Berenice (short story)

Berenice is a story about a girl named Berenice who has a disease that makes her teeth fall out. She lives with her cousin named Egaeus, who is also her fiance. Egaeus becomes obsessed with Berenice and her teeth, and he starts to keep track of which teeth have fallen out and which ones are still in her mouth.

One day, Berenice falls Ill and dies. Egaeus is devastated and doesn't know what to do. He starts to have weird dreams about her teeth and becomes convinced that Berenice's body was buried with her teeth still in her mouth. He becomes desperate to see her teeth, and so he digs up her body and finds that her teeth were indeed still in her mouth.

This realization drives Egaeus insane, and he starts to believe that he is actually Berenice and that he has her teeth inside of him. The story ends with Egaeus in a state of madness, still fixated on Berenice and her teeth.

Overall, the story is a creepy tale about obsession and madness, and it shows how a person's mind can unravel when they become fixated on one thing.