![]() Certainly this section works on me that way. I was not unconscious of those movements which displaced you from me, which confined me within the coffin, which deposited me within the hearse, which bore me to the grave, which lowered me within it, which heaped heavily the mould upon me, and which there left me, in blackness and corruption, to my sad and solemn slumbers with the worm." Though this last passage is very close to the end of the story, there's still a good deal more to be revealed by Monos in the last three paragraphs, which it might be fair to call epic revelations, come thou now and hear the word. "fter some days there came upon me, as you have said, a breathless and motionless torpor and this was termed Death by those who stood around me. "Words are vague things," he says in one of the most straightforward declarative sentences in the whole thing. ![]() It's actually, title notwithstanding, more of a soliloquy by Monos, who can't quite figure out how to say what he wants to say. The dialogue between Monos and Una is not easy to follow even when it's in English. ![]() The story is outfitted with multiple foreign languages, including Greek rendered in the Greek alphabet (hence "Athenians," I presume, though I believe Una would then have to be more like Roman). They are frustrated because mankind never seems to learn from the past." Actually I'm not at all sure that's it, but given the business model of the website-"a 'G' rated study resource for junior high, high school, college students, teachers and home schoolers"-it may be they don't want to fly right at this one.Īs I say, it's not easy to make out. The introduction to the online version I found, for example, characterizes this piece as "Conversations between two Athenians who have experienced life and death several times. To be honest I'm not even sure I'm getting it right. I'm not 100% comfortable myself with his vision yet I find it somehow more soothing than unsettling, even exhilarating in a way. If it's classified as a horror story, and I'm not sure it should be, that's chiefly for two reasons: 1) it was written by Poe, and 2) its vision of the afterlife is bound to be disturbing to many as a version of being buried alive (a familiar Poe motif). Now he seems to be explaining the afterlife to her. Monos (Greek masculine form of "one") was the first to die, apparently-he has memories of Una (Latin feminine form of "one") grieving at his funeral ceremonies. It's formally presented as a dialogue between two spirits in the afterlife who were lovers or married when they were alive. Every time I go back to it I find myself losing attention for most of the first half. PDM Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.This story by Edgar Allan Poe is at least as difficult as it is strange. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. Copyright may extend on works created by French who died for France in World War II ( more information), Russians who served in the Eastern Front of World War II (known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia) and posthumously rehabilitated victims of Soviet repressions ( more information). Côte d'Ivoire has a general copyright term of 99 years and Honduras has 75 years, but they do implement the rule of the shorter term. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. ![]() You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States. Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Jamaica has 95 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art.
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