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The Fall of the House of Usher
Title: The Fall of the House of Usher
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1501 | Pages: 6.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Fall of the House of Usher
Type of Work:
Gothic horror story
Setting
An ancient English manor house; nineteenth century
Principle Characters
An unidentified Narrator
Roderick Usher, the Narrator's gravely
ill friend Lady Madcline, Roderick's even more in firm sister
Story Overveiw
(Classical gothic imagery - drippingly dark surroundings and terrifying ghostly symbols - is used throughout this tale to evoke a sense of fear and forboding that present-day novels and films have made commonplace to modern lovers of horror. Thus, imagine yourself …showed first 75 words of 1501 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1501 total…to free herself and survive being buried alive, then returning to punish a weak man. References to blood at the end suggest to some that Madeline perhaps was a vampiress. Still others simply enjoy Poe's unmatched style that conjures up remarkably horrid mental images and brings on a wonderfully grim suspense.
In all, the imaginative details and descriptions, the inventive drama, and the sheer popularity of the story, have made it a literary classic.
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