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There are a number of possible origins for the name "Morella". It is the name of the Venerable Mother Juliana Morell (1595–1653), who was the fourth Grace and tenth Muse in a poem by poet Lope de Vega. [3] ". Morel" is the name of black nightshade, a poisonous weed related to one from which the drug belladonna is derived.
Mar 25, 2019 · Morella is a strange and unearthly woman, rivaled only by Ligeia in Poe’s oeuvre. Like Ligeia, she is sometimes cataloged as a witch, or even a vampire, but her uncouth powers transcend common definitions. What is certain is that she demands respect, attention, and acknowledgment from a man who, though he rejects her, is her intellectual ...
But one autumnal evening, when the winds lay still in Heaven, Morella called me to her side. There was a dim mist over all the earth, and a warm glow upon the waters, and, amid the rich October leaves of the forest, a rainbow from the firmament had surely fallen. As I came, she was murmuring in a low under-tone, which trembled with fervor, the ...
Morella ( Valencian: [moˈɾeʎa]) is an ancient walled city located on a hill-top in the province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain. The town is the capital and administrative centre of the comarca of Els Ports, in the historic Maestrat (Maestrazgo) region. There are traces of settlement by the Iberians, succeeded by the Greeks and ...
Feb 9, 1990 · The Haunting of Morella: Directed by Jim Wynorski. With David McCallum, Nicole Eggert, Christopher Halsted, Lana Clarkson. Loosely based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe, a witch is sent to death, only to try & return from the grave, seventeen years later, to possess her daughter's adult body.
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- Horror, Romance, Thriller
- Jim Wynorski
- 1990-02-09
"Morella!" "The days have never been when thou couldst love me -- but her whom in life thou didst abhor, in death thou shalt adore." "Morella!" "I repeat I am dying. But within me is a pledge of that affection --ah, how little! -- which thou didst feel for me, Morella. And when my spirit departs shall the child live -- thy child and mine ...
Apr 29, 2023 · Narrator (unnamed) - The narrator in this story is chiefly an observer, but integral to connecting the two parts of the story as he outlives his wife. Morella - The main protagonist, the wife of the narrator. Morella - The daughter of Morella and the narrator. She is named only years after her mother has died.
