The Single Emotional "Poeffect" Essay written by Henry George When reviewing Nathaniel Hawthorne's Tales, Edgar Allen Poe pronounced that the short story, if skillfully written, should deliver a single preconceived effect- an effect upon which incidents be...

The Fall of the House of Usher Classical gothic imagery is used throughout the story. Drippingly dark surroundings and terrifying ghostly symbols are used throughout to evoke a sense of fear. When the narrator approaches the house, he says he was struck by an overwhelming sense o...