Composition on Arthur Rackham's painting of the House of Ush

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In the short story "The Fall of the House of Usher," by Edgar Allan Poe, the house itself is described in many words, which sets the gothic scene. The painting by Arthur Rackham in the book perfectly illustrates what I imagined the house would look like. At a quick glance the house gives me a scary and uneasy feeling, just as the narrator states, when he says, "I know not how it was-but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit." The colors are so foggy and faded, even the white walls of the house seem tainted with the burden of darkness upon them. The dark colors of the sky seem to fade and disappear and ye



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Approximate Word count = 442
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

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