Read the excerpt from “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe.
Shaking off from my spirit what must have been a dream, I scanned more narrowly the real aspect of the building.
How does this statement mirror what happens in the rest of the story?
The narrator constantly struggles between a dreamlike state and reality.
Poe emphasizes the role of dreams through the character of Madeline.
Poe enjoys creating characters who spend a great deal of time dreaming.
The ending of the story reveals much of the action to have been a dream.