The Premature Burial
Discussion Based Assessment
From the reading ‘The Premature Burial”, choose a quote that you feel is reflective of the lesson theme. Explain how the quote is significant to the theme, and how you can relate the message of the quote to yourself or to the world around you. The theme of the lesson is “Fear”.
Requirements:
- Three well written paragraphs that explain how your quote is representative of the lesson theme.
- One example that relates your quote to the other readings present in the lesson.
- One example that links your quote to “real life.”
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The narrator also experiences a case of almost being buried alive as he was suffering from catalepsy where the body appears lifeless but he decides to suffer alone to escape the idea of being buried alive. Although he is fortunate that his parents and family are unaware of his state, the idea of being buried alive if they found out haunts him…
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