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In "Fall of the House of Usher," by Edgar Allen Poe, transformation plays a role as the narrator's mind changes and slowly becomes insane. First off, the gloomy atmosphere of the story causes the narrator to start having strange thoughts. For example, the house looked vacant and decayed which gave the narrator, as well as the reader, a sinking feeling. This begins to tempt the narrator into thinking with a depressed mindset. Next, Roderick Usher, the narrator's close friend, starts to infect the narrator with his own mental illness. The narrator states, "It was no wonder that his condition terrified – that it infected me" (Poe, 24). This quote shows that Usher's ludicrous behavior had a

Fear is among one of the most universal human emotions that everyone is interconnected at one point or another during their lifetime. In the gothic stories, “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “House Taken Over” written by Edgar Allan Poe and Julio Cortazar respectively. Edgar Allen Poe writes about how the character Mr. Usher, who because of his mental illness and delusions, cannot come to terms with his reality. Cortazar writes about the relationship between a brother and sister who have normal everyday lives and have strange and odd nightmare that haunts them. The

To begin with, imagination overcomes reasoning in the characters of the short story “The Fall of the House of Usher”. While in the middle of the storm the narrator seems to be hearing strange noises that have nothing to do with the storm. For example, “An irrepressible tremor gradually pervaded my frame; and at length, there sat upon my very heart an incubus of utterly causeless alarm. Shaking this off with a gasp and a struggle, I uplifted myself upon the pillows” (paragraph 31, pg 25). This shows readers that the narrator of the story is hearing noises, and it could be said that Usher’s condition is rubbing off on him. The narrator is unable to sleep at this point in the story because of Usher’s incurable fears that have now taken influence on the narrator because he believes he is hearing things. This demonstrates how imagination overcomes reason in the short

Throughout the short story, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, there are many examples to explain why your imagination can lead you out of the real world. Such as, “...with an utter depression of soul, which I can compare to no earthly sensation more properly than to the after – dream of the reveler upon opium – the bitter lapse into every day life…”(Poe 14). When the narrator enters the house, he notices that everything is out of the ordinary and unrealistic, because it is dying. Therefore, Usher’s imagination is what makes the narrator believe his sister may still be apart of the home and has come to haunt it. “The writer spoke of acute bodily illness- of a mental disorder which oppressed him- and of an earnest desire to see me, as his best and indeed his only personal friend...”(Poe 14). If he is explaining someone has a mental, than there is a high chance that it is the mind playing tricks on him. Which allows one to believe there is something to fear. Not only

In “The Fall of the House of Usher,” the characters' imagination overcomes reasoning when they have anxiety. When the narrator first receives the

Edgar Allan Poe used fear to attract his readers into his gothic world. Poe realized that fear intrigues as well as frightens, and sew it as a perfect motif for many of his stories, particularly The Fall of the House of Usher. Poe emphasized the mysterious, desolate, and gloomy surroundings throughout the story to set up the fear that got the reader involved. Then he extended the fear to the characters in order to reveal the importance of facing and overcoming fear. Poe suggested in the story that the denial of fears can lead to madness and insanity. This has clearly shown through the weakening of Roderick Usher's mind and the resulting impact on the narrator of the story.

The Usher mansion is slowly deteriorating, just like Roderick Usher himself. The “sombre tapestries,” “ebon blackness,” and “phantasmagoric armorial trophies” did not just start showing in the house; these elements have had time to develop and is now represented as a never ending darkness, which is just like Roderick Usher’s mental illness. Not only does Poe create an image of the house, he also uses lucid details describing the Usher’s mansion and the rooms inside the home to show that Roderick’s mental illness has physically and mentally trapped him. Roderick is a gloomy and mysterious character who looks as if he is dead. Poe describes Roderick’s appearance as one to not easily be forgotten (Poe 152). In Roderick’s mind, he feels as if he has no escape from this illness, which terrifies him. His biggest fear is fear himself. The evil that has overcame his body will take a toll on his life and he is aware of it because he says “I shudder at the thought of any, even the most trivial, incident, which may operate upon this intolerable agitation of soul. I have, indeed no abhorrence of danger, except in it absolute effect-in terror” (Poe 153). As described in the story, the Usher house has rooms that create a somber life and with this creation, Poe is able to portray the kind of life that Roderick Usher is living and will live. Not only is this technique used in “The Fall of the House of

Edgar Allen Poe is a critic of short stories and poetry, and often puts his own theories into his writing. Edgar Allen Poe’s, “The Fall of the House of Usher,” falls into this category in the idea of the single effect. The short story starts with the Narrator going to visit his old friend, Roderick Usher because of a letter Roderick writes to him. The Narrator goes to the house and spends time with Usher, but all starts to go array when Roderick thinks his sister is dead and buries her. She comes out of her tomb and jumps at Usher and the House of Usher falls and Roderick dies. Poe argues that all short stories should have a single effect; a feeling the author should make the reader feel. The single effect of “The Fall of the House of Usher” is terror. Poe creates the single effect of terror through the settings, characters, and elements of the story. He does this through the setting of Usher’s room and Madeline’s tomb; through the characters of Roderick and Madeline Usher; and through the element of the Haunted Palace.

The house seems to be absorbing Usher’s mental health and physical health. Evidence of this is shown by the faltering health and growing fears of Roderick Usher in relation to the growing scariness of the house.

Another reason imagination takes over has something to do with experience and maturity. Many people believe that, “...if you’re too young to know monsters are fake, it can be quite traumatic..” (Ringo 92). This is more logical because many children don’t know when something is real or fake just for the simple fact that they’ve never been in that situation. When people experience something that they don’t understand, we imagine that there’s no other way the situation can go but bad instead of thinking it through.

In “The Fall of the House of Usher” the story starts with the narrator saying that he is overcome with a feeling of gloom upon first seeing the house. He compares the windows to vacant eyes. The narrator goes on to tell how the house appears to him but then tries to explain it away as his overactive imagination.

Everyone’s has an imagination, which allows someone to be able to think of new things and form pictures in their mind of things that are not real (Merriam Webster). Imagination is used every day either unconsciously, which happens when one isn’t even aware that they are using their imagination,

Imagination is the ability to come up with pictures, images, or scenarios in your mind that fulfill your innermost needs and desires. Imagination is very important in young kids and young adults. There are many forms of imagination that can found in young adult pieces, from movies to books, and so much more. Stephanie Myers has the best young adult book imagination which is developed through her series “Twilight.”

In the story “The Fall of the House of Usher” all the Usher family had suffered from a mental illness. It had a big effect on their family because it was passed down from generation to generation. Considering that is was passed down no one in the Usher family managed to go and look for help. The narrator’s reaction to the mental illness was scary because no one knew that this was going to turn out like this. The reaction was also confused because the did not know what was going on. This illness cannot be fixed with medicine alone, it takes time and patience to treat people who suffer from this severe illness. There is not a way that a person can remain sane with the severity of this mysterious

“The Fall of the House of Usher” is a dark story where it feels like it is almost trapped by his surroundings. Roderick and Madeline Usher both lived in the house; they are twins who, in many ways, are almost identical. The narrator describes Roderick’s house, “in the greenest of our valleys, by good angels tenanted, once a fair and stately palace; Radiant palace reared its head.” He continues by saying, “but evil things, in robed of sorrow, assailed the monarch’s high estate”. He described that it went from a once happy and joyous to a dark and gloomy place. This could be because of his own mental condition. He feels trapped by the house remembering the times when the house was filled will happiness and joy but now it is a mere darkened