hand.
I said to him--"My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met. How remarkably well you
are looking to-day! But I have received a pipe of what passes for Amontillado, and
I have my doubts."
"How?" said he. "Amontillado? A pipe? Impossible! And in the middle of the
carnival!"
"I have my doubts," I replied; "and I was silly enough to pay the full Amontillado
price without consulting you in the matter. You were not to be found, and I was
fearful of losing a bargain."
"Amontillado!"
"I have my doubts."
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"Amontillado!"
"And I must satisfy them."
"Amontillado!"
"As you are engaged, I am on my way to Luchesi. If any one has a critical turn, it
is he. He will tell me--"
"Luchesi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry."
"And yet some fools will have it that his taste is a match for your own."
"Come, let us go."
"Whither?"
"To your vaults."
"My friend, no; I will not impose upon your good nature. I perceive you have an
engagement. Luchesi--"
"I have no engagement;--come."
"My friend, no. It is not the engagement, but the severe cold with which I perceive
you are afflicted. The vaults are insufferably damp. They are encrusted with nitre."
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"Let us go, nevertheless. The cold is merely nothing. Amontillado! You have been
imposed upon. And as for Luchesi, he cannot distinguish Sherry from
Amontillado."
Thus speaking, Fortunato possessed himself of my arm. Putting on a mask of black
silk, and drawing a roquelaire closely about my person, I suffered him to hurry me
to my palazzo.
There were no attendants at home; they had absconded to make merry in honour of
the time. I had told them that I should not return until the morning, and had given
them explicit orders not to stir from the house. These orders were sufficient, I well
knew, to insure their immediate disappearance, one and all, as soon as my back
was turned.
I took from their sconces two flambeaux, and giving one to Fortunato, bowed him
through several suites of rooms to the archway that led into the vaults. I passed
down a long and winding staircase, requesting him to be cautious as he followed.
We came at length to the foot of the descent, and stood together on the damp
ground of the catacombs of the Montresors.
The gait of my friend was unsteady, and the bells upon his cap jingled as he strode.
"The pipe," said he.
"It is farther on," said I; "but observe the white web-work which gleams from these
cavern walls."
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He turned towards me, and looked into my eyes with two filmy orbs that distilled
the rheum of intoxication.
"Nitre?" he asked, at length.
"Nitre," I replied. "How long have you had that cough?"
"Ugh! ugh! ugh!--ugh! ugh! ugh!--ugh! ugh! ugh!--ugh! ugh! ugh!--ugh! ugh!
ugh!"
My poor friend found it impossible to reply for many minutes.
"It is nothing," he said, at last.
"Come," I said, with decision, "we will go back; your health is precious. You are
rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as once I was. You are a man to
be missed. For me it is no matter. We will go back; you will be ill, and I cannot be
responsible. Besides, there is Luchesi--"
"Enough," he said; "the cough is a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die
of a cough."
"True--true," I replied; "and, indeed, I had no intention of alarming you
unnecessarily--but you should use all proper caution. A draught of this Medoc will
defend us from the damps."
Here I knocked off the neck of a bottle which I drew from a long row of its fellows
that lay upon the mould.
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"Drink," I said, presenting him the wine.
He raised it to his lips with a leer. He paused and nodded to me familiarly, while
his bells jingled.
"I drink," he said, "to the buried that repose around us."
"And I to your long life."
He again took my arm, and we proceeded.
"These vaults," he said, "are extensive."
"The Montresors," I replied, "were a great and numerous family."
"I forget your arms."
"A huge human foot d’or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose
fangs are imbedded in the heel."
"And the motto?"
" Nemo me impune lacessit."
"Good!" he said.
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The wine sparkled in his eyes and the bells jingled. My own fancy grew warm with
the Medoc. We had passed through walls of piled bones, with casks and puncheons
intermingling, into the inmost recesses of catacombs. I paused again, and this time
I made bold to seize Fortunato by an arm above the elbow.
"The nitre!" I said; "see, it increases. It hangs like moss upon the vaults. We are
below the river’s bed. The drops of moisture trickle among the bones. Come, we
will go back ere it is too late. Your cough--"
"It is nothing," he said; "let us go on. But first, another draught of the Medoc."
