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"The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe The mind is a

complicated thing. Not many stories are able to portray this in such an

interesting manner as in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of

Usher". The haunting story of a man and his sister, living in the old

family mansion. But as all should know, much symbolism can be found in

most of Poe's works. "The Fall of the House of Usher" is no exception.

First of all, we have the symbolisme of Roderick Ushers mind and the House

of Usher coinciding. Both can be seem as one and the same. Residing in the

house are both Roderick and his sister, Madeline. What can be translated

from this is the age old hypothesis, the mind is divided in two parts: a

male or rational part, and a female or emotionnal part. In Usher's mind,

we can see that he has problems expressing his emotions, represented as

Madeline's unknown sickness. When she finally dies, Roderick puts her away

in an old dungeon t'ill she is to be buried. One could say that Usher is

trying to forget about his emotions by throwing that part of his mind into

the basement, or subconcious. He knows that i

good shape in fact, but upon closer inspection, it can be seen that the

of the House of Usher". A good story by itself. An even better story if

time, Roderick is a nervous, paranoid wreck. He keeps saying that his

collapses and falls to ruins into the swampy pool in front of it.

and hopeless. Perhaps these surroundings are the source of his depression,

of a schitzophrenic, or even a legend told to scare little boys from

Unfourtunatly, on the night of the full moon, or the wost night of turmoil

Approximate Word count = 1349
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

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