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This 5 page paper gives a brief overview of the short story by Poe, Fall of the House of Usher. Explored are themes, symbols, setting, point of view and structure. Quotes, citations and examples are given for each category. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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once barely discernible fissure...." While [he] gazed [upon the scene], [the] fissure rapidly widened...." There was a loud explosion, and the walls of the mansion came crashing down. Then the
"deep and dank tarn...closed sullenly and silently over the fragments of the House of Usher"(Poe,2002). So ends the gruesome tale of Edgar Allen Poes Fall of the House
of Usher. It is a tale of madness, decay and poignancy, some say. Others say that Poe was making fun of the drippy Gothic literature of the time. No matter
what the interpretation of the piece, it has withstood the test of time and unlike the Usher Manor, has a structure that is seamless, tight, themes that are uncanny and
universal, and will no doubt continue to stand as one of literatures greatest monuments to its author. Roderick Usher, the reader discovers, is the last surviving male of the
Usher clan and seems to suffer from a terrible undefined mental condition. It is said that he is nervous, acting very much like a man experiencing withdrawal symptoms. He
really was a piece of work, and it is illustrated best by the list of things that he was unable to tolerate. For example, he could only eat certain kinds
of food, loud noises upset him, strong scents, such as from flowers disturbed him. In every sense of the word, he was neurotic. Ushers twin sister, Madeline is equally as
strange, the reader discovers. Both, Roderick and his sister share an almost supernatural bond. Roderick leads the reader and the narrator to believe that Madeline is tragically and terminally ill,
"beyond the powers of physicians to cure"(Poe, 2002). Roderick announces to the narrator one evening that his sister has died. Several days later, as Roderick becomes more and more
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