Mistakes, accidental incidents, the hard truth; all come together to create a larger picture of one truth. The picture tells the truth about a subject that seems to be made out of pieces of a puzzle rather than a whole; being the pieces may be oddly shaped or misshaped. Though this sounds unreasonable, the undesirable occurs to people in any situation; some being dealt with positively while others in an hyperbolic way. In “The Fall of the House of Usher,” Edgar Allan Poe creates a metaphor of the codependence of one’s mind and body through the use of the the Usher twins.
First, the twins are bond together in an excessive mean that the two are seen as one psychologically unfit person. The relation of the two Usher siblings is not eluded to until later into the story. The only relation that is known is they are brothers and sisters yet during the entombment of Madeline, new revelations occur with the two’s actual relationship. The narrator learns of the two being twins. He also learns that “the sympathies of a scarcely intelligible nature had always existed between them” (Poe 10). There is a bond between the two siblings that is unnaturally close and have an intimate connectivity. The two are one mind cut in ties of mind and body that connect together as a mean to a whole.
As a matter of fact, Poe utilizes Madeline Usher within his metaphor as a representation of physical aspect …show more content…
Roderick’s creation and characterization exemplifies the prominence of mentally ill through his actions and descriptions. He adds to the side of an ailing mind. While Madeline’s death and description exhibits the frailty the human body can be. She integrates the deterioration body in the connectedness. With the mental and illness combine together creating a sallow psychological whole. The two are pieces in a puzzle that are misshapened though they create something
First, the twins are bond together in an excessive mean that the two are seen as one psychologically unfit person. The relation of the two Usher siblings is not eluded to until later into the story. The only relation that is known is they are brothers and sisters yet during the entombment of Madeline, new revelations occur with the two’s actual relationship. The narrator learns of the two being twins. He also learns that “the sympathies of a scarcely intelligible nature had always existed between them” (Poe 10). There is a bond between the two siblings that is unnaturally close and have an intimate connectivity. The two are one mind cut in ties of mind and body that connect together as a mean to a whole.
As a matter of fact, Poe utilizes Madeline Usher within his metaphor as a representation of physical aspect …show more content…
Roderick’s creation and characterization exemplifies the prominence of mentally ill through his actions and descriptions. He adds to the side of an ailing mind. While Madeline’s death and description exhibits the frailty the human body can be. She integrates the deterioration body in the connectedness. With the mental and illness combine together creating a sallow psychological whole. The two are pieces in a puzzle that are misshapened though they create something