Fall on the House of Usher
I basically thought Poe and his story, " The Fall of the House of Usher", was a good one to choose. It has irony, imagination, and description put into it. I enjoyed this short story a lot because of the meaning involved. Poe always finds ways to write the stories that journey inside the mind. Although his life was filled with much death as well as disappointment, Poe always mystified us by his unique style of writing. Many people seem to have various opinions on what this story was exactly about. There are three characters involved: Madeline Usher, Roderick Usher and the narrator whose identity is unknown. The basis of the story focuses on fear and death. When the setting first emerges, the house appears to be supernatural and uninviting. The mansion is filled with beautiful decorations with a sense of insanity in the air. There is a lot of imagery and description that Poe uses in the story. I did this essay on this particular story because I enjoy Poe as well as his dark !side. I don't really seem like the kind of person who likes the gloomy and melancholy aspects of writing but appearances are deceitful. The main deceitful appearance in the story is the dreaded house.
ed man trying to maintain equilibrium in his lonely life. The last character is my favorite if I have to pick one. The narrator is the one with the most common sense, which is sad. He has a really good heart and he is excited to find his old friend. His childhood memories are crashed when he realizes he cannot understand Usher's strange behavior. It is all so new to him. He himself is superstitious, and at times he makes me irate. He is the type of person who sees truth right in front of his face but he turned away from it and uses reasoning and focuses on something else. For example, when Usher claims that there are ghost in the house, the narrator feels the same way but dismisses Roderick's fear as well as his own by attributing to a natural cause. It just makes me want to scream at him to face reality! Although he suppresses his fears all along, Lady Madeline's reappearance drives him out of the house. These characters are very unique people all tied together by the same ty! all contribute to make the mansion even more mysterious. (The Norton Anthology of Anthology of American Literature) There are three very different characters that dwell in the dreary house. The first one I would like to mention is Madeline Usher who is the twin sister of Roderick Usher. She rarely speaks and she keeps to herself. At first I thought she was just shy and independent but then I realized that she has the characteristics of a physco. Poe presents her as a ghost like figure. She is very fragile and pale and best described as a face of death. She is completely overcome by a mental disorder that mak
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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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