I broke and reached him a flagon of De Grave. He emptied it at a breath. His eyes
flashed with a fierce light. He laughed and threw the bottle upwards with a
gesticulation I did not understand.
I looked at him in surprise. He repeated the movement--a grotesque one.
"You do not comprehend?" he said.
"Not I," I replied.
"Then you are not of the brotherhood."
"How?"
"You are not of the masons."
"Yes, yes," I said; "yes, yes."
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"You? Impossible! A mason?"
"A mason," I replied.
"A sign," he said, "a sign."
"It is this," I answered, producing a trowel from beneath the folds of my roquelaire.
"You jest," he exclaimed, recoiling a few paces. "But let us proceed to the
Amontillado."
"Be it so," I said, replacing the tool beneath the cloak and again offering him my
arm. He leaned upon it heavily. We continued our route in search of the
Amontillado. We passed through a range of low arches, descended, passed on, and
descending again, arrived at a deep crypt, in which the foulness of the air caused
our flambeaux rather to glow than flame.
At the most remote end of the crypt there appeared another less spacious. Its walls
had been lined with human remains, piled to the vault overhead, in the fashion of
the great catacombs of Paris. Three sides of this interior crypt were still
ornamented in this manner. From the fourth side the bones had been thrown down,
and lay promiscuously upon the earth, forming at one point a mound of some size.
Within the wall thus exposed by the displacing of the bones, we perceived a still
interior recess, in depth about four feet in width three, in height six or seven. It
seemed to have been constructed for no especial use within itself, but formed
merely the interval between two of the colossal supports of the roof of the
catacombs, and was backed by one of their circumscribing walls of solid granite.
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It was in vain that Fortunato, uplifting his dull torch, endeavoured to pry into the
depth of the recess. Its termination the feeble light did not enable us to see.
"Proceed," I said; "herein is the Amontillado. As for Luchesi--"
"He is an ignoramus," interrupted my friend, as he stepped unsteadily forward,
while I followed immediately at his heels. In an instant he had reached the
extremity of the niche, and finding his progress arrested by the rock, stood stupidly
bewildered. A moment more and I had fettered him to the granite. In its surface
were two iron staples, distant from each other about two feet, horizontally. From
one of these depended a short chain, from the other a padlock. Throwing the links
about his waist, it was but the work of a few seconds to secure it. He was too much
astounded to resist. Withdrawing the key I stepped back from the recess.
"Pass your hand," I said, "over the wall; you cannot help feeling the nitre. Indeed,
it is very damp. Once more let me
implore you to return. No? Then I must positively leave you. But I must first
render you all the little attentions in my power."
"The Amontillado!" ejaculated my friend, not yet recovered from his astonishment.
"True," I replied; "the Amontillado."
As I said these words I busied myself among the pile of bones of which I have
before spoken. Throwing them aside, I soon un- covered a quantity of building
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stone and mortar. With these materials and with the aid of my trowel, I began
vigorously to wall up the entrance of the niche.
I had scarcely laid the first tier of the masonry when I discovered that the
intoxication of Fortunato had in a great measure worn off. The earliest indication I
had of this was a low moaning cry from the depth of the recess. It was not the cry
of a drunken man. There was then a long and obstinate silence. I laid the second
tier, and the third, and the fourth; and then I heard the furious vibrations of the
chain. The noise lasted for several minutes, during which, that I might hearken to it
with the more satisfaction, I ceased my labours and sat down upon the bones.
When at last the clanking subsided, I resumed the trowel, and finished without
interruption the fifth, the sixth, and the seventh tier. The wall was now nearly upon
a level with my breast. I again paused, and holding the flambeaux over the mason-
work, threw a few feeble rays upon the figure within.
A succession of loud and shrill screams, bursting suddenly from the throat of the
chained form, seemed to thrust me violently back. For a brief moment I hesitated--
I trembled. Unsheathing my rapier, I began to grope with it about the recess; but
the thought of an instant reassured me. I placed my hand upon the solid fabric of
the catacombs, and felt satisfied. I reapproached the wall; I replied to the yells of
him who clamoured. I re-echoed-- I aided-- I surpassed them in volume and in
strength. I did this, and the clamourer grew still.
