The Shuddering of Poe
Everyone has read a book where the author has a way of putting the reader in a state of fear where they start to shudder and go into a state of pure paranoia. Edgar Allen Poe is one of those authors; his perception of corruption and the dark side of life is incomparisable. Many people have analized the impact and horror that engulphed Poe's work. However the truly remarkable story isn't found in a library, it was the story of Poe's own life. The struggles faced within his own mind and how he was influenced by his experiances are just as interesting and terrifying as Poe's stories. ne of the most symbolic and captivating stories that Poe wrote was The Fall of the House of Usher. This tale is a pure representation of the truly depressing life of Poe and perfect evidence of how his work reflected who he was and how he became that way. Poe's stories are all full of dark and sinical descriptions of the world. This is partially because through Poe's eyes the world was a dark and depressing place, full of corruption and evil. The symbolism and description in The Fall of the House of Usher is the perfect reflection of this. When the unnamed narrator first enters the property surrounding the Hou
One critic examines the way that shudder is an anogram for Usher, and that the missing d's reflect themself in the story in discriptions and in mirror imaging. This take on the word shudder is very fasinating. But the obvious mirror image in the story is the actualy mirror image of the House of Usher in the tarn infront of the house. It colapses into itself, falling deep into the tarn and into the pain of the Usher family. He describes the dull and dark surroundings of the House and the deep stagnant image of the house in the tarn. The fissure is clearly damage to the house of usher, it is the weakness. A lot of critics have annolized the symbolism and the mood of The Fall of the House of Usher, and how it is designed to affect the reader. Ketterer refers to mirror imaging in the symbolism of the use of the letter d. The theme of d's in adjetives continues throughout the story to create a creepy feelingof horror within the readers mind. That image adds to the decaying feeling and to the symbolism of the house combusting into itself. One of the most interesting theories about Poe's story telling is the way the false death of Madeline represents Poe's own feelings. Then, the events that take place must be strange, melodramatic, or evil. When Poe writes about her being buried alive he is infact burying himself alive through his story telling. That one characteristic forms an intricate web of symbolism between the characters, the story, and especially the author.
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