The Fall of the House of Usher

The Fall of the House of Usher

Gothic Element - Tortured character

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Usher's tortured confession that he believes Madeline was buried alive.

"Not hear it? --yes, I hear it, and have heard it. Long --long --long --many minutes, many hours, many days, have I heard it --yet I dared not --oh, pity me, miserable wretch that I am! --I dared not --I dared not speak! We have put her living in the tomb! Said I not that my senses were acute? I now tell you that I heard her first feeble movements in the hollow coffin. I heard them --many, many days ago --yet I dared not --I dared not speak!

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The Fall of the House of Usher