1. Terror and Mystery - The Fall of the House of Usher
"The setting is essentially traditional Gothic: a desolate scene and an isolated castle, and along with the oppressive diction they animate and intensify readers' curiosity and terror simultaneously. In classic gothic fiction, another essential characteristic is doppelganger, a ghostly counterpart of a character, and Poe incorporated it massively in "The Fall of the House of Usher." ... The proprietor of the house immersed himself in art and poetry, hinting his seeming the anonymously forced insanity, which the narrator tried to convinced the readers of through vagueness. ... He merged h...
- Word Count: 1692
- Approx Pages: 7
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate