Dark Romantic Poe
The Dark Side of Poe Edgar Allen Poe was known as a Dark Romantic because of his style of writing. A Dark Romantic was known for valuing intuition over logic and reason and thought that human events had certain signs and symbols behind them. Poe used the literary technique of symbolism very well, which Dark Romantics were known to use quite often. Dark Romantics were known to explore the dark side of a subject, but Poe was especially known for this because he had a very mad and deranged psyche. Poe used conflicts and bad experiences from his own life to help add him in his dark and creepy writings. Poe's, The Fall of the House of Usher examines the dark side of human life through the life of Roderick Usher and his decaying house. Right away Poe begins to describe the atmosphere around the Usher home, which is eerie and raises the reader's attentiveness. Before getting inside the house the narrator is already frightened by the appearance of the house, which looks like a face and has a crack running down the center of the structure. The house now seemed unstable to the narrator and was afraid to enter it because he was afraid it might collapse on him "... made its way down the wall in a zigzag direction..." (Pg 266), which foreshado
wed the ending of the story. After entering the house the narrator was lead to the room that contained his dear old friend Roderick. Roderick was described to the reader as "a cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid..." (Pg 267) that gives the reader the idea that Roderick is not in good health. The description that Poe used for both the house and Roderick gives the reader solid proof that his is writing in a dark romantic style. His view of the house came from the perspective of man who was deranged and offered the reader only the sense of fear. The description of Roderick gives off the same effect to the reader but to a greater extent. Roderick is given the characteristics of a cadaver, which is probably the worst characteristic a person could get. This description comes from Poe's irrational side, which shows us Poe's instability as a writer and let alone a person. Poe's description of the house and Roderick show the readers his true qualities as a Dark Romantic writer. Poe uses the same writing technique in his well-known poem, "The Raven". "The Raven" shows more of Poe's deranged psyche. Poe begins his descriptive language of imagery right away by giving us the atmosphere of the characters home and his mood at the same time. The atmosphere in the beginning of the poem was very sullen and he describes the night to the reader as dreary which gives a sort of cold and spooky mood. Poe describes the characters own mood as "nearly napping" (Pg 282), which gives us a sense of sleep and indicates to the reader that the character was tired. Poe's use of imagery plays an important role he how the mood is put across. Such imag
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