Netflix has released its own version of Poe’s famous Fall of the House of Usher in which gothic becomes horror in a modern-world setting with a whirlwind of characters and action. This is a perfect occasion for LLCER students to not only work on the short story itself but also compare it to the mini-series and thus work on link words.
Vocabulary and structures
- hypotheses: maybe / perhaps / modal + have V-en
- dark setting / tension: graveyard, dark, tension, threat, loom
- lexical field of affluence: rich, well-off, wealthy, affluent, upper-class, luxury…
- human relationships: avenge, retaliate, laugh at, get on well…
- comparing and contrasting: contrary to, whereas, on the contrary…
- explaining / analysing: to herald, embody, be reminiscent of...
Pronunciation
- blood / bloody / Usher
- pharmaceutical
If you are having your pupils study the Poe original, don’t miss our Reading Guide.
The Fall of the House of Usher
Netflix
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