Stephanie Williams
Fall of the House of Usher
ENG 102-82
July 05, 2017
The Fall of the House of Usher Elements Essay
The Fall of the House of Usher is a short story written by Edgar Allen Poe in 1839. It tells a tale of Roderick Usher and his sister Madeline, the mental and physical illnesses they battle, eventually leading to their deaths. Roderick Usher suffers from a mental state that separates him from sanity, and Lady Madeline, is thought to be dead, or buried alive. The main theme of this story is dark and dying. It focuses on the relationship between the twins, Roderick and Madeline, and the mansion in which they live.
This story is told in first person narrative by a nameless boyhood friend of Roderick’s, whom the readers know nothing about. This allows the readers to inject themselves into the story to follow it as if they are the narrator. To experience it firsthand themselves. Unfortunately, this point of view limits them to only the perception of the narrator and …show more content…
The concrete diction creates a sense of realism for the readers while the connotation diction allows the readers to use personal experience to interpret the scene themselves. Concrete diction uses specific description of the mansion, the tomb in which Madeline is in, the madness Roderick experiences as he believes to hear her struggling alive, but connotative diction expresses this is such a way that each reader will experience the scene differently.
The author tells a fascinating tale of death and madness in The Fall of the House of Usher. Poe is truly able to take the reader on a dark and twisted journey into the relationship between Roderick, Madeline, and the mansion. The gothic theme and verbal representation of this accentuates the setting and the story Poe is trying to tell, and by journeying it through the eyes of the narrator, the reader is truly able to experience the story for themselves, in whichever way their mind allows them
Fall of the House of Usher
ENG 102-82
July 05, 2017
The Fall of the House of Usher Elements Essay
The Fall of the House of Usher is a short story written by Edgar Allen Poe in 1839. It tells a tale of Roderick Usher and his sister Madeline, the mental and physical illnesses they battle, eventually leading to their deaths. Roderick Usher suffers from a mental state that separates him from sanity, and Lady Madeline, is thought to be dead, or buried alive. The main theme of this story is dark and dying. It focuses on the relationship between the twins, Roderick and Madeline, and the mansion in which they live.
This story is told in first person narrative by a nameless boyhood friend of Roderick’s, whom the readers know nothing about. This allows the readers to inject themselves into the story to follow it as if they are the narrator. To experience it firsthand themselves. Unfortunately, this point of view limits them to only the perception of the narrator and …show more content…
The concrete diction creates a sense of realism for the readers while the connotation diction allows the readers to use personal experience to interpret the scene themselves. Concrete diction uses specific description of the mansion, the tomb in which Madeline is in, the madness Roderick experiences as he believes to hear her struggling alive, but connotative diction expresses this is such a way that each reader will experience the scene differently.
The author tells a fascinating tale of death and madness in The Fall of the House of Usher. Poe is truly able to take the reader on a dark and twisted journey into the relationship between Roderick, Madeline, and the mansion. The gothic theme and verbal representation of this accentuates the setting and the story Poe is trying to tell, and by journeying it through the eyes of the narrator, the reader is truly able to experience the story for themselves, in whichever way their mind allows them