Comparison and Contrast between Poe's Text of The Fall of th
After review of both Poe's short-story, The Fall of the House of Usher, and the video production of its similar screenplay, it wouldn't take a genius to determine the obvious differences. In fact, it certainly doesn't take a genius to make a difference comparison as I have made the following observations. First, Poe's text mentions nothing of at least one screen-made character, nor the addition of several bar room friends. Secondly, Rodderick Usher, who is portrayed by Poe to be absolutely mad, is explicitly described in the movie script to be 'absolutely sane.' Finally, the greatest creative licensing the movie producers may have taken in directing the traditional Poe work is the completely opposite twist involving the death, and return, of Madeline Usher.Poe's story begins with a very descriptive, bone-chilling account of the Usher House in the eyes of the narrator (who in the story is not given a name, but
The movie, even beyond the characters' verbal discussions in his defense, portrays Usher as well-within all possibilities of a sound mind. The greatest difference that more than bothers me in this text-to-screen product is the death and return of Madeline Usher. In the matter of Rodderick Usher, however, I can't give as much praise to the 1980s chains-rattling-for-sound-effects work. However, the movie is, in its own right, an appreciable work of screen art and should not be necessarily criticized for bad directing or photography given the state of film technology at its development and print, but sadly the movie supports Poe's original work accurately in very few areas. To Master Usher's sanity, it would have, again in my opinion, been better to leave him under the conviction of certain superstition and madness as written by Poe. Nevertheless, I do, personally, credit the movie writers with this addition. The movie makes multiple implications, in my theory, that Madeline Usher herself is dead when buried, but instead returns from death filled with the spirits of devils in her body, complete with absolutely fake blood dripping from her eyes (which would otherwise be not of devils according to the Roman Catholic Church, but a blessing from God during confirmation of Stigmata), to haunt and destroy the only remaining mortal of the House of Usher. In Poe's story, there is no mention of the narrator's newlywed wife, who is also named and brought to life in the movie production. This 'creative licensing' puts classical story screen-makes on an entirely different planet, in a separate solar system, and possibly in a different physical universe if such a realm could exist. in the movie is), who has been called to the family home of his boyhood friend, Rodderick Usher. That would most certainly stand as the most morbid of all Poe tell-tales. The movie, with exception of its bad acting, poor sound effects, bad visuals, and crumbling styrofoam walls with perfectly collapsing staircase, is in itself a horrifying testament to every student who tries to skip the pages of text and watch the movie. In the text, the remaining Lady Usher succumbs to what is implied to be a coma, or state of mental numbness and low respiration as to be believed as dead. Perhaps, Poe's morbid tale wasn't quite 'scary' enough without a sane young lady to torment.
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