First analyze Edgar Allen Poe's writing style using The Fall of the House of Usher as a way to prove your analysis. Then make an argument about how the story fits into Poe's normal writing style.
A response by Chris Primo on 1-17-12: This story clearly expresses Edgar Allen Poe’s writing style in many ways. Poe has a very gothic writing style because he always suffered from depression during his life, which he always blamed his father for. This writing style is applied into The Fall of the House of Usher because the descriptions that Poe gives for the house as well as Usher himself and his sister is very gloomy, dull, and dark. For example, he describes Usher as changed man, but not in the best way. He seemed very ill and not well at all, and the same thing applied to his twin sister, Madeline. She was very ill as well, ill to the point where she would always have unexpected paralyses, which worried Usher, so he buried her. The same state of mind goes for the house that Usher lived in. It was described as an old, gray, worn-out house with withered trees around it, as well as having marsh growing around the house. These are the ways in which Poe applies his writing styles into The Fall of the House of Usher.
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A response by Chris Primo on 1-17-12:
This story clearly expresses Edgar Allen Poe’s writing style in many ways. Poe has a very gothic writing style because he always suffered from depression during his life, which he always blamed his father for. This writing style is applied into The Fall of the House of Usher because the descriptions that Poe gives for the house as well as Usher himself and his sister is very gloomy, dull, and dark. For example, he describes Usher as changed man, but not in the best way. He seemed very ill and not well at all, and the same thing applied to his twin sister, Madeline. She was very ill as well, ill to the point where she would always have unexpected paralyses, which worried Usher, so he buried her. The same state of mind goes for the house that Usher lived in. It was described as an old, gray, worn-out house with withered trees around it, as well as having marsh growing around the house. These are the ways in which Poe applies his writing styles into The Fall of the House of Usher.
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