Usher Suspense

English Literature has a way of capturing an audience in a way like no other. Literature has the ability to take a reader on the edge of their seat, nail-biting experience. Edgar Allen Poe's stories are brilliant of examples of elements utilized. In the story, "The Fall of The House of Usher," Edgar Allen Poe provides examples of suspense, symbolism, and the gothic element of supernatural events.

Acts of suspense can cause a reader to feel uncertain or excited of what is to unfold in the story. In "The Fall of the House of Usher," Edgar Allen Poe paces suspense throughout the story as he discusses the certain vibes that the story entails leading one closer to the finale. This evident when the narrator "paused abruptly, now with a feeling of

In "The Fall of the House of Usher," Edgar Allen Poe explains how a character or item has their own element. First, the narrator is symbolic of the hero because "he went upon his friends request"(Poe294) to help him, and "had had been intimate associates"(295) since they were little. He is rolled this element because of his concern for his helpless friend and his care for his well-being throughout the story. Second, Rodrick Usher symbolizes the cruel, evil villain because the narrator finds him in "anomalous species of terror"(299) and "deposited a mournful burden of trestles within this region of horror"(305) when burying his sister. Roderick is appointed this role due to the burial of his living sister and leaving her to die in her coffin. Third, Madeline Usher symbolizes the young woman in need of help in the story. Madeline Usher is proven as the young women when her disease "had long baffled the skill of her physicians,"(300) and was considered a "settled apathy, a gradual wasting away of a person."(300) Lady Madeline was incredibly sick, with an unknown illness who is looking for answers. Unfortunately, she was killed due to her brother's insanity and both ended consumed by their house. Last, the house is symbolizes the supernatural through the story. This is proven by the "ghastly tree stems and the vacant and eye-like windows," (294) and also when "the mighty walls rush[ed]