Your responses should be a minimum of 200 words per question, MS Word format with a 12-point font, Arial or Times New Roman. 1. In the Fall of the House of Usher, Poe uses parallels, counterparts, and doubles to show relations between events, characters, places, even sounds. Comment on the parallels that connect Roderick Usher and his mansion in the following ways: a The “web-like” hair of Roderick and the “web-work” of fungi on the walls of the house b Rodrick’s “luminous” eye and the windows of the house c The “ghostly pallor” of Roderick’s skin and the “bleak walls” of the house; the cracks in the house and the signs of disintegration in Roderick Again, make sure that you give proper reference to your comparisons, indicating where and what was written. 2. Discuss Emerson’s reference to “the Devil’s child” in Self-Reliance. Explain what it reveals about his relationship to the beliefs of his Puritan ancestors. Be sure and use references and page numbers to support your answer. 3. Discuss the first paragraph of The Minister’s Black Veil and what it reveals about the lives of the people and about the religious arena in which the Reverend Mr. Hooper’s actions occur. What other references are made to the lives of the people and the religious beliefs of the town? Be sure to use reference and page numbers to support your answer.