Compare And Contrast Ligeia And The Fall Of The House Of Usher
Death is a common theme in all of Edgar Allen Poe’s stories. In my response, I will describe how Ligeia fits the Gothic genre. One quality of stories in the Gothic genre is mysteriousness. In Ligeia, the narrator must try to figure out how to live his life after the woman he is in love with, Ligeia, passes away. The story takes an interesting twist when her double resurfaces, alluding to the pause of her decay. Roderick’s sister, Madeline, also emerges from death near the end of the story just as Ligeia does.
Ligeia is similar to "The Fall of the House of Usher" in that both the Lady Ligeia and the Lady Madeline possess a superhuman strength to live. Both women are presumed to be dead, but both possess a will to live that will not let either
one of them remain dead.
Stories from the Gothic genre normally have a dark, gloomy setting, traditionally a castle or manor house. True to this theme, the setting of Ligeia is a dark, gloomy, rotting castle, which invokes vivid imagery in the mind of the reader. The blowing wind creates eerie, bizarre noises all throughout the house from the creaking walls and flapping tapestries, adding to the dark theme.
Ligeia is similar to "The Fall of the House of Usher" in that both the Lady Ligeia and the Lady Madeline possess a superhuman strength to live. Both women are presumed to be dead, but both possess a will to live that will not let either
one of them remain dead.
Stories from the Gothic genre normally have a dark, gloomy setting, traditionally a castle or manor house. True to this theme, the setting of Ligeia is a dark, gloomy, rotting castle, which invokes vivid imagery in the mind of the reader. The blowing wind creates eerie, bizarre noises all throughout the house from the creaking walls and flapping tapestries, adding to the dark theme.