U6 practical exams:
"Fall of the House of Usher"
Based on the work of Edgar Allen Poe
Date: 8th-11th May 2007
Venue: Annabel's Studio
An unnamed narrator approaches the house of Usher on a “dull, dark, and soundless day.” This house—the estate of his boyhood friend, Roderick Usher—is gloomy and mysterious. The narrator observes that the house seems to have absorbed an evil and diseased atmosphere from the decaying trees and murky ponds around it. The narrator finds the inside of the house just as spooky as the outside, but nothing prepares him for what is about to happen next...
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