The_Fall_of_the_House_Of_Usher

The Fall of the House Of Usher One of the core themes of the short story, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, is that of the nature of the house itself. The manner it is described and the way it is so puzzling. Another main theme of this tale is the nature of the people that reside in the dwelling. They are described in nearly the same manner all through the narrative. In that way, they have several things in common with one other. What is clearly similar about the way all these things are refered to is the sense of a bad feeling, of dread, showing how bad things are for the people and the house. These similarities are laid out extremely well in the story and I believe they are meant be strongly considered when reading it. At the start of the tale there is a very negative feeling being connected to the appearance of the house. Poe especially uses a couple of tactics to try and make you feel negatively about the house. He used phrases such as: “insufferable gloom,” “vacant,” “black and lurid,” and the “rank sedges.” These are obviously meant to convey a bad connotation to the house. Poe writes that house, story, way, very, things, soon, roderick, bad, about, set, same, poe, negative, madeline, illness, feeling, described, apart, after, word, through, tale, similar, sense, says, reader, phrases, people, out, one, nature, meant, manner, introduced, fall