Alex Medina
Literary devices are a high importance in an author's work. We can use them to analyze and further investigate why an author decides to make word choices. These devices closely reveal how a story's plot is developed into a great work. For instance, Edgar Allan Poe is notorious for his use of them. In all of his works, there is always symbolism and other elements that make this great author unique. A closer look at "The Fall of the House of Usher's" use of subtle foreshadowing and tone will help reveal its desire to create a sense of fear.
At the beginning of this short story, the readers are introduced to the narrator and his reason for him coming out and visiting his sick friend. He mentioned in the story that, "he did not know how it was --but with the first glimpse of the building, a …show more content…
In the story, Roderick is affected mentally and physically by his sister's ailments. It is like he is connected to her in a strange way that nobody can explain. Her sudden "death" and the name of the disease reveal much details that will happen in the end. She does not actually pass away from the disease, but she remains in a state that makes her look dead. In other words, Roderick and the narrator were fooled into thinking that she was. This detail foreshadows that she will come to life again and take Roderick with her to their death. Eventually, the house falls and sinks. According to Matthew Frey's "Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher", "As complicated as the reasons for the Ushers' fall may be, the reason for the fall of their house is a straightforward matter of weak timber and a strong wind" (215). It is quite a shame that that happened to their family due to their fate. It was determined from even the beginning of the story that this would happen to them. It provided readers details to decipher the
Literary devices are a high importance in an author's work. We can use them to analyze and further investigate why an author decides to make word choices. These devices closely reveal how a story's plot is developed into a great work. For instance, Edgar Allan Poe is notorious for his use of them. In all of his works, there is always symbolism and other elements that make this great author unique. A closer look at "The Fall of the House of Usher's" use of subtle foreshadowing and tone will help reveal its desire to create a sense of fear.
At the beginning of this short story, the readers are introduced to the narrator and his reason for him coming out and visiting his sick friend. He mentioned in the story that, "he did not know how it was --but with the first glimpse of the building, a …show more content…
In the story, Roderick is affected mentally and physically by his sister's ailments. It is like he is connected to her in a strange way that nobody can explain. Her sudden "death" and the name of the disease reveal much details that will happen in the end. She does not actually pass away from the disease, but she remains in a state that makes her look dead. In other words, Roderick and the narrator were fooled into thinking that she was. This detail foreshadows that she will come to life again and take Roderick with her to their death. Eventually, the house falls and sinks. According to Matthew Frey's "Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher", "As complicated as the reasons for the Ushers' fall may be, the reason for the fall of their house is a straightforward matter of weak timber and a strong wind" (215). It is quite a shame that that happened to their family due to their fate. It was determined from even the beginning of the story that this would happen to them. It provided readers details to decipher the