Before I read " The Fall of the House of Usher", I had a dreary experience of my
             at my great grand-mothers house. Just as there are several causes and effects of horror in
             " The Fall of the House of Usher," I have experienced a frightening event which was due
             to a variety of causes and which had specific unpleasant effects. The story and my
             venture to my great grandmothers' are similar. The story puts many aspects in your mind
             of scary and eerie surroundings. Still, both the story and my incident cause me to really
             think about there link to each other.
             First of all, Poe gives a creepy description of this house that leads me to think of
             a haunted house, not one in which people would dwell in. The depression he draws on
             the house causes me to obtain a utter feeling of despair for the residence who live there.
             Thus, creating a feeling unlike any other I have ever felt before in all of my reading. The
             sense of despair he establishes leads me in the direction of feeling sorrow for the
             inhabitants of this dreary house. After all to most people reading this story it is only a
             house, but given the details it seems like something unusual is exists in the house of
             The residents of the house are Roderick Usher and his sister lady Madeline, these
             two people have mental problems. As Usher had been boyhood friends with him, he
             knew Usher had mental problems. Usher lived in the house ever since he was born, as a
             result, the house made him into someone who felt trapped. Lady Madeline had been sick
             ever since she was born, this put a burden on Usher for she was all that he had of family.
             Consequently, lady Madeline past away from her illness from childhood.
             As I described the house of Usher to you, I had a experience of my own at my
             great grandmothers house. From the outside the house seems calm, but as you walk up
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