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According to Lyle Kendall Jr., Madeline Usher from “The Fall of the House of Usher” is a vampire because of her appearance and effect upon the narrator, her strength at the very end of the story, and Edgar Allen Poe’s knowledge of the day’s literature. In Kendall’s article, he states, “Madeline is a vampire – a succubus – as the family physician well knows and as her physical appearance and effect upon the narrator sufficiently demonstrate” (450). According to Kendall’s article, Roderick and…

Things Fall Apart: The Futility of Man During the 20th century rush of imperialistic colonialism of Africa, millions of native Africans experienced the intolerance and persistence of the white man. The most powerful of the European influences was the Christian church: now the largest religion in the world. Natives were told to toss away their beliefs in the gods of their ancestors and the traditions of their people by the powerful few that came to conquer from Europe. Things Fall Apart showed…

weren’t ready to hear men pour their hearts out back in the early 2000s, but things have certainly changed. While there are critics who can’t think past what’s been ingrained in them, who use the term “emo” to degrade other men for being emotional, many Fall Out Boy fans not only reject the old connotation of the term, but have reclaimed it. Fans of the band, specifically younger fans, proudly declare themselves “emo trash,” and while it isn’t entirely dismissible that “trash” has been tacked on…

The novel, Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe tells the story of a very proud man by the name of Okonkwo, who lives in a tribal village in Nigeria, when his life and the ways of his culture are torn apart by the Europeans. Animal imagery is very common in the folktales, fables, proverbs, oral traditions, and theories on the causes of natural phenomena that the people of the tribe exchange with each other. They use these animal figures to explain not only natural phenomena that science had not…

In the Fall of the House of Usher, by Edgar Allen Poe, the narrator was visiting his childhood friend, Roderick Usher. This visit took place at the Usher’s estate where Roderick’s sister Madeline was ill with a mysterious disease. The whole story is about the narrator describing the gloomy Usher’s estate and the depressed condition of his friend Roderick. One of the themes in this story is about madness because Roderick Usher is overwhelmed with depression which caused him to go insane. His…

“Things fall apart; the center cannot hold” (The Second Coming (1)). This is exactly right in “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe. Things do fall apart, and themes have a major role in that. Masculinity, the struggle between change and tradition, and fire are the most significant themes in “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe because of the major roles they play in the book, how they relate to other parts of the book, and how they influence and change Okonkwo. The themes used are a major part…

Being a father can mean very different things to different people, in this book Okonkwo sees being a father in an incomparable way to the way his father Unoka saw it. In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo struggles to play both the role of a leader, and a father. Okonkwo sees no desire in creating meaningful relationships with those in his life. He chooses society's opinion of him versus his family's. As the story progresses it becomes more clear that Okonkwo deals with his emotions…

would leave him (him the hopeless and the frail) the last of the ancient race of the Ushers.” This quote is from “The Fall of the House of Ushers” and it explains that the Usher siblings, Roderick and Madeline are the last ones in their family, and the fate of their family line lies on them. But what is not explained is that the siblings have a strong bond. In the short story “The Fall of the House of Usher,” Edgar Allan Poe uses setting, narration, and symbolism to express the central idea that…

Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is probably the most authentic and outstanding narrative ever written about colonial rule in Africa history at the turn of the twentieth century. The book was first published in 1958 and reprinted in 1962 (Achebe), which became the first novel in the African writer’s series. This book was written by a Nigerian and it set the village of Umuofia in eastern Nigeria. Achebe portrays a remarkable movement in Africa history as the man who invented African literature…

Edgar Allan Poe is regarded as one of the greatest writers in American history. One of his famous works would be The Fall of the House of Usher. In this short story, the narrator is asked to go visit an old friend named Roderick Usher. When the narrator shows up, he notices the condition of the house is not the best. Usher is not in the best condition either. He is ill, and his sister is dying. Usher is mentally ill, knowing that he and his sister are the only Ushers left. He has no other family…