from the eaves." (Pg. 236) Fungi eat off the dead remains of other organisms. Even his description of the elements surrounding the house portrays images of death, decay and an "unredeemed dreariness" (Pg.234). The "barely perceptible fissure...[which] made its way down the wall in a zigzag direction until it became lost in the sullen waters of the tarn." (Pg. 236) Poe continuously refers to this "fissure" throughout the whole piece. This "fissure" is to be the eventual cause for the physical destruction of the house and the family itself. Darkness is the primary theme that Poe chooses to implement in his when describing the interior of the house. "The somber tapestries of the walls [and] the ebon blackness of the floors..." (Pg. 236) and the "dark, tattered draperi

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Approximate Word count = 521
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)