Edgar Allen Poe's Symbolism Of Death In "The Fall Of The House Of Usher"
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Death is defined as, "The termination or extinction of something"
(American Heritage Dictionary). Edgar Allen Poe uses this description in "The
Fall of the House of Usher" in different ways. Poe's intention when writing
"The Fall of the House of Usher" was not to present a moral, lesson, or trut ....
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.... House of Usher" - Analysis, 5).
Poe is grouped with other writers in the Romantic period. Writers of
this period focused on life, emotions, and the existence of the human race.
Although Poe's work has many characteristics of Romanticism, "The Fall of the
House of Usher", falls into the Gothic category. "It is usually admired for its
‘atmosphere' and for its exquisitely artificial manipulation of Gothic claptrap
and decor"(Abel, 380).
Bringing forth the symbolism of death is a ma ....
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