Isolation In The Fall Of The House Of Usher

Being confronted by danger, people tend to feel a mixture of emotions. Isolating themselves from the outside world becomes the norm and communication is nonexistent. In the story, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, Roderick Usher and his sister never ventured away from inside their house. A study in 2013 found social isolation can increase a persons likelihood of death by 26 percent (Borreli). Being alone doesn’t allow people, like Roderick Usher, to gain guidance from others, and in result, forces people to feel helpless. In the story, the main characters assumed the only answer to the way they felt was death. Thus, Madeline, Roderick’s sister, murders Roderick inside their house. Being alone can help provide creativity to others within a certain time restraint, but can cause deadly consequences over a longer period of time.

Tormented from fear, deciding on the correct choice of action seems nearly impossible. Natural instinct, when confronted, is to escape to a known area and be surrounded by recognizable faces. However, in the short story, “The Fall of …show more content…
Becoming violent is one possibility and can be demonstrated in Edgar Allan Poe’s story, “The Fall of the House of Usher”. Violence was the answer for this story when Madeline murdered her brother after imagination has affected her judgment. Violence can cause people to hurt themselves, or hurt other people. Best case scenario, a person will realize they are unstable and seek treatment for themselves. However, the majority people assume they can control their emotions and decide to do self treat themselves. Imagination can perform tricks on someone’s mind and allow them to perform extraneous actions. Whether it’s resulting to violence, or fleeing from the danger, the characters in both the stories, “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “House Taken Over” decided to do these actions because of their imagination drove them