Fiction
The Tell-Tale Heart
A short story by Edgar Allen Poe which was told by a unnamed narrator who insist he is sane but suffering from a disease which causes "over-acuteness of the senses".
A Psalm of life
A poem written by American writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Vocabulary
Cassandra - The daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba who has power for prophecy that Apollo grant her.
forshadowing 預示；成為...的前兆
kinship 親屬關係
furies 復仇女神三姊妹
patron goddess 守護女神
presume 擅自做；假定
innocent 無罪的，清白的；天真的
mockery 嘲笑，嘲弄
hideous 醜陋的；可怕的；駭人聽聞的；令人厭惡的
dissemble 掩飾
mort 通知獵物已死的號角聲→死亡之意味
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