Comparison and Contrast between Poe's Text of The Fall of th
After review of both Poe's short-story, The Fall of the House of Usher, and the video production of its similar screenplay, it wouldn't take a genius to determine the obvious differences. In fact, it certainly doesn't take a genius to make a difference comparison as I have made the following observations. First, Poe's text mentions nothing of at least one screen-made character, nor the addition of several bar room friends. Secondly, Rodderick Usher, who is portrayed by Poe to be absolutely mad, is explicitly described in the movie script to be 'absolutely sane.' Finally, the greatest creative licensing the movie producers may have taken in directing the traditional Poe work is the completely opposite twist involving the death, and return, of Madeline Usher.Poe's story begins with a very descriptive, bone-chilling account of the Usher House in the eyes of the narrator (who in the story is not given a name, but
in the movie is), who has been called to the family home of his boyhood friend, Rodderick Usher. In Poe's story, there is no mention of the narrator's newlywed wife, who is also named and brought to life in the movie production. Perhaps, Poe's morbid tale wasn't quite 'scary' enough without a sane young lady to torment. Nevertheless, I do, personally, credit the movie writers with this addition. In the matter of Rodderick Usher, however, I can't give as much praise to the 1980s chains-rattling-for-sound-effects work. To Master Usher's sanity, it would have, again in my opinion, been better to leave him under the conviction of certain superstition and madness as written by Poe. The movie, even beyond the characters' verbal discussions in his defense, portrays Usher as well-within all possibilities of a sound mind. In conclusion, it would be harder to describe the similarities of the two, obviously separa
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