Buried Alive

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i would like to know the titles of any of Poe's work that involve someone being buried alive. if this is possible please send the titles to me. thank you.

-- Anonymous, April 01, 2000

Answers

In The Fall of the House of Usher, some guys sister is buried alive. In The Black Cat, I think a cat was "buried" behind a concrete wall and was still alive, eventually getting out. That's all I can think of , considering I haven't read many of his stories.

-- Anonymous, April 07, 2000

The Cask of Amontillado: Fortunado was in a sense buries alive in a wall.

-- Anonymous, April 08, 2000

Read "Premature Burial", that is all about being buried alive.....

-- Anonymous, October 24, 2000

First of all, he killed the black cat...it wasn't buried alive. The cask of amontillado the man id buried alive. The tell tale heart is most famous for having a man buried alive, yet he is really dead but the boarder is insane and believes that he can hear the mans heart beating. Also, in the pit and the pendulum a man is put in Spanish Inquizition torture chamber.

-- Anonymous, March 11, 2001

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