ANALYSES ON THE NOVEL
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
The novel The Fall of the House of Usher speaks about the sister and brother of Ushers, who are the last owners of the House. They are suffering with strange illness. Roderich invites his boyhood friend to ask for comfort. Through Roderick’s friends’ eyes we are the witnesses of the collapse crumbling of the house how it finally disappears into the tarn in the moonlight.
The story begins with the description of the weather „….dark, dull, and soundless day in the autumn of the year…“ From the very beginning Poe refers to a sense of death decay ( White steam of decay trees crumbling walls, clouds hanging oppressive. There is unity of details and unity of tunes throughout the story from the beginning where the author describes the dank tarn and the dark rooms of the house to the end of the of the story. The unity seems to be between the sister and the brother. I think Roderich loves his sister and is concerned about sister’s illness, knowing that his sister is the last relative to Roderich. From the very beginning we can guess that the story ends with death because the dramatic details must refer to fear or terror. That fear gradually destroys Roderick ’s mind which ends with a storm and Madeleine’s returning from the tomb.
Roderich and Madeleine are twins. They are both suffering from strange illness. Roderick may suffer even more, because it is so painful for him to see his sister suffering from mysterious illness. Madeleine illness can be seen in her appearance, she seems to be physically very weak ( The narrator sees Madeleine walking in the distance Although he cannot see her face he notices her calmness. I suppose Roderick loves Madeleine and not to see her death he puts her ling in the coffin.
Roderich has connection with the house as he said the stones of the house have consciousness.
Smell - he cannot eat tasteless food, he could wear only certain clothes,...
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