The Fall of the House of Usher
Describe the characteristics of Roderick's illness?
What characteristics did he have?
What characteristics did he have?
From the text:
"in the manner of my friend I was struck with an incoherence -- an inconsistency...habitual trepidancy, and excessive nervous agitation...His action was alternately vivacious and sullen. His voice varied rapidly from a tremulous indecision...to that...of the lost drunkard, or the irreclaimable eater of opium"
(Page 667)
The Fall of the House of Usher