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The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe
It was a dark and soundless day near the end of the year, and clouds were hanging low in the
heavens. All day I had been riding on horseback through country with little life or beauty; and in the early
evening I came within view of the House of Usher. I do not know how it was — but, with my first sight
of the building, a sense of heavy sadness filled my spirit. I looked at the scene before— at the house itself
— at the ground around it — at the cold stone walls of the building — at its empty eye-like windows —
and at a few dead trees — I looked at this scene, I say, with a complete sadness of soul which was no
healthy, earthly feeling. There was a coldness, a sickening of the heart, in which I could discover nothing
to lighten the weight I felt. What was it, I asked myself, what was it that was so fearful, so frightening in
my view of the House of Usher? This was a question to which I could find no answer.
I stopped my horse beside the building, on the edge of a dark and quiet lake. There, I could see
reflected in the water a clear picture of the dead trees, and of the house and its empty eye-like windows. I
was now going to spend several weeks in this house of sadness —this house of gloom. Its owner was
named Roderick Usher. We had been friends when we were boys; but many years had passed since our
last meeting. A letter from him had reached me, a wild letter which demanded that I reply by coming to
see him. He wrote of an illness of the body — of a sickness of the mind — and of a desire to see me —
His best and indeed his only friend. It was the manner in which all this was said — it was the heart in it
— which did not allow me to say no. Although as boys we had been together, I really knew little about
my friend. I knew, however, that his family, a very old one, had long been famous for its understanding of
all the arts and for many quiet acts of kindness to the poor. I had learned too that the family had never
been a large one, with many branches. The name had passed always from father to son, and when people
spoke of the “House of Usher, ” they included both the family and the family home.

ACTIVITY 01
Identifique, no texto, os seguintes elementos da narrativa:
a) Narrador:
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b) Personagens:
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c) Espaço:
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Answer 1

Resposta:

A) O amigo do Usher

B) Usher e seu amigo

C) A história certamente se passa em uma fazenda , em frente à propriedade de Usher

Espero ter ajudado!!