It was now midnight, and my task was drawing to a close. I had completed the
eighth, the ninth, and the tenth tier. I had finished a portion of the last and the
eleventh; there remained but a single stone to be fitted and plastered in. I struggled
with its weight; I placed it partially in its destined position. But now there came
from out the niche a low laugh that erected the hairs upon my head. It was
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succeeded by a sad voice, which I had difficulty in recognizing as that of the noble
Fortunato. The voice said--
"Ha! ha! ha!--he! he! he!--a very good joke indeed--an excellent jest. We shall
have many a rich laugh about it at the palazzo--he! he! he!--over our wine--he! he!
he!"
"The Amontillado!" I said.
"He! he! he!--he! he! he!--yes, the Amontillado. But is it not getting late? Will not
they be awaiting us at the palazzo, the Lady Fortunato and the rest? Let us be
gone."
"Yes," I said, "let us be gone."
" For the love of God, Montresor!"
"Yes," I said, "for the love of God!"
But to these words I hearkened in vain for a reply. I grew impatient. I called aloud-
-
"Fortunato!"
No answer. I called again--
"Fortunato--"
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No answer still. I thrust a torch through the remaining aperture and let it fall
within. There came forth in reply only a jingling of the bells. My heart grew sick
on account of the dampness of the catacombs. I hastened to make an end of my
labour. I forced the last stone into its position; I plastered it up. Against the new
masonry I re-erected the old rampart of bones. For the half of a century no mortal
has disturbed them. In pace requiescat!
The Ra ven
by Edgar Allan Poe
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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 visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door--
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 name Lenore--
Nameless here for evermore.
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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 "’Tis some visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door-- Some
late visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door;
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 opened wide the door--
Darkness there and nothing more.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting,
dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before; But the silence was
unbroken, and the stillness gave no token, And the only word there spoken was the
whispered word, "Lenore?" This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the
word, "Lenore!"--
Merely this and nothing more.
Back into the chamber turning, all my sour within me burning, Soon again I heard
a tapping something louder than before. "Surely," said I, "surely that is something
at my window lattice; Let me see, then, what thereat is and this mystery explore--
Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;--
’Tis the wind and nothing more.
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Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a
stately Raven of the saintly days of yore. Not the least obeisance made he; not a
minute stopped or stayed he, But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my
chamber door-- Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door--
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
Then the 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!"
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its
answer little meaning--little relevancy bore; For we cannot help agreeing that no
living human being Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door-
- Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door,
With such name as "Nevermore."
But the Raven, sitting lonely on that placid bust, spoke only That one word, as if its
soul in that one word he did outpour Nothing farther then he uttered; not a feather
then he fluttered-- Till I scarcely more than muttered: "Other friends have flown
before-- On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before."
Then the bird said "Nevermore."
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Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, "Doubtless," said I, "what
it utters is its only stock and store, Caught from some unhappy master whom
unmerciful Disaster Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden
bore-- Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore
Of ’Never--nevermore.’"
But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I wheeled a
cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and door; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I
betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of
yore-- What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore
Meant in croaking "Nevermore."
This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery
eyes now burned into my bosom’s core; This and more I sat divining, with my head
at ease reclining On the cushion’s velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o’er, But
whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o’er
She shall press, ah, nevermore!
Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by
Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God
hath lent thee--by these angels he hath sent thee Respite--respite and nepenthe
from thy memories of Lenore! Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this
lost Lenore!"
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Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil!--prophet still, if bird or devil!-- Whether Tempter
sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate, yet all undaunted, on
this desert land enchanted-- On this home by Horror haunted--tell me truly, I
implore-- Is there--is there balm in Gilead?--tell me--tell me, I implore!"
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil!--prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that
bends above us--by that God we both adore-- Tell this soul with sorrow laden if,
within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name
Lenore-- Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore."
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
"Be that our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting-- "Get thee back
into the tempest and the Night’s Plutonian shore! Leave no black plume as a token
of that lie thy soul has spoken! Leave my loneliness unbroken!--quit the bust above
my door! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of
Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a
demon’s that is dreaming And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his
shadows on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the
floor
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Shall be lifted--nevermore!