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    This document provides an in-depth analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Fall of the House of Usher". It includes sections on the plot, characters, themes, symbols and historical context. The story exemplifies elements of Romanticism such as a focus on nature, individualism, and exploring the psyche. It also reflects the socio-historical context of the time including American transcendentalism, the industrial revolution, and the romantic movement. Overall, the document analyzes how the story uses vivid symbolism and description to connect its themes and plot to the period in which it was written.

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    This document provides an in-depth analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Fall of the House of Usher". It includes sections on the plot, characters, themes, symbols and historical context. The story exemplifies elements of Romanticism such as a focus on nature, individualism, and exploring the psyche. It also reflects the socio-historical context of the time including American transcendentalism, the industrial revolution, and the romantic movement. Overall, the document analyzes how the story uses vivid symbolism and description to connect its themes and plot to the period in which it was written.

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    This document provides an in-depth analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Fall of the House of Usher". It includes sections on the plot, characters, themes, symbols and historical context. The story exemplifies elements of Romanticism such as a focus on nature, individualism, and exploring the psyche. It also reflects the socio-historical context of the time including American transcendentalism, the industrial revolution, and the romantic movement. Overall, the document analyzes how the story uses vivid symbolism and description to connect its themes and plot to the period in which it was written.

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    The Fall of

    the House of Usher

    Introduction Biography Story Plot Synopsis Main Characters Major Themes Symbols Historical background Transcendentalism Industrial Revolution Romantic Movement : Romanticism in The Fall of the House of Usher Conclusions

    The fall of the House of Usher shows all of the

    elements of Romanticism

    Nature Individualism Exotic setting Supernatural Imagination Exploring psyche

    Relevant information Author Socio historical framework

    Born: January 19, 1809 Boston,

    Massachusetts United States

    Died: October 7, 1849 (aged 40)

    Baltimore, Maryland United States


    writer, editor, literary critic fiction, Detective fiction

    Occupation: Poet, short story

    Genres: Horror fiction, Crime

    Orphan at early age

    Strange marriage
    Journals and periodicals and literary

    criticism Unknown cause of his death Vast influence in different fields His homes are dedicated museums today

    The Narrator Unnamed Childhood friends Intention of helping Usher Was he sane from the start ? Roderick Usher: Last living descendant Man of culture and erudition Severe mental illness

    Madeline: Roderick Usher's sister Suffers a mysterious illness: Catalepsy Possibility of an incestuous relationship

    Mortality: Premature burial: Two interpretations Madness: Malady: no scientific explanation Sanity and insanity -> Narrator into madness Fear: Fear of fear itself Acute anxiety Friendship: Never fully explained Narrator seems terrified

    Burial: Three images of "tombs" or "crypts:


    cavernous rooms Usher's painting House into a New grave -> Poes story-within-a-story

    Incest: No spouses "the entire family lay in the direct line of descent the strange qualities of the Usher family Twins share strange illnesses The Arts: Usher is skilled at music and painting Comparison between Roderick to Fuseli

    Reality and Art: Connection between fiction and reality


    Rodericks artistic creations: prophecies Sound of the medieval story = sound from the vault

    Doubling: Dichotomy: twins, but male/female; mental/physical: alive/dead The Small Fissure
    Symbolic connections between family and building Disruption in the Unity of the family

    The House of Usher Several levels of interpretation: The setting Literally falls Organic Entity Romantic Agony: Romantic Excess Esoteric works of Arts and Literature

    SOCIO-HISTORICAL

    BACKGROUND

    Transcendentalism Unity of the world and God American writes: lonely explorers Industrial Revolution Intellectual and artistic hostility
    importance of "nature" in contrast to 'monstrous' machines and factories

    Socio-Historical Background
    Romantic Movement All Art forms Development of the SELF Emphasis on feeling: emotions, passions Sublime -> high psychological states Individuality Nature Questioning conventional Codes Myths and Legends from the past Altered states : express vividly

    Poes characters Strangeness -> essential ingredient to beauty Aristocratic Gothic settings -> reflect INTERIOR -> DISTURBED PSYCHES Tragedy Poes Insecurity
    Europeans Americans Disgust with DEMOCRACY: Undersides of the American dream Materialism/Competition: Families Art Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1840)

    Style Lack of traditional style -> Chaos in USA Immigration Urbanization

    A clear representation of its time period


    Symbolism Vivid description Connects the element of Romanticism to the plot of the story and themes

    Unique way of writing Horror in the story Setting is brought to life in full color Reader feels like he is actually in the story

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