ENGL 101W Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Metonymy, Eaves, Weeble
15 Mar 2016
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Both stories end with moments of revelation, but they are partial at best. You must not you shall not behold this? (72) ii: forces beyond characters seems to control their actions, parallel b/w house, usher, text. A barely perceptible fissure (62) i: house has vacant and eye-like windows (62) iii. We are also split down the center: the haunted palace c. Just occasionally, talking to people he feels something else, an obstruction ( fits 465: violence as metonym for irrationality, mystery: art, literature, are we really in control when we are reading? b. I felt creeping upon me, by slow yet certain degrees, the wild influences of [usher"s] own fantastic yet impressive superstitions. (71: usher as artist i. Wild improvisations of his speaking guitar (66: mystery: the text, i know what the words mean, peg said, smiling. Atmosphere is depressing so he just wants to do the job and get out.
