The Fall of the House of Usher is a short story by the famous American author, Edgar Allan Poe. This short story encompases themes of death, incestry, illness, and physical destruction. However, an observation will show that with some of Poe’s other pieces of literature, it can also show a prominent link between the storyline of The Fall of the House of Usher and Poe’s theories and beliefs of the creation and destruction of the universe. Poe has a strong concept of unity in the human perception of the universe; as well as how a final union with the Godhead provides us with ultimate knowledge. These beliefs can be found in several of Poe’s works but ultimately in his essay Eureka. The masterpiece that is The Fall of the House of Usher is parallel
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The resonation of the universe is believed to depend on the harmony between attraction and repulsion; in Poe’s mind - the body and the soul. He states here in Eureka "Attraction and Repulsion--the Material and the Spiritual--accompany each other, in the strictest fellowship, forever. Thus The Body and The Soul walk hand in hand.” In The Fall of the House of Usher, an existing theory is that Madeline and Roderick are symbolistic of Poe’s concept of the body and the soul being our attraction and repulsion to balance the universe. Madeline and Roderick come from a pure blood line family, meaning that the only blood in their body is all from the same heritage; the entire lineage is incestual. This means that Madeline and Roderick are so identical in their body composition that they are, in many ways, almost the same person; they are twins. They support each other, love each other, and when Madeline dies it breaks Roderick’s heart; even to the point of insanity. This looks very much as what I imagine it looks like when the body and the soul are disconnected and the attraction and repulsion of our universe within ourselves are thrown off. Madeline was the body; and Roderick was the soul. Their lives depended on the well-being of each
The resonation of the universe is believed to depend on the harmony between attraction and repulsion; in Poe’s mind - the body and the soul. He states here in Eureka "Attraction and Repulsion--the Material and the Spiritual--accompany each other, in the strictest fellowship, forever. Thus The Body and The Soul walk hand in hand.” In The Fall of the House of Usher, an existing theory is that Madeline and Roderick are symbolistic of Poe’s concept of the body and the soul being our attraction and repulsion to balance the universe. Madeline and Roderick come from a pure blood line family, meaning that the only blood in their body is all from the same heritage; the entire lineage is incestual. This means that Madeline and Roderick are so identical in their body composition that they are, in many ways, almost the same person; they are twins. They support each other, love each other, and when Madeline dies it breaks Roderick’s heart; even to the point of insanity. This looks very much as what I imagine it looks like when the body and the soul are disconnected and the attraction and repulsion of our universe within ourselves are thrown off. Madeline was the body; and Roderick was the soul. Their lives depended on the well-being of each