“The Fall of the House of Usher” is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe, one of the Fathers of Gothic writing. This short story is a prime example of American Gothic Fiction due to some of the characteristics it contains that also defines Gothic literature. The story is about an unnamed narrator, arriving at the home of one of his old friends, Roderick Usher, and his experiencing of the abnormalities of living in the House of Usher. Eventually, the Roderick and his sister, Madeline, die together

The narrator visits the estate of Roderick Usher, one of his intimate boyhood companions, due to a letter requesting his company. Upon his visit, the narrator observes that the house seems to have absorbed an evil and the nightmarish atmosphere from the decaying trees and the murky ponds. After entering, the narrator is mysteriously trapped by the interest of the master of the House of Usher, Roderick. In “The Fall of the House of Usher” it states, “and during this period I was busied in earnest

A Haunted Palace is a ballad, which is written as part of Edgar Allan Poe's short story, The Fall of the House of Usher. A man named Roderick that is mentally unstable, is the one that sings the poem in The Fall of the House of Usher. As Roderick's house is disintegrating, so is his mind. He still sees the deteriorating house as a palace. The mansion represents a human, "through two luminous windows," which pertains to the person's eyes. "Pearl and ruby," which is describing the person's teeth and

“The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allen Poe is about a guy, the narrator, who visits his friend, Roderick Usher, because Roderick sent a letter to the narrator saying that he is sick. The narrator arrives at the house of Usher and it is dark and eerie. The narrator tries to help Roderick who has anxiety and heightened senses by reading books to him and having him play music. The house was a big part of Roderick’s paranoia. Madeline, who was Roderick’s sister, has a life threatening disease

In today’s world, seeing a house completely demolished would question even the smartest person, and most would assume this is the case in the 18th century. This is what most would have seen in the time of Romanticism Era when Edgar Allan Poe wrote “The Fall of the House of Usher.” Writers of this time use Gothic elements in their works such as dark or mysterious tone, isolated setting, or paranormal occurrences. The setting in Gothic stories are used to evoke an atmosphere of horror and dread. Poe

The Symbolic and Metaphorical House of Usher Throughout all of Edgar Allen Poe stories, it is apparent that Poe uses symbolism and hidden meanings often in his work. "The Fall of the House of Usher" is filled with these hidden and interesting secrets. Poe uses these literary devices to his advantage, as they help add to the content of the story. Nearly every action or object has a symbolic to add to the plot or set the atmosphere of the story. Here I will list and explain some of those examples

Edgar Allen Poe’s story “The Fall of the house of Usher”, the narrator enters the home of a lifelong friend, Usher, who has fallen to the fear he has held within him. Usher’s twin sister, Madeline, has Usher on edge thinking that she is dead. When they bury her, she comes back to life and takes him away to die with him. They are the last two of the family of Ushers. The house itself splits in two and gets sucked into the ground. His fear leads to the what was left of the Usher family to die and the family

Loss of narrative identity. A dichotomous interpretation of the duality motif in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” The purpose of this essay is to contrast the multiple double stances present in the novella “The Fall of the House of Usher” and to show that this duality motif isn’t presenting the double as an exact mirror image, but rather as a doppelgänger with the meaning of ‘evil twin’. By the end of this essay I will demonstrate that even the narrator becomes a dual