Gothic Elements In The Fall Of The House Of Usher
In every dark story many authors use gothic elements to intensify the suspense on what will happen next. In " The Fall Of The House Of Usher," Edgar Poe uses suspense, symbolism, and gloomy atmospheres to pave the plot of the story.
In "The Fall Of The House Of Usher," the author uses suspense to give the reader uncertainty about the conclusion. For instance, the author specifically creates suspense by creating wonders and attempting to conclude what will happen next such as, " I dread the events of the future, not in themselves, but in their results" (Poe 229) making the audience question what can possibly be so dreadful. In addition Rodrick Usher dreading the outcomes, he states, " ... by dint of long sufferance, he said, obtained over his …show more content…
The audience can infer that the setting of the story, " During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low..." (Poe 293) is somewhere where evil is upon, waiting for something bad to happen. The author uses descriptive dark diction words to display the scenery of The House of Usher and it's dark world, this makes the readers conclude that this mysterious castle is full of wonders and secrets. Not only does the atmosphere where the castle is located is nerve-racking but the scenery as well, as stated,"I looked upon the scene before me... upon the bleak walls- upon the vacant eye like windows- upon a few rank sedges- and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees- with an utter depression of soul..."(294) which paints a very dark and mysterious mental image in the readers head as the author continues with the story. At this point the author has the readers questioning why is this so dark? What catastrophe is the author waiting to reveal? Edgar Poe builds up suspenseful scenes where the audience is waiting to see what will occur later on by using gloomy atmospheres like," I reined my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn.."(294) to describe how the environment is gloomy and tragic. The mysterious dark castle is ," an atmosphere which had no affinity with the
In "The Fall Of The House Of Usher," the author uses suspense to give the reader uncertainty about the conclusion. For instance, the author specifically creates suspense by creating wonders and attempting to conclude what will happen next such as, " I dread the events of the future, not in themselves, but in their results" (Poe 229) making the audience question what can possibly be so dreadful. In addition Rodrick Usher dreading the outcomes, he states, " ... by dint of long sufferance, he said, obtained over his …show more content…
The audience can infer that the setting of the story, " During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low..." (Poe 293) is somewhere where evil is upon, waiting for something bad to happen. The author uses descriptive dark diction words to display the scenery of The House of Usher and it's dark world, this makes the readers conclude that this mysterious castle is full of wonders and secrets. Not only does the atmosphere where the castle is located is nerve-racking but the scenery as well, as stated,"I looked upon the scene before me... upon the bleak walls- upon the vacant eye like windows- upon a few rank sedges- and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees- with an utter depression of soul..."(294) which paints a very dark and mysterious mental image in the readers head as the author continues with the story. At this point the author has the readers questioning why is this so dark? What catastrophe is the author waiting to reveal? Edgar Poe builds up suspenseful scenes where the audience is waiting to see what will occur later on by using gloomy atmospheres like," I reined my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn.."(294) to describe how the environment is gloomy and tragic. The mysterious dark castle is ," an atmosphere which had no affinity with the