The Role Of Gothic Literature In The Fall Of The House Of Usher

Death, murder, and depression are a few of Edgar Allan Poe’s favorite areas to write about. This is a vital reason his pieces are considered Gothic Literature. Gothic Literature, also referred to as “brooding romantics,” explored the capacity for evil. These writers arranged their works with emphasis on emotion, nature, and the individual. However, they did not center their matters on positivity as the other romantics did. Instead, they often included elements of fantasy and the supernatural. Poe’s short story, Fall of the House of Usher, contains all of the assets essential to a Gothic Literature piece, including grotesque characters, bizarre situations, and violent events. The first asset, a grotesque character, is a character with an odd demeanor. They are often awfully ugly, or bizarre, with an
A violent event is an action with the intention to kill, harm, or damage something, or someone. When Madeline comes through the door, her intention was not to harm her brother, however, his fear of her took control of him, and he died. Not only did Roderrick die, Madeline did too. Her disease finally took full control of her body, and she collapsed. As all of this was happening, the narrator, fearing for his life, ran to exit the Usher mansion. This is when the last violent event happened. As soon as he stepped outside of the eery, “vacant” (Poe 404), house, the building falls. From then on, the Usher family was no more.
Poe had a wonderful way of expressing his pain and experiences through Gothic Literature, as shown in Fall of the House of Usher. He uses his characters Roderrick, and Madeline Usher as grotesque characters, and uses burying Madeline alive, with the peculiar white gas as a bizarre event. Last but not least, Poe added the death of Madeline and Roderrick, and the Fall of the Usher mansion as the last asset needed to complete the gothic theme, violent