The descriptions in Edgar allan Poe’s story the fall of the house of usher are visual and can easily be adapted from words into mental images. He uses a method of gothic imagery which can be defined as, literature that focuses on human emotions such as terror and guilt. Gothic literature usually includes elements of an atmosphere of gloom, terror, and mystery. In the story Poe immediately introduces this theme, “with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit”(3). He also illustrates vivid imagery,“a barely perceptible fissure, which, extending from the roof of the building in front, made its way down the wall in a zigzag direction”(11). Not only does he begin with vivid descriptions he also in detail
