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"The Fall of the House of Usher", 2007.
This paper explores gothic fiction and focuses on "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allen Poe.
2,175 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 46.95
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The paper asserts that gothic refers to the encounter with the mysterious and the unknown. The paper explains that the unknown in gothic fiction refers to something that is beyond the normal and rational. The paper illustrates how "The Fall of the House of Usher" presents the conventional themes and motifs of the gothic romance genre. There is the haunted house, the depressing location, the horrors, madness and disease and development of a monstrous bizarre union in destruction and decay. However, the paper concludes that at the heart of the gothic genre, lay the movement towards an expression of the unknown and the mysterious, which lies beyond our comprehension.
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Introduction and Thesis Statement
The House of Usher and the Unknown
Conclusion
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"The works of Edgar Allan Poe were not the first literature to be described as gothic. Poe has as his antecedents many other works that contain the gothic style and content. His work is often described as "A descent from such British milestones in literary Gothicism as Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764), William Beckford's Vathek (1786), W. H. Ireland's The Abbess (1798), or Sir Walter Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor (1819) is evident in Poe's writings." (Fisher 72)"
"The gothic in art and literature is defined and described in numerous ways and with a great degree of controversy and disagreement. There are many critics who suggest that there can be no one definitive view of this genre."
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"The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Scarlet Letter", 2008.
This paper examines the symbolism in "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe and "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
1,329 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 30.95
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The paper examines the literary techniques used in "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe and "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The paper describes the deterioration of the human mind in Hawthorne's character, Dimmesdale, and in Poe's narrator and shows how they share the same lack of knowledge that they are victims of their own mental deterioration.
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"Authors often use metaphors and symbols as techniques to make statements about characters. Character often lives parallel lives in novels and short stories and it is with great pleasure that we learn from them. Writers employ several different techniques to engage readers. Two stories that illustrate powerful symbolism are "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Each of these stories bring us into characters by allowing us see them change in a radical way. In "The Fall of the House of Usher," Poe uses the house as a metaphor for the narrator and Roderick's condition. The readers' attention is initially drawn to Roderick, whom we suspect might be mentally unstable. Through careful techniques Poe manages to illustrate how the fall of the house represents the fall of both the narrator and Roderick. In the same way, The Scarlet Letter demonstrates how one person can fall through another type of symbol and that is hidden but, nevertheless, powerful. Both stories demonstrate how the human mind can break down over time, given the right circumstances. "
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"The Fall of the House of Usher"., 2002.
A look at "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allen Poe.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 8 sources, £ 43.95
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This seven-page-paper provides a discussion about Edgar Allen Poe his classic works. The discussion focuses on Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" as well as the author's life and accomplishments. It details a critical analysis of the work itself as well as a discussion about the possible mindset of the author at the time he wrote it. There were nine sources used to complete this paper.
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"The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Purloined Letter", 2002.
A review of the books ?The Fall of the House of Usher? and ?The Purloined Letter? by Edgar Allen Poe.
895 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 21.95
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This paper examines the mid-Victorian novellas, "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Purloined Letter", written by Edgar Allen Poe, that the author finds are both written with sensational through thriller and chiller styles of writing that remain within the psyche a long time after reading the novel.
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"The Fall of the House of Usher is one novel that can be seen to be a forerunner of psychological chillers, it is about the final members of the family Usher, Roderick and Madeline, both are suffering from illnesses that can only be traced back to a long series on inter- family marriages :
?I had learned?that the stem of the Usher race, all time-honoured as it was, had put forth, at no period, any enduring branch;?that the entire family lay in the direct line of descent, and had always, ? so lain. It was this deficiency? undeviating transmission, from sire to son, of the patrimony with the name, which had, at length, so identified the two as to merge the original title of the estate in the quaint and equivocal appellation of the "House of Usher" (Poe 295)."
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Edgar Allen Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher", 2000.
A look at the use of symbolism in Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher".
1,060 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, £ 26.95
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In this paper, the author examines the use of symbolism in "The Fall of the House of Usher" and the themes that run throughout the story. The paper takes a look at the the duality of the house which comes to represent family and home.
