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Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 7 page
paper which examines the symbolism in both of Poe's stories, and focuses on how the
stories use a character or figure to symbolize an alter ego of sorts that the character denies
and thus delves into madness. In the story of Usher the symbolic presentation of the other
self is Roderick's twin. In "The Black Cat" it is the cat. Bibliography lists 3 additional
sources.
Page Count:
7 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RApoe6.rtf
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us into the deepest recesses of an individuals mind and then somehow, leave us there. In "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Black Cat" we are presented,
not so much with horrid deeds, but the inner workings of two individuals. These two individuals delve deeper and deeper into their madness and completely lose touch with reality. Now,
while many arguments can be created, in regards to the madness of these characters, it is quite clear that one primary reality is that which argues how each individual is
not accepting a part of themselves, an alter ego so to speak, and that by pushing those realities away they are inadvertently allowing madness to settle within. In the following
paper we examine the two stories individually, illustrating how each primary character is running from themselves. The paper then follows up with a discussion/comparison of the two. Fall
of the House of Usher In this particular story we have a man named Usher who was obviously very happy and lived a life that was incredibly grand. However, he
has a twin sister that we "hear" is dwindling and dying, leaving Usher to lose his mind and any desire to truly live. "In this theory, Madeline and Roderick (who
are twins) represent the unconscious and the conscious, and when Roderick denies the others existence, he seals his doom. The fall of the house represents his ultimate breakdown-suggested by
his strong identification with the building and underscored by the poem The Haunted Palace" (Dudley PoePoe.htm). In these respects we can argue "Roderick as the Ego, Madeline as the Id,
and the narrator as the Superego, or mediating force, concluding that the war between the first two is simply too strong for the latter to overcome" (Dudley PoePoe.htm). This
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