LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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dungeon
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kitchen
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bathroom
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library
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Detailed explanation-1: -As we will learn later, these sounds are coming from the buried Lady Madeline, and these are the sounds that Roderick Usher has been hearing for days.
Detailed explanation-2: -He also notices that Roderick has slumped over in his chair and is muttering to himself. The narrator approaches Roderick and listens to what he is saying. Roderick reveals that he has been hearing these sounds for days, and believes that they have buried Madeline alive and that she is trying to escape.
Detailed explanation-3: -How does Usher explain these noises? It’s madeline she was buried alive and there was also a scraping and crawling out of her tomb up the stairs.
Detailed explanation-4: -When Ethelred drops his brass shield on the castle floor, a sound of clanging and reverberating metal is heard. This series of three sounds is revealed to be Madeline breaking out of her coffin, screaming as she attempts to escape the crypt, and metal clanging and she forces open the massive iron doors of her tomb.