' The House And The Fall Of The Usher By Edgar Allan Poe

Imagine watching a film adaptation of a movie, then ask yourself, did you ever read the short story version? Sometimes they could be constructive due to the different perspectives of the author and the director. Like Edgar Allan Poe, the enigmatic author of the 1800s published “The Pit and the Pendulum” in 1842 to illustrate the darkness of death. In this short story the narrator who is sentenced to death finds himself striving for an escape. While the director, Roger Corman, released his film adaptation of the short story in 1961, over a century later, to express its similarity to Poe’s original work. The film revolved around, Francis, a British man who goes to the grotesque Medina castle to invest his sister,

Poe uses analogies and irony in “The Raven” and “The Tell-Tale Heart” to compose effective and suspenseful short stories and poems(Thesis).

In “The Fall of the House of Usher” the tone gives off an eerie and bizarre feeling. This is similar to many of Poe’s other short stories but this piece the most. The tone is gloomy compared to “The Black Cat” that Poe has also written. The author starts off the story with immense details of the setting. The readers get a dark vibe from these details.

In “Fall of the House of Usher.” The setting of the story is not as lighthearted as “House Taken Over.” The story opens up with a description of the setting which is “during the whole of a dull, dark and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone on horseback…(13)” However, the story “House Taken Over” starts with a description of the house and what memories it held, Therefore, the two stories are both different because their atmosphere are both different from each other.

Edgar Allen Poe creates an atmosphere of suspense in “The Raven” and in “The Pit and Pendulum “making the reader wonder what is going to happen next by creating confusion. The typical gothic style of Poe’s writings is very dark and cold, affecting the narrator both mentally and physically. In both “The Pit and The Pendulum” and “The Raven”, both of the narrators are being tortured. In “The Raven” the narrator is being tortured mentally while in “The Pit and The Pendulum” the narrator is being tortured physically. Poe uses many gothic elements such as setting and supernatural elements making fear one of the most important unifying effects in the narratives.

Fear is a natural instinct that could potentially save your life, but that doesn't mean it’s always a good thing. Fear can lead to paranoia or obsession, and then it can engulf your sanity. If you become so fearful in the face of danger it could possibly cause paralysis, cloud your rational thought, or cause you to faint. However, it could potentially save your life by holding you back from irrational acts, making your more alert, or offering restraining from making hazardous decisions. In the stories “The Tell Tale Heart,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” and “The Masque of Red Death,” the author, Edgar Allen Poe, uses figurative language, irony and symbolism to teach us that fean can distort the mind, and cause paranoia and obsession,

In the short story, “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe presents a frightening and mysterious mood. Primarily, when Poe portrays the setting, he explains that it is on a “dull, dark, and soundless day” (474). Here, the mood is set for the story by the description of what the day is like. The words dull, dark, and soundless gives us an idea of a creepy day. Eventually, when Poe describes the House of Usher, he says that the stones are in “crumbling condition” (477). The description of the House of Usher gives readers an idea of what the house looks like and relates back to the setting. It suggests that the house looks deserted and mysterious. At last, as Poe watches the House of Usher crumbles, he says that there is a “full,

Has fear ever caused you to commit an act you knew was morally wrong? Fear can get a hold of someone and completely change their morals, concerns, or how they feel about certain people. It can cloud your mind and make you think irrationally in certain situations. Fear is a feeling that can harm someone emotionally and physically. In stories such as: “The Tell-Tale Heart”, ”The Pit and the Pendulum”, and “The Masque of Red Death”, Edgar Allan Poe displays the use of symbolism, irony, and imagery to paint a picture in the reader’s mind. A recurring theme in his stories is that the main character acts irrationally or uncharacteristically because he is driven by fear.

“ The Fall of the House of Usher “ by Edgar Allan Poe is a short story about a man named Roderick

As the narrator rides up to his old friend Usher’s house, he uses dark detailing on the surrounding area with darker words that help provide a sense of insecurity within the narrator as he wonders why he is so afraid of the house of Usher. Words like “dull” and “oppressive” along with phrases like “soundless day in the autumn of year,...” (Poe, line 1) help prevail the darkness lingering outside the house of Usher as if all the evils of the world would be spent on one final blow on the Usher family. As the story progresses however, both Usher and the narrator end up going crazy as the gloomy weather and the reawakening of Usher’s twin sister both contribute to the evils destroying the Usher family.

The oppression present at this time is represented through the imagery of the house, as it is indicated that the house’s structure prevents the characters from moving around freely. Therefore, acting as metaphor for an oppressive state in which it's citizens are restrained, portraying the house as the Gothic monster, controlling the fate of its inhabitants. Eventually this immorality

After reading a fair number of Poe's tales, I can affirm without any doubt that this one is my favorite. The start of the story is disorientating; we can guess that the narrator is a criminal awaiting the outcome of his trial. The verdict is not really favorable, so our

While there is no doubt about the broken minds as depicted, the author conveys the message of the difference between rational and irrational. If the message here was to create yet another single effect, then it can be argued that Poe, masterfully created just that. The message from this poem is one of attempt to closure and that it is impossible to separate the physical body from its soul. There are several different directions one can go while analyzing this poem. Roderick fears his own fear; so much so that he foresees his own death. Everyone with basically knowledge is capable to realize that fear will trigger a switch in our own id and as a result will produce a distorted perception of any object or situation. The statement “While the objects

Throughout “The Fall of the House of Usher,” metaphor and symbolism are heavily relied upon to express the extent of the madness that resides within the Usher House. In the short story, Poe creates a symbolic parallel between the art and stories that are seen and told. It can be implied, from a painting, in the Usher house, that Lady Madeline Usher is still alive. The reader can also imply that there is a hidden tunnel or room under the entirety of the house. “The Mad Trist” indirectly tells the reader of Lady Madeline’s escape from the tomb she had been placed in. “A Haunted Place” shows Roderick Usher falling from sanity as he plays the lute beautifully, a reflection of well being, and harshly, a reflection of madness. The stories that Poe includes in the short story, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, are not

The Pit and the Pendulum is an extravagant short horror story written by the renowned American writer Edgar Allen Poe. The thriller was published in 1843 and was a story that appealed to the readers five senses and created a sense of horror without the aid of the supernatural. The story also showed a real look at the meanings and consequences of the terrors being described in the story, by telling it in the perspective of the victim. Poe is putting the reader in the shoes of the victim letting us see how the events play out.