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    The Fall of the House of Usher, by Edgar Allen Poe, uses a rational first-person narrative to illustrate the strange effects the Usher estate has on the three characters. Everything about the house is dark and eerily evil. The mansion appears to create fear, which is in turn, driving the occupants insane. The narrator of the story is a mysterious and challenging character to understand. The audience is never given the name of the narrator as his significance in the novel is mainly concerning…

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    Lui Napoles Pd.6 Damiel 01//12/16 Center V0006 Prompt : Examine how the authors use the theme of insanity in the stories: The Fall of the House of Usher, and A Rose for Emily. In the short stories of The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe and A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner the theme of insanity has a place in both stories that is showed in due time. The Fall of the House of Usher has the narrator be one of the protagonist…

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    The novels Night and Maus are two very different genres of novels. Maus, is a graphic novel, so instead of being mainly just words, it has lots of pictures and words, in comic format telling a story. Night, can be labeled as an autobiography, memoir, or a personal narrative. So it is clearly seen that these two novels are different genres. Even though they are very different, they can still be compared. How will two novels of a different genre be compared? This will be the question answered…

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    There are authors throughout history that write such unique pieces of literature, that their names are spoken of in all literature-based classes. One of these authors that gained fame by creating works that stand out, is Robert Browning. There are many attributes that brought fame to the Browning name, but his mastery of the dramatic monologue is what defines his style of writing. “Browning exploited the dramatic mode at every period of his career, and is the most ambitious and successful writer…

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    Throughout American literature, many stories have been stylistically written with the intention of instilling fear in a reader’s mind. To be specific, Edgar Allen Poe, acknowledged for his rather ominous and morbid stories achieves this effect in, The Fall of the House of Usher. With that in mind, Poe wrote, The Fall of the House of Usher through the usage of certain events and details which culminate to the ultimate effect of terror. While, The Fall of the House of Usher epitomizes a story’s…

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    Fagin represents a time in London that was corrupt, disorganized, and old. Dickens emphasizes the old London in Fagin by connecting him to the streets, he states, “The mud lay thick upon the stones, and a black mist hung over the streets; the rain fell sluggishly down, and everything felt cold and clammy to the touch. It seemed just the night when it befitted such a being as the Jew to be abroad. As he glided steadily along, creeping beneath the shelter of the walls and doorways, the hideous old…

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    The mood, or atmosphere, of a story helps a reader to have a greater understanding of what he or she is reading. The mood is established by the writer’s tone, which is a reflection of the author’s feeling towards the subject. Edgar Allan Poe was a remarkable American writer from the 19th century who mastered the use of mood and tone. He is widely known for his ominous style of writing, especially in his short story titled “The Masque of the Red Death”. In this story, Poe engenders a mood of…

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    Ralph Manning American Literature Mrs. Wilson 8 November 2015 Gothic Elements and Tone Analysis The Fall of The House of Usher uses strong gothic elements and strong imagery to develop a tone. The appearance is defined in a well-developed explanation. The house is old, cracked, and has an overall worn out appearance. A variety of gothic elements is used, as well as a distinct appearance with a well-established theme. The Fall of The House of Usher has a unique way of using elements to describe…

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    Poe was a very skilled nineteenth century gothic writer. In the Fall of the House of Usher Poe is obviously not yet adept at writing in Gothic style. But in one of his next works The Pit and the Pendulum Poe hits the Gothic mark quite nicely. Edgar A. Poe was indeed a Gothic writer pioneer, many of his works have lasted to present day. The stories of Fall of the House of Usher and The Pit and the Pendulum are two of Poes most striking Gothic Writings. In the fall of the House of Usher Poe…

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    Where Is Here Analysis

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    “Home is where the heart is.” No matter the time period, fantasy or real, home as been a place where most feel safe. However, many horror films, ghost stories, and other genres of fear use this aspect of home very acutely. Setting in any text, whether it be a house, a garden or a graveyard, is important to the plot of a story to further it and assist the tension. Edgar Allan Poe and Joyce Carol Oates use setting to set a manor of hostility and mystery within their texts. In the texts, The Fall…

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