The Real Story of the "Fall of the House of Usher"
"The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe is a story about the narrator visiting his dear friend, Roderick Usher and Roderick's twin sister, Madeline, who are both very ill. Through the book Madeline passes away and the narrator and Roderick bury her under the house to keep her safe from doctors from stealing her body for an autopsy. Yet, Roderick keeps hearing voices and believes that they have buried her alive and she is trying to escape. At the end the ghostly figure whom they say was Madeline came into the house, scaring Roderick to death and the narrator scared for life. Yet the readers don't know that the narrator is insane, the entire story is a projection of his mind. He over exaggerates most of the story, he hallucinates, and lastly he starts understanding himself and realizing that he is going mad. …show more content…
He describes every detail in and out of the house as if the house was alive. The narrator brings little details that might not even be there and just a part of his imagination. He mentions in the book, " I looked upon the scene and before me- upon the mere house, and the simple landscape..." (Poe 264). The narrator describes the house and his friends in a very odd way. The narrator goes into further detail than a normal eye can see. He describes the details like they are humans, he also made it sound like he was afraid of the house. The narrator explains in this paragraph how deep in detail he really goes, "The room in which i found myself was very large and lofty. The windows...gloom hung over and pervaded all" (Poe
"The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe is a story about the narrator visiting his dear friend, Roderick Usher and Roderick's twin sister, Madeline, who are both very ill. Through the book Madeline passes away and the narrator and Roderick bury her under the house to keep her safe from doctors from stealing her body for an autopsy. Yet, Roderick keeps hearing voices and believes that they have buried her alive and she is trying to escape. At the end the ghostly figure whom they say was Madeline came into the house, scaring Roderick to death and the narrator scared for life. Yet the readers don't know that the narrator is insane, the entire story is a projection of his mind. He over exaggerates most of the story, he hallucinates, and lastly he starts understanding himself and realizing that he is going mad. …show more content…
He describes every detail in and out of the house as if the house was alive. The narrator brings little details that might not even be there and just a part of his imagination. He mentions in the book, " I looked upon the scene and before me- upon the mere house, and the simple landscape..." (Poe 264). The narrator describes the house and his friends in a very odd way. The narrator goes into further detail than a normal eye can see. He describes the details like they are humans, he also made it sound like he was afraid of the house. The narrator explains in this paragraph how deep in detail he really goes, "The room in which i found myself was very large and lofty. The windows...gloom hung over and pervaded all" (Poe