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"The genre of Romanticism is essential to cultural and literary history; its popularity can be attributed to humanity?s fascination with the dark and unknown and also its profound interest in the pain and downfall of others. Edgar Allan Poe was instrumental in establishing the foundation of Romanticism that is best known today; his works concern themselves primarily with the occult and the enigmas prevalent within the human psyche. His story ?The Fall of the House of Usher? details the psychological and physical demise of the family Usher; Poe translates atmosphere and setting into the characters in the story, and also transfers human qualities into the actual house, which comes to function as a symbol of the Usher family. The title of the story also represents a duality; ultimately, the house is physically destroyed, as is the family. The house of Usher is clearly the personification of the Usher family; the house symbolizes the Usher family?s decline into madness and the eventual demise of the family."
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"The Fall of the House of Usher", 2006.
This paper analyzes the close relationship between environment and character as clearly portrayed in Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Fall of the House of Usher."
1,397 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, APA, £ 32.95
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This paper focuses on the main characters of Roderick Usher and his sister Lady Madeline as well as the eventual demise of the Usher family in Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher." The writer of this paper describes why the actual Usher home is itself a physical entity and thus becomes a pseudo-character in the plot which Poe uses to both mirror and amplify the story of the principal characters. This paper also discusses Poe's unique writing style by defining the close relationship between environment and character which becomes clearly evident through the narration.
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"While the character of the estate takes a toll on the narrator, this same character actually seems to be an extension of the Ushers themselves. By the time we are introduced to Roderick and Madeline Usher, we cannot help but notice the parallels between the estate and the characters. The dull, discolored fa?ade of the House seems to closely resemble the complexions of both characters. The otherworldliness of the environment surrounding the household seems to closely parallel the otherworldliness of the Ushers themselves. The phantom like ethereal impression we get of Madeline is the same as the impression we get from the narrator's description of the atmosphere surrounding the estate."
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"Paradise Lost" and "The Fall of the House of Usher", 2006.
A review of the divine fall of John Milton's "Paradise Lost" and the secular fall of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher".
1,700 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 6 sources, APA, £ 38.95
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This paper compares the secular fall in the short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe and the divine fall within the epic theological poem "Paradise Lost" by John Milton. The paper reports that the theme of falling from grace is common to both, but in the first it is a secular fall whereas in the second it is a divine, spiritual fall.
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"However, Poe, while rendering the Biblical figures into a mortal, temporal context, seems to suggest that there is an inherently fallen quality that is irredeemable in some person's souls, like Roderick and Fanny Usher. "Poe mocks the transcendental beliefs, by allowing the characters Roderick Usher, Madeline Usher, the house and the atmosphere to travel in a downward motion into decay and death, rather than the upward transcendence into life and rebirth that the transcendentalists depict. The transcendence of the mind begins with Roderick Usher and is reflected in the characters and environment around him." (Nadeau, 2000) Thus view of the Ushers may be overly harsh--Poe's tone is often not mocking, but elegiac, sympathizing with the downward sinking of the home, and his inversion of the Adam and Eve creation myth, whereby the Usher's failure to procreate and look beyond their union results in the death of their home and line, is not necessarily paraodic, but a warning against self-absorption and narcissism. The fact that tragedy of fallen nature of the Ushers, and the darkness of the house also do not present a perfect parallel either with Milton's Adam and Eve or with the transcendentalist's sunny view of the soul aspiring upwards suggests that the Usher's narcissism deliberately recalls another Miltonic figure, one of arrogance rather than temptation. "
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Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher ", 1983.
This paper discusses the formalistic approach to Edgar Allan Poe's horror story "The Fall of the House of Usher ": Aesthetics, style, characterization, point of view, plot and structure.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 6 sources, £ 38.95
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"The purpose of this research is to discuss the formalistic approach to Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" ("FHU"). The object of formalistic criticism is to discover and explain the form of Poe's short story from an examination of the text. The text will be used to discover the shape and effect of the story, as well as to discuss how they are achieved.
... the underlying rationale to the formalistic approach is discussed. The background of formalistic theory can be found in classical art and aesthetics which showed a preoccupation with form. The theory of unity of Aristotle's Poetics has particular application "FHU."
Poe's theories of art--an extension of Coleridge's theory that parts "mutually support and explain each other; all in their ... "
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Edgar Allan Poe and ?The Fall of the House of Usher?, 2002.
A discussion of Poe's life and the impact his development had on his work.
2,550 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 3 sources, £ 53.95
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This paper presents a biographical account of Edgar Allan Poe's life. The influence that factors such as family, stability, loss, loneliness, drugs and alcohol had on his writing is explored. His work "The Fall of the House of Usher" is examined and used to demonstrate the points made in this analysis.
