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This is a 6 page paper discussing the theme of “doubling” within Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher”. Edgar Allan Poe’s 1839 story “The Fall of the House of Usher” tells the tale of a lonely narrator arriving at the House of Usher where lives a friend of his, Roderick, who is undergoing a great deal of mental distress over the illness and eventual “death” of his twin sister. Poe’s use of imagery describes a setting filled with dread, misery and gloom throughout the terrifying story which is eventually revealed. To highlight the dramatic effect of the events within the story, Poe uses elements of “doubling”, parallels and mirroring in order for the reader to further understand the extent to which the events at the House of Usher affect the mental instability of the narrator.
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lonely narrator arriving at the House of Usher where lives a friend of his, Roderick, who is undergoing a great deal of mental distress over the illness and eventual "death"
of his twin sister. Poes use of imagery describes a setting filled with dread, misery and gloom throughout the terrifying story which is eventually revealed. To highlight the dramatic effect
of the events within the story, Poe uses elements of "doubling", parallels and mirroring in order for the reader to further understand the extent to which the events at the
House of Usher affect the mental instability of the narrator. American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) wrote "The Fall of
the House of Usher" in 1839 and it is known as one of his more eerie gothic tales which includes the central characters being fearful of their own setting and
also includes a live burial, one of Poes more unsettling themes (Brown, 1995). Although Poe was largely misunderstood by the American public during his lifetime, his works were a major
influence in Europe and were later considered the precursor of many of the modern psychological dramas, mysteries, science fiction and detective stories (Perry, 1985). Many believe to understand Poe himself
was paramount to understanding many of his stories and aspects of the life of Poe are often mirrored within the narrators of his stories.
One of the themes apparent throughout Poes "The Fall of the House of Usher" is his use of "doubling" or mirroring several events and devices. Poe himself was known
as a lonely man who was orphaned and adopted by John Allan but with whom later all ties were severed. Consequently, Poe spent most of his life struggling within his
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