How does Poe view fear in his story "The Premature Burial"? State the theme in one sentence. Identify another work you have read or an experience you have had that communicates the same theme. The other work can be another Poe story, a short story, a novel, a film, or a personal experience that explores the nature of fear and comes to the same conclusion as Poe's narrator. Use examples and explanations to prove that the theme you have identified is present in both works. View this brief writing simulation to see how you can develop the ideas in your paragraph.
It may be asserted, without hesitation, that no event is so terribly well adapted to inspire the supremeness of bodily and of mental distress, as is burial before death. The unendurable oppression of the lungs- the stifling fumes from the damp earth-the clinging to the death garments-the rigid embrace of the narrow house-the blackness of the absolute Night-the silence like a sea that overwhelms." "The Premature Burial" is a horror short story on the theme of being buried alive.
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