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The Fall Of The House Of Usher By Edgar Allen Poe

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In addition to Edgar Allen Poe using the Gothic literature elements of death and the supernatural, he also incorporated the protagonist being both physical and emotional isolated. In “The Fall of the House of Usher”, the protagonist of the story, Roderick, has lived for years with his only relative that has not deceased. Even with living with his sister, Roderick is physically alone because the siblings do not interact very often and Roderick has not recently left the mansion to see anyone. To show that Roderick has been physically and emotionally alone Poe states, “of a mental disorder which oppressed him—and of an earnest desire to see me, as his best and indeed his only personal friend” (Poe). Due to the mental disorder and not interacting
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