Suffixes<span> are not </span>words<span>; however, they help to form longer </span>words<span> and can </span>change<span> or </span>add<span> to a </span>word's meaning<span>. A </span>suffix<span> shows how a </span>word<span> is used in a sentence and what part of speech is formed. Sometimes </span>adding a suffix<span> to a root </span>word changes<span> the </span>word's<span> function.</span>
Poe's narrator descends into madness early on in the story and from then on, he experiences psychological turbulence that results in the murder of his wife and his own imprisonment for life.
