’In his writing‚ Edgar Allan Poe creates a particularly American Gothic sensibility. ’ Discuss‚ with reference to ’The Fall of the House of Usher ’. Creating an American Gothic sensibilty is an immense undertaking for any author‚ poet or playwright. One must make sure to include all of the vital ingredients in order to capture and tranfix the reader. A setting of a spine-chilling drafty old House‚ an immoral act of incest‚ doubling of characters and events‚ inconceivable supernatual and inexplicable
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“Early that day the weather turned and the snow was melting into dirty water.” This is the first sentence of Raymond Carver’s “Popular Mechanics.” This sentence gives the reader a hint about something happened in the relation of couple in the story and it is falling apart. Then Carver says‚ “cars slushed by the street outside‚ where it was getting dark. But it was getting dark on the inside too.” Now this sentence makes the picture little clear‚ that there is some darkness in the house due to something
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feeling like you’re the most joyful person on Earth. The first thing that comes to mind when you are thinking about emotions is the story “Raymond Run” by Toni Cade Bambara and the fighter‚ tough minded-girl‚ and sassy main character‚ Hazel Elizabeth Deborah Parker (Squeaky). Every single day of the week she has to mind her mentally challenged brother‚ Raymond‚ and then gets her rest and stress relief by running. Although she may be tough or physical‚ inside her she has a heart full of gold. In
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Unity of Effect in The Fall of the House of Usher Unity of Effect in The Fall of the House of Usher Unity of Effect is used in many‚ if not all‚ of the literary elements and devices in The fall of the House of Usher. The whole plot is designed to make the reader feel uneasy and create an atmosphere of suspense. At the end of the story‚ the reader should feel one or more of the following emotions: gloom‚ terror‚ awe‚ or distress. The plot sets up a series of events
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Gothic texts are distinguished by the conventions they explore. The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole‚ The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe and Christabel by Samuel Taylor Coleridgem all create an atmosphere of mystery and suspense and highlight to cruel terrors and passions prevalent in Gothic texts. In atmosphere of gloom and terror can be conveyed through medieval setting and inexplicable occurances. In the Castle of Otranto‚ various events occur‚ which are completely arbitrary
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gloomy‚ with rain and storms. For example‚ in the story “The Fall of the House of Usher‚” “during the whole of a dull‚ dark‚ and soundless day in the autumn of the year when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens‚ I had been passing alone‚ on horseback‚ through a singularly dreary tract of country and the length I found myself‚ as the shades of evening drew on‚ within view of the melancholy House of Usher(1).” By creating this eerie atmosphere Poe removes the reader from his or her everyday
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Elizabeth Gardner English 11 period 6. January 23‚ 2014 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Formalist Criticism In reading over Washington Irving’s "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Fall of the House of Usher‚" my attention has been caught that both of these stories have been given a title that refers to the setting where the action takes place: Irving’s boring town‚ Poe’s depressing mansion. I also noticed that both stories make a specific use of the settings‚ to affect
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In order to understand Roderick Usher’s loss of sanity at the end of The Fall of the House of Usher‚ Poe’s romantic focus needs to be understood. Poe’s romantic beliefs followed very closely to three main tenants of Romanticism. He believed that Nature is mysterious‚ and strange‚ Poe also focused heavily on man’s reaction to Nature‚ particularly man’s emotions and intuition. There are two main points in the story that are crucial in discovering that the story takes place in Roderick Usher’s mind
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some type of dysfunction. This applies to the majority of the people in Maycomb. Dolphus Raymond‚ however‚ is not part of this stereotype. He doesn’t have a dysfunction and only pretends to be an alcoholic. Mr. Raymond is both caring and sly. When Dolphus Raymond sees Dill come out of the courthouse crying‚ he tries to comfort him and help him feel better. This shows that Dolphus Raymond is caring. Dolphus Raymond then calls Dill to come to him and says‚ “Here‚ offering Dill his paper sack with
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use of the doppelganger in Poe’s stories “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “William Wilson”. Poe utilises the doppelganger in very different ways in each of these stories. “The Fall of the House of Usher” presents both the mansion and the Usher siblings as doppelgangers of each other‚ whereas “William Wilson” explores the doppelganger theme through the manifestation of an identical clone. In Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” the first example of the doppelganger is seen in the relationship
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