Part one of term paper
"The Fall of the House of Usher" Edgar Allan Poe's writings are known for their macabre subject matter. In "The Fall of the House of Usher", Poe uses the life-like characteristics of an otherwise decaying house as a device for giving the house a supernatural atmosphere. Frank N. Magill explains this concept best when he writes, "Usher feels ...

Part two of term paper
... approaches the home of his long-time friend, Roderick Usher, he refers to the house as the "meloncholy House of Usher" (George & Barbara Perkins, 1511). Upon looking at the building, he even describes the feeling he has as "a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit" (Perkins, 1511). Charles Feidelson, Jr. and Paul Brodtkorb, Jr. approach this sense rationally when they write of the narrator incorporating various senses; one being a sixth sense of vague and indescribable realities behind the ...