Thereafter, he tries to hide his crime, but finally his panic reveals the result of his fury. Although he took great safety measure to hide the old man's body, his panicky mind does not realize that his fear makes him listen to all kinds of voices and sounds and takes him to commit the wrong. ... His insane mind makes him analyze any little sound to summarize the status of his victim, "I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was the groan of mortal terror. ... It was the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul when overcharged with awe" (2). ... The voices and sounds...

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• Approx Pages: 3
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• Grade Level: High School

When Roderick Usher is in the narrator's room and he throws back the large drapes an impulsive fury of an entering squall nearly sweeps them off their feet, proving it was a tempestuous night, wild in its terror. ... As the narrator is running away at the end, a blood red moon shines brightly through the fissure that rapidly opens and a fierce wind blows up the whole mansion, and the deep, dark tarn closes abruptly without a sound over the remains of the House of Usher. ...

• Word Count: 769
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Then there was the storm that he described; "The impetuous fury of the entering gust nearly lifted us from our feet."" And then he begins to hear strange echoing sounds in the hallways of the mansion as well. ...

• Word Count: 1085
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School