![]() ![]() It generally creates such a scary atmosphere that it is sometimes impossible to finish, at least a night. The house morphs into a horrifying character of its own.Ī Poe story is a treat. Characters seem to be chained to the house they cannot escape. ![]() The house of Usher refers not only to the dark mansion and family, but also to the fact that someone unknown is “ushered” into their ambience and crosses their threshold. He was obsessed with codes and word games, often inventing them and writing about them. The connection with Poe exists in his background in the magazine industry in which he worked. This brief summary can sound humorous, but Poe’s genius was such that it created a world of horror and monstrous claustrophobia, in which it was impossible for the characters to escape alive. Then the decaying mansion they live in falls apart. Somehow she breaks from her tomb and falls, now really dead, upon her brother, killing him. Madeline, sickly, is thought to have died and is unknowingly buried alive. The tale centers around a black cat and the subsequent deterioration of a man. This is a true Gothic tale, complete with a haunted house, gloomy landscape, mysterious personalities, and dark and scary weather. 'The Black Cat' is one of Edgar Allan Poes most memorable stories. In the Fall of the House of Usher, Poe tells the story of twins, a brother and sister, Roderick and Madeline Usher. The connection with Poe is clear: Poe was an alcoholic who loved wine and may even have died of this affliction. No one knows he is there, and no one finds him until many years after he has been buried alive. Fortunato wants this wine, and follows his friend down into the abyss, where, exhausted, he lies down while his friend chains him up and bricks him into the cellar, alive, one brick at a time. His friend decides to trick him, and leads him into his cellar in which he says he has a cask of rare wine: Amontillado. ![]() Fortunato is a fine man, this friend acknowledges, in all respects but one: He believes he is a wine connoisseur. In it, Fortunato is buried alive by his friend who can’t stand his huge ego that permits him to think he knows everything about wine. The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe is a horrifying story of jealousy and revenge. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author of short stories, poetry, and literary criticism and theory. Short stories by Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe was not only a great book writer, he also write some fantastic short stories, which are beloved by his fans. ![]()
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