![]() ![]() ![]() He became obsessed with the idea that he would fall into such a state while away from home, and that his state would be mistaken for death. As he explains, his condition made him prone to slipping into a trance state of unconsciousness, a disease that grew progressively worse over time. The narrator reviews these examples in order to provide context for his nearly crippling phobia of being buried alive. In others, victims revived and were able to draw attention to themselves in time to be freed from their ghastly prisons. In the first case, the tragic accident was only discovered much later, when the victim's crypt was reopened. He emphasizes his fear by mentioning several people who have been buried alive. ![]() This leads to his fear of being buried alive ("The true wretchedness", he says, is "to be buried while alive"). In "The Premature Burial", the first-person unnamed narrator describes his struggle with things such as "attacks of the singular disorder which physicians have agreed to term catalepsy", a condition where he randomly falls into a death-like trance. This fear was common in this period and Poe was taking advantage of the public interest. Its main character expresses concern about being buried alive. " The Premature Burial" is a horror short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, published in 1844 in The Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper. For the film, see The Premature Burial (film). For burial while alive, see Premature burial. ![]()
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