Blog #11

         If I had to interview Egaeus, I would more or so be curious of the certain things he said or did. I would ask, “What do you think your cousin Berenice?” which he would reply with “she has gorgeous yet fantastic beauty”. I would also ask, “What is your favorite feature of her?” which I feel he would reply with “Her beautiful teeth which do not have a single “speck on their surface --not a shade on their enamel --not an indenture on their edges”. I would also ask what happened to her but then again seeing his mental condition I’m afraid of the outcome.

         I don’t really understand this question after reading the story because I’m getting another themes from it. I guess mainly his view is him traveling to different houses in search of the woman he is in love with and the quest which involves drama in order to find her. I see this attitude change towards the end when he has yet to find his answer of whether she said in the room or not, and then he gets sad and kills himself. Little did he know that she too killed herself in the room. I’m more interested in the idea of the room as a symbol of melancholy and dreariness.

         I really don’t believe anything supernatural happened hear because from what I read in this story it may have been a case where she may have just been unconscious or passed out for a few hours. From the description of what happens to him as he is waking up from his nap I feel maybe it was her making the noises and pushing him. There were sounds of bare feet, this could have possibly been her and all this came together to me when he said she had the panther’s ear in between her teeth. She must have been fighting alive and conscious with this panther.