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Analysis Of The Vampire Motif In 'The Fall Of The House Of Usher'

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Lyle H. Kendall, Jr.’s critical work, “The Vampire Motif in 'The Fall of the House of Usher'” (1996), elucidated that he personally believed that the character Madeline was a physical vampire in the short story by Edgar Allen Poe. To support his “whimsical” claim he provided an explanation of how Madeline’s physical appearance such as “pale skin” and “thin lips” along with her strange actions of appearing only three times within the story. Kendall’s purpose was to provide his own opinion of the story in order to show the depth and creativity of the story and how one can read it in multiple ways. Kendall wrote with a unmistaken love and awe towards the story and wished to share his thoughts with other
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