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Suspense In The Fall Of The House Of Usher

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In the story "The Fall of the House of Usher" there is suspense and symbolism that can be written about, this story also provides many Gothic elements. In "The Fall of the House of Usher" To begin with, the suspense progresses throughout the story and it escalates within the chapters as quoted, "there was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart..."(poe pg. 293) This is more like an aching feeling in the chest when the body tenses up when in an uncomfortable state. Another suspenseful situation is quoted, "I reined my horse to the precipitous brink and lurid tarn that lay in unruffled luster by the dwelling , and gazed down - but with a shudder even more thrilling than before..."(pg. 295) This means that although he has done this before

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