The Chrysanthemums and The Fall of the House of Usher

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March 25, 2017
thinkers (Plato, Kafka, Merleau-Ponty, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, De Beauvoir, Bartky, Camus) discussed. Select one topic we explored in class such as death, freedom, responsibility, God/religion, truth/values, nature/ecology, feminism, being (a) human (animal), the body, or language.
March 25, 2017
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The Chrysanthemums and The Fall of the House of Usher

The Chrysanthemums and The Fall of the House of Usher
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According to the stories, “The Chrysanthemums” and “The Fall of the House of Usher”, answer the following questions.

These two stories contain settings that, for the protagonists, are not new and exciting. Instead, they are claustrophobic and oppressive. So, please write 200 words in response to this question: Which sentences show you, as a reader, just how oppressive these settings are? What language stands out to you the most?

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