The narrator unknowingly inflicts this fate upon a hated cat in "The Black Cat," and Roderick's sister suffers this fate before both die in (*) "The Fall of the House of Usher."
One narrator describes this fate's occurrence to Victorine Lafourcade and thinks it's occurred to him but realizes he's only in the berth of a boat. The narrator unknowingly inflicts this fate upon a hated cat in "The Black Cat," and Roderick's sister suffers this fate before both die in (*) "The Fall of the House of Usher." Angry over an unknown insult, Montresor inflicts this fate upon the jester Fortunato in "The Cask of Amontillado" by tricking him into an underground wine cellar then trapping him there. For 10 points, name this common theme in Edgar Allen Poe stories, in which a person might be placed in a tomb despite having a beating heart.
One narrator describes this fate's occurrence to Victorine Lafourcade and thinks it's occurred to him but realizes he's only in the berth of a boat.
being buried alive (accept premature burial; accept anything describing being trapped somewhere but actually being alive; ironically, prompt on death and word forms)