The oval portrait talks about an abandon house in which someone has encountered. It was very well, designed with ancient items that were rich and tattered. this stranger fell upon an oval portrait of a young woman. The story explains how her love for the painter was deep enough to stand there for hours and days while he painted her. Poe made this story to be a gothic novel for readers to read by adding in some of the gothic elements. The woman in distress was one of which he included by saying how much pride he took in his work which meant hours and even days that when he “turned suddenly to regard his beloved:- She was dead!” ( Poe 2). The young lady was something he looked up for to create life to his painting and they loved each other
