The analysis of “Ligeia” which follows was first printed in the Reader for February, 1906. It is here resumed with a few revisions of detail.
REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. What are the main points to be considered in constructing a short-story?
2. Explain the technical importance of the last paragraph, and the first paragraph, of a short-story.
3. Analyze a great short-story according to the method illustrated in the foregoing analyses of “Ligeia” and “The Prodigal Son.”
SUGGESTED READING
Edgar Allan Poe: “The Fall of the House of Usher.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne: “The White Old Maid.”