What Is The Fall Of The House Of Usher

Even though Poe’s death remains a mystery today it is fact that “The Fall of the House of Usher” has been, throughout time, a reader’s favorite story, both casual and school forced. I personally think it has been such a famous and favorite book of readers because the short story is very dark, cruel, creepy and mysterious. Since it is so dark and mysterious it constantly keeps the attention of the readers such as college students like myself. If the story doesn’t keep my attention then I really will not be into the book and have an open mind about it. Also, the story has deep meaning behind the reading such as having a calm approach to such irregular events that you wouldn’t expect. I think this is a great learning lesson for college professors …show more content…
I hope that in times like having to read a boring story that my classmates take this assignment serious and read this book because I truly think it would keep their attention and help them realize not every story we have to read is boring. I mean when most think about English Literature it’s hard to keep the reader’s attention and want us to keep reading. There have been several times in class I am just dreading the fact that I have to go to class because of the boring story I know were going to read. When I first read the title of this story it got my attention right away. I’m speaking for myself hoping my classmates end out feeling the same way. “The Fall of the House of Usher” kept my attention because of how twisted, mysterious, and bizarre it was. For example, Madeline and Roderick are twins but in a different and interesting way. Since the twins were so similar, they could not develop as free individuals. Madeline was buried before she has actually died because her similarity to Roderick is like a coffin that holds her identity. Madeline also suffered from problems typical for women in nineteenth-century literature. She invested all of her identity in her body, whereas Roderick possessed the powers of