Poe's Short Stories

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Give two direct and specific examples from the story that the author uses to create an atmosphere of horror or suspense. These are sentences that set or enhance the MOOD of the story?

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The feeling is very similar to the tone. It is nervous, shocking and horrifying.

“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”

“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”

"Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning..."

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