family. Besides‚ the bridge over the tarn symbolizes “I” who is the narrator in this fiction. It also means the bridge like the narrator is the only connection for Usher family to outside world. The ghastly images inside is a hint of the madness of Roderick and Madeline. Secondly‚ the description of atmosphere in the fall of the House of Usher is very carefully. Many words are repeated in the description like ghastly‚ fancy‚ agitation etc. I think these descriptions and repetitions emphasis the
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Literary Analysis As with many of Edgar Allan Poe’s pieces‚ "The Fall of the House of Usher" falls within the definition of American Gothic Literature. According to Prentice Hall Literature‚ American Gothic Literature is characterized by a bleak or remote setting‚ macabre or violent incidents‚ characters being in psychological or physical torment‚ or a supernatural or otherworldly involvement (311). A story containing these attributes can result in a very frightening or morbid read. In all probability
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majority of the current Judges in the High Court of Australia come from privileged backgrounds and they are all male‚ thus possibly not giving them a comprehensive understanding of what the real needs and wants of the Australian public as a whole are (Chisholm & Nettheim‚ 2007). Another disadvantage is that the bias that might come from the judges when making a decision regarding a particular case. Australians live under a federal constitution. These constitutions mandate the existence of the courts
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In his short stories‚ Edgar Allan Poe creates characters with deep problems‚ including mental illness and alcoholism. They frequently blame external forces for the problems that ensue and are never honest with themselves as to the root of their issues. Once they think that they have found the source of their problems‚ they try as hard as they can to ameliorate these problems. Despite their efforts‚ they succeed only in unweaving their own connection to physical reality. These characters are unable
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increasingly ridden with the supernatural as it progresses. Lady Madeline‚ Roderick Usher’s twin sister‚ is a key element in the story. She suffers from a disease much like catalepsy‚ a disease that subjects her to seizures and insensitivity to various stimuli. Roderick himself‚ on the other hand‚ suffers from an “acuteness of the senses” and a strong belief that the house is somehow alive and conscious of its surroundings. Roderick has not parted from the house in years‚ and has instead elected to keep
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<br><br>Another important way Poe uses the setting is to foreshadow events in the story. Roderick Usher’s mansion is on example of this. There is a "barely perceptible fissure" in the masonry. It is a small crack in "The House of Usher" which the narrator defines as "both the family and the family mansion." This foreshadows an event that will ruin the house and the family. The fissure divides the house. Roderick and Madeline die‚ destroying the family. The narrator says there is a "wild inconsistency
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Who are the Ushers “Shaking off from my spirit what must have been a dream‚ I scanned more narrowly the real aspect of the building. Its principal feature seemed to be that of an excessive antiquity. The discoloration of ages had been great. Minute fungi overspread the whole exterior‚ hanging in a fine tangled web-work from the eaves. Yet all this was apart from any extraordinary dilapidation. No portion of the masonry had fallen; and there appeared to be a wild inconsistency between its still perfect
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Poe was obsessed with the connection between the organic and inorganic worlds‚ his gothic tales often revealing‚ just under the surface of decay and horror‚ a psychological dimension. The first person narrator‚ summoned to aid a boyhood friend‚ Roderick Usher‚ in his remote dilapidated mansion‚ witnesses as well the disintegration of Usher’s psyche. Thus‚ the house becomes an extended metaphor for the human mind‚ and the narrator’s journey is an inward one. The story’s increasing focus on images
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author unravels a story that makes them forget they ever wanted or needed background. Reading between the lines of this story‚ however‚ reveals necessary details that allow glimpses at background information. For instance‚ Poe mentions that Roderick and the narrator are “boon companions”‚ in other words‚ best friends from childhood. The narrator does acknowledge that his friend was quite guarded‚ or ‘reserved’ while they were young. Even at that‚ one would assume that the very basics would
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In Lyle H. Kendall’s writing of “The Vampire Motif in ‘The Fall of the House of Usher‚’” he relates vampirism to Poe’s story through the Roderick Usher’s letter‚ the Usher family itself‚ and the ending of the story. Roderick Usher‚ main character and the brother of Madeline Usher‚ writes a letter to the narrator where he tells of “bodily as well as mental disorder” within the family and urges him to visit soon. His interpretation of that is the family’s bodily disorder being the vampirism that affects
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