"The Fall of the House of Usher" is considered the best example of Poe's "totality", wherein every element and detail is related and relevant.The theme of the crumbling, haunted castle is a key feature of Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto (1764), which largely contributed in defining the Gothic genre. The presence of a capacious, disintegrating house symbolizing the destruction of the human body is a characteristic element in Poe's later work."The Fall of the House of Usher" shows Poe's ability to create an emotional tone ...
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"The Fall of the House of Usher" is considered the best example of Poe's "totality", wherein every element and detail is related and relevant.The theme of the crumbling, haunted castle is a key feature of Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto (1764), which largely contributed in defining the Gothic genre. The presence of a capacious, disintegrating house symbolizing the destruction of the human body is a characteristic element in Poe's later work."The Fall of the House of Usher" shows Poe's ability to create an emotional tone in his work, specifically feelings of fear, doom, and guilt.
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