The Fall Of The House Of Usher

In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” and Julio Cortazar’ “House Taken Over” the short stories represent the genre of Gothic Literature. Gothic Literature is a genre that combines fiction, horror, death, and romance. Some of these traits are seen in both of these stories through characters and settings. However, there are other traits that set them apart.

The short stories “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe and “House Taken Over” by Julio Cortazar are two well known works of literature that encompass unique literary styles. Poe utilizes Gothic literature in his story, a style of writing that incorporates elements of darkness, gloom, drama, and intense descriptions. On the other hand, Cortazar uses Magical Realism and its realistic characters, setting, and fantastic and unusual events to tell his tale. Despite the two being completely different genres, they share many similar traits, specifically relating to fear.

An analytical essay of “The Fall of the House of Usher,” and “Where is Here?”

Once when I was young I went to the amusement park with my big brother. My brother always kept saying to me that roller coaster rides are scary and dangerous, which made me imagine them really being scary and dangerous. “The fall of the house of usher” written by Edgar Allen Poe and “house taken over” written by Julio Cortazar are both short stories. It will be about fear and how the imagination can sometimes cause fear. Fear is a response to physical or emotional danger, whether the threat is real or imagined.

     One of the central themes underlying the short story, The Fall of the House of Usher, is that of the nature of the house. The way it is described and the way it is so mysterious. Another central theme about this story is the nature of the people that live in the house. They are portrayed very much in the same manner throughout the story. Thus, they have several similarities with each other. All of which are of a bad feeling, showing how bad things are for the people and the house. These similarities are very well laid out in the story and are, I believe, meant to be something to be considered when reading it.

In the two short stories The Fall of the House of Usher and House Taken Over. The characters in the books experience fear then they jump to conclusions. They may see or hear things and that may be normal but in their heads they overthink. This happens in both stories for example.

In the story “ The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe, has an American romanticism with its characters. Edgar Allan Poe is considered a Dark Romanticism because of the way he writes his poems and short stories centered around the concept of evil human nature, darkness, and death. Roderick and Madeline Usher were said to be related during the middle of the story; they were twins. It explained how they were sick, Roderick had a mental disorder and Madeline was physically sick. As the narrator enters the desolate house, he finds both Roderick and his sister in a severe state of depression and they both appear sick like. The narrator tries to make Roderick feel better, but Roderick wouldn’t budge. Roderick thinks that the house is making him sick and making him to appear crazy.

Sanity Swayed How do we diagnose insanity? Can our surroundings make us insane? In Edgar Allen Poe’s short story, The Fall of the House of Usher, a mansion causes two men to lose their minds. Roderick Usher becomes very ill and invites a friend, our narrator, to visit him before he dies.

To begin with, in the movie “The Fall of the House of Usher” triggered controversy between Roderick Usher and Philip Winthrop. Philip Winthrop had long waited to seek his beloved Madeline Usher, but it turned a generous experience into a horrible situation. As Roderick Usher came to find that his sister was going to be engaged with Philip, he became outraged and immediately had to plan a way to brake the

Some of these events and characteristics become symbolic of the workings of the human mind on brink of insanity. As in “The Fall of the House of Usher” we see that his “long lost friend” is in some state of mind, and is in need of some assistance. And when the narrator gets to this house, he notices a giant crack in the middle of the house from the top to the bottom. In this story, he meets Madeline and Roderick who are twins. We notice that throughout the story, the twins are both ill with some sort of disease. We do know too that these are the last of the Ushers (unless they have kids) and their lives do represent something. Roderick represent the conscious. He is always pacing the floor with delusions and insanity because we know that his

Edgar Allen Poe’s, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, is a good example of Gothic Literature because it has a dark and gloomy setting and, and strange supernatural events. For example, in Poe’s story, “I reined my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn that lay in unruffled luster by the dwelling, and gazed down-but with a shudder even more thrilling than before-upon the remodeled and inverted images of the gray sedge, and the ghastly tree-stems, and the vacant and eyelike windows.” Page 14. This shows gothic literature because it shows a dark setting in front, and around the house. Therefore, “The Fall of the House of Usher” is Gothic Literature because it’s a dark and strange story.

The theme in "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allen Poe is that Poe argues marrying too closely to the family line can bring misfortunes. Historically, aristocratic families intermarried with relatives too closely to continue their family tree. The narrator mentions that "the entire family lay in the direct line of descent and had always with very trifling and very important variation, so lain" (Poe 2). From this comment, Poe is suggesting that there might have been marriages between relatives. As such, the Usher family has had numerous misfortunes, such as not setting out "an enduring branch" (2), and Roderick and Madeline being diagnosed with unusual mental disorders.

Romantic Era literature can be, quite frankly, confusing and endlessly nuanced. Edgar Allan Poe's story, The Fall Of The House Of Usher, is no exception to this near- universal Romantic rule. This story was published in 1839 and follows the then-popular (and dreary) Gothic themes, exploring different (and new) ways to incorporate themes of chaos and order into a coherent, tragically dark message. Written from the first-person perspective of the narrator, The Fall Of The House Of Usher explores the interesting condition of the Usher house; more specifically it relates the tale of Roderick Usher and how he buried his sister, Madeline, and how she came back from the grave.

What is Tales within the Tale? It is like a story in a story. Authors likes to use it to reinforce or reveal the plot in their works. For instance, Edgar Allan Poe, the most talked-about man of letters in America, uses tales within the tale in one of his masterpieces of horror fiction, “The Fall of the House of Usher.” Poe uses a poem/song and an Arthurian epic to reinforce the themes of this masterpiece and moves the plot.

Edgar Allan Poe is most well known for his mysterious and macabre short stories and poems. Other cryptic works of his include “The Raven” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.” In “The Fall of the House of Usher,” Edgar Allan Poe uses emphasis on the senses, Romanticism’s superiority