In the short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" Poe describes Usher as a person who is terrified of everything. After Usher is visited by the narrator he explains his sensitivity to his surroundings. Being so sensitive, he is often frightened by many sounds and light. He explains his struggle with this sensitivity as "I must perish in this deplorable folly" (Poe 409). By saying this the reader gets a chance to see how truly scared Usher is of fear itself. The emotions shown in this statement helps show the reader how much fear Usher has to endure on a daily bases. Another example of terror Poe shows through the words of Usher is when he is explaining his fears to the narrator "I must abandon this life and reason together in some struggle with the grim phantasm FEAR" (Poe 409). This helps to show the reader that Usher is so terrified that he really truly believes he will die from fear. "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a great example of the terror aspects of gothic literature. A plot device as simple as a family secret can cause terror in a
In the short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" Poe describes Usher as a person who is terrified of everything. After Usher is visited by the narrator he explains his sensitivity to his surroundings. Being so sensitive, he is often frightened by many sounds and light. He explains his struggle with this sensitivity as "I must perish in this deplorable folly" (Poe 409). By saying this the reader gets a chance to see how truly scared Usher is of fear itself. The emotions shown in this statement helps show the reader how much fear Usher has to endure on a daily bases. Another example of terror Poe shows through the words of Usher is when he is explaining his fears to the narrator "I must abandon this life and reason together in some struggle with the grim phantasm FEAR" (Poe 409). This helps to show the reader that Usher is so terrified that he really truly believes he will die from fear. "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a great example of the terror aspects of gothic literature. A plot device as simple as a family secret can cause terror in a