Editing 740: The Tell-Tale Beat
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In the title text, the narrator continues trying to assert his sanity. The line, "You fancy me mad," comes directly from The Tell-Tale Heart. He then insinuates that he will kill Roderick Usher's band; Roderick Usher was a character in '{{w|Fall of the House of Usher}}', another story by Edgar Allan Poe, making puns on 'house' and 'trance', genres of electronic music (the character of Madeline Usher in the story suffers from catalepsy, frequently falling into trances). The title-text is also a pun on {{w|Usher (musician)|the musician Usher}}; although Usher does not have his own band, one of his best-selling albums was titled ''{{w|Confessions (Usher album)|Confessions}}'', appropriate to the themes of Poe. | In the title text, the narrator continues trying to assert his sanity. The line, "You fancy me mad," comes directly from The Tell-Tale Heart. He then insinuates that he will kill Roderick Usher's band; Roderick Usher was a character in '{{w|Fall of the House of Usher}}', another story by Edgar Allan Poe, making puns on 'house' and 'trance', genres of electronic music (the character of Madeline Usher in the story suffers from catalepsy, frequently falling into trances). The title-text is also a pun on {{w|Usher (musician)|the musician Usher}}; although Usher does not have his own band, one of his best-selling albums was titled ''{{w|Confessions (Usher album)|Confessions}}'', appropriate to the themes of Poe. | ||
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