Usher

of Usher,” a powerful atmosphere is created. Although set on a simple, “dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year” (Poe 420), there is a sense of deterioration, insanity, and even murder portrayed in this short story. The Usher mansion is carefully crafted to heighten the mood and atmosphere of the story. A great deal of time is spent specifically embodying the setting. Poe brilliantly illustrates, sculpts, and paints every word of this Gothic venue. The setting of the Usher…

Symbolic Interpretations of “The Fall of the House of Usher” Edgar Allan Poe is well known for his cryptic, gothic tale of “The Fall of the House of Usher.” The narrator arrives at the ghastly house of the Usher family, where his old friends Rodrick, is suffering from a chronic illness. As the story progresses, the narrator as well begins to lose his mind as a result of the cryptic events that occur in the house. The book is filled deeper symbolic meanings. Everything from the house to the…

The Fall of the House of Usher The Fall of the House of Usher Written by Edgar Allen Poe is a story with many twists and turns, like any other Poe story is. Poe is, in my opinion, one of the greatest writers in history, and quite possibly the best gothic literature writer. Every Poe story I have read is very interesting and keeps you interested through the entire thing. This story is no different, the way the story is written it really makes the reader think about what is going on.…

House of Usher and House Taken Over have many great similarities between them. The genre of The Fall of the House of Usher, Gothic Literature, typically has a dark perspective of the world, a gloomy mood, and a plot that revolves around weird and/or supernatural events. Magical Realism, the genre of House Taken Over, is defined combination of reality and fantasy. One similarity of the stories is that they both contain supernatural events. In The Fall of the House of Usher, Madeline Usher is…

In the short story “The Fall Of The House Of Usher” the author sets the scene for the reader. The author sets a dark and depressing scene for the reader. The choice of words used by the author made the reader feel like the narrator was going to a place that itself was dark and desolate. The first impressions the narrator had seen does characterize the rest of the story. The story was dark and depressing. The author uses multiple elements used to set the scene in the opening passage in the rest…

“Hell in Isolation” In his short story, “The Fall of the House of Usher,” Edgar Allen Poe investigates the negative effects of self-isolationism. Roderick Usher, a mentally ill, incestuous, and secluded man, requests the narrator’s help. Upon his arrival, the narrator notices eerie attributes of the “melancholy” (3) house of Usher, while walking through clouds of miasma. The narrator then witnesses Roderick’s extreme paranoia, which stems from his solitude. The narrator also catches…

Mirroring in “The Fall of the House of Usher” In the short story “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allen Poe, the ambiguous narrator confines himself to helping an old friend which leads to the despise of both men. Roderick Usher, who is mentally sick, requests the narrator to stay with him in his sinister looking mansion with Roderick’s sister Madeline. Concurrently the house Roderick is living in is falling apart like Roderick’s health and family. Roderick himself seems parallel in…

In “The Fall of the House of Usher,” Poe creates an allegory for mental illness using setting. This effect is created mainly through tone and word choice. Keeping the setting in one place allows Poe to create a powerful image for the reader, not only literally, but figuratively and metaphorically as well. It is difficult to see mental illness in a person, but the imagery Poe employs of the house as an allegory for this state allows the reader to understand what is happening inside of Usher’s…

Edgar Allan Poe explains that on a dark, gloomy day the narrator is visiting his childhood friend, Roderick Usher, because Roderick has been ill, but when the narrator arrived he saw that the house is rather odd and unusual. Madeline, Roderick’s sister, is also ill and suddenly dies from a strange disease, making the narrator believe that the house has something to do with both of their illnesses. With the help of the narrator, Roderick buries his sister beneath the house and the narrator…

his writings to depict the psychological state of his characters. Poe’s short stories The Fall of the House of Usher and The Raven are epitomes of Poe’s particular writing technique. The setting of, The Fall of the House of Usher introduces dismal atmosphere. The narrator immediately remarks upon the "insufferable gloom" that pervades his spirit as he arrives at the "melancholy House of Usher.” The narrator uses images such as "white trunks of decayed trees," and "black and lurid tarn," and…