Ligeia | Ideas for Group Discussion
Two good starting places for the discussion of "Ligeia" are the personality of the narrator and the explanation of what happened. Do readers feel that Ligeia came back to life? If so, by what agency, her own will or her husband's will? Or is the story a record of an opium dream? Readers could fruitfully debate the evidences for both interpretations and maybe see how Poe writes the tale in a way that resists closure.
1. Is the story about a supernatural event or a psychological disturbance? (This is another phrasing of the issue above.)
2. How would you describe the narrator? What...
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