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"Edgar Allan Poe has remained a bit of an enigma for over a hundred and fifty years. Throughout the years, scholars and Poe devotees have investigated every trivial lead and source connected to his life, only to hit dead ends concerning even the most basic details of his life, or else left with contradictory information. Although, volumes have been written concerning Poe?s life, there appears to be few verifiable facts concerning such issues as the place and date of his birth and the location and date of his burial. Moreover, important dates, locations and causes of the death of family members, as well as Poe?s own death, are shrouded in confusion (http://www.eapoe.org/geninfo/poebiog.htm). No birth certificate has ever been found, although it is generally believed that he was born in Boston in 1809."
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"The Fall of the House of Usher", 2002.
Analyzes Edgar Allen Poe's poem.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 4 sources, £ 18.95
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This paper presents a brief critical exploration of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher".
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"The Fall of the House of User", 2002.
Critically analyzes this short story by Edgar Allen Poe.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, £ 36.95
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This paper shall demonstrate how the short story by Edgar Allen Poe entitled "The Fall of the House of Usher" is actually not a horror story in the conventional understanding of the term. Instead, Poe manages to create a horror story from the psychology of the story's craftsmanship.
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"The Fall of the House of Usher", 2002.
This paper reviews Edgar Allen Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"
1,001 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 24.95
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A literary review of Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher", focusing on the use of setting. The writer believes that Poe makes special use of setting, to enhance his story. In this particular novel, his use of setting reveals early in the story that both the Usher family and the Usher mansion are decaying from the inside out. The reader can immediately identify with the setting, as it sits on the verge of collapse.
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"When the narrator first approaches the House of Usher, where he is visiting to comfort his old friend, Roderick Usher, he sees a rotten pool of water. He hesitates, reflecting on his reasons for coming to the dark, gloomy house. The narrator reveals that Roderick is suffering from mental depression and asked his old friend to visit him to cheer him up.
The narrator, at this point, looks into the pool of water, seeing the reversed image of the house. The contours of his own image are superimposed upon the house, giving it the appearance of face. In this clever passage, Poe makes the reader feel as though the house is alive."
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"The Fall of the House of Usher", 2004.
An analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher".
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 21.95
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This paper looks at Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" and in particular, Poe's narrative strategy and pattern of the narrative. It also examines the literary technique he employs for this horror suspense tale.
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"In "The Fall of the House of Usher" the narrative achieves a powerful impact because Poe uses a narrative strategy that reveals plot information only when all devices of suspense have been exhausted by unfolding in parallel the real-time experience of the..."
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Madness:"The Fall of the House of Usher", 2002.
A discussion of the meaning of madness in this Edgar Allen Poe short story.
2,300 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 49.95
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The paper explores the meaning of madness in this short story through the analysis of setting, plot, and character development. Examples from the text are given. A discussion of Poe's use of the house to represent the madness and despair of the family is presented.
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"To understand the ultimate meaning of madness is this dark tale, we must first look at the story itself, and the protagonists who inspire such madness. The opening lines of ?Usher? immediately prepare us for the setting of the story. Throughout the tale, Poe consistently reminds the reader that the House of Usher is dank, dark, and depressing. ?During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens? (Poe). This dreary setting is the perfect backdrop for the two remaining members of the Usher family, Roderick, and his twin sister Madeline.
The narrator of the story receives a letter from his boyhood friend, Roderick, who begs him to come for a visit. ?The writer spoke of acute bodily illness ? of a pitiable mental idiosyncrasy which oppressed him,? (Poe) and it is no wonder. The narrator says when he first sees the house, ?I had so worked upon my imagination as really to believe that around about the whole mansion and domain there hung an atmosphere peculiar to themselves and their immediate vicinity ? an atmosphere which had no affinity with the air of heaven, but which had reeked up from the decayed trees, and the gray wall, and the silent tarn, in the form of an inelastic vapor or gas ? dull, sluggish, faintly discernible, and leadenhued? (Poe). He feels the house is staring at him, and immediately we understand that this is no ordinary house, and no ordinary family that lives in it. From the very beginning of the story, the madness is apparent in the house, and in the residents. It is frightening, and yet seems very appropriate in this dark and dreary setting, full of sickly inhabitants."
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