The Fall Of The House Of Usher: A Descent Into Madness
“The Fall of the House of Usher:” A Descent Into Madness
"I was forced to fall back upon the unsatisfactory conclusion, that while, beyond doubt, there are combinations of very simple natural objects which have the power of thus affecting us, still the analysis of this power lies among considerations beyond our depth." In literature, the word "romanticism" have two completely different meanings. The most used one being a genre that indicates romance, a love story so to say, however, this is not the case. Romanticism is demonstrated as the struggle of the individual trying to break free. Most of these stories are suspenseful and contain characters who are grotesque and twisted. To elaborate, American Romanticism differs greatly from European …show more content…
This story contains most traits that are more commonly associated with the genre of romanticism, for example, the characters are seemingly having hopeless undertones in their character, that by which is masked by a more defining characteristics. According to Jonathan A. Cook,
"“The Fall of the House of Usher” provides a representative example of the author’s use of the apocalyptic sublime. “Usher” is notable for its iconographic depiction of the terrors of death.
The main character of the story, Roderick Usher, attempts to transcend mortality in an idealized realm given over to the creation and enjoyment of art; yet death reappears in the form of
Usher’s prematurely buried “twin” sister, whose advent catalyzes the collapse of the Usher mansion and line." (Cook 4).
Cook explains that Poe's characters in the story are seemingly complex and mysterious. We hardly know anything about Roderick Usher and his sister other than the fact that in the story, they are written off as peculiar looking characters. This is where the "grotesque and twisted" attributes of the genre come in. Poe identifies Usher as " of acute bodily illness—of a mental …show more content…
Poe is more known for his Gothic style of writing, likewise, the genre of romanticism is also known for. Aside from following the way of writing dark characters with their equally dark characteristics, it is known that Poe has a very defining style of which he writes his characters and settings alike. Poe writes his characters as people who are mysterious, yet they have so much revealed when they're introduced. There are only some things that known and unknown. There is vague information about what happened to Madeline, Usher's sister, and what we only know is the fact that she was buried alive, as it was revealed at the end of the story when Usher is slowly becoming more hysterical. Accoupled to be mentally ill, he deals with the fact that he may have been the reason his sister was buried alive, as presented in the
"I was forced to fall back upon the unsatisfactory conclusion, that while, beyond doubt, there are combinations of very simple natural objects which have the power of thus affecting us, still the analysis of this power lies among considerations beyond our depth." In literature, the word "romanticism" have two completely different meanings. The most used one being a genre that indicates romance, a love story so to say, however, this is not the case. Romanticism is demonstrated as the struggle of the individual trying to break free. Most of these stories are suspenseful and contain characters who are grotesque and twisted. To elaborate, American Romanticism differs greatly from European …show more content…
This story contains most traits that are more commonly associated with the genre of romanticism, for example, the characters are seemingly having hopeless undertones in their character, that by which is masked by a more defining characteristics. According to Jonathan A. Cook,
"“The Fall of the House of Usher” provides a representative example of the author’s use of the apocalyptic sublime. “Usher” is notable for its iconographic depiction of the terrors of death.
The main character of the story, Roderick Usher, attempts to transcend mortality in an idealized realm given over to the creation and enjoyment of art; yet death reappears in the form of
Usher’s prematurely buried “twin” sister, whose advent catalyzes the collapse of the Usher mansion and line." (Cook 4).
Cook explains that Poe's characters in the story are seemingly complex and mysterious. We hardly know anything about Roderick Usher and his sister other than the fact that in the story, they are written off as peculiar looking characters. This is where the "grotesque and twisted" attributes of the genre come in. Poe identifies Usher as " of acute bodily illness—of a mental …show more content…
Poe is more known for his Gothic style of writing, likewise, the genre of romanticism is also known for. Aside from following the way of writing dark characters with their equally dark characteristics, it is known that Poe has a very defining style of which he writes his characters and settings alike. Poe writes his characters as people who are mysterious, yet they have so much revealed when they're introduced. There are only some things that known and unknown. There is vague information about what happened to Madeline, Usher's sister, and what we only know is the fact that she was buried alive, as it was revealed at the end of the story when Usher is slowly becoming more hysterical. Accoupled to be mentally ill, he deals with the fact that he may have been the reason his sister was buried alive, as presented in the