The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe Essay

The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe - Essay congressmanPoe draws this classical connection between the family and the land early on, saying bluntly that the House of Usher is an appellation which seemed to include, in the mind of the peasantry who used it, some(prenominal) the family and the family abode (Poe 45). The future of the House is revealed in the observation that the family had put forth, at no period, any enduring branch (Poe 45). It is not a prolific family tree, and neither Roderick nor the bird Madeleine exhibit the sanguinity to make them fit stewards of the property or likely to bear any descendents. The House of Usher, we ar to understand, is dying. Their lands exhibit an atmosphere of death, the family is vulnerable to illness, both physical and mental, and they just dont seem like the kind of people with the inclination to procreate. The very idea of children feels sacrilegious in this somber atmosphere.The bleak surroundings are apparent before any observations are made on the family. The story opens with a long paragraph describing precisely how desolate and disconcerting the landscape is. The raise is located in a singularly dreary tract of country (Poe 43), the first adjective used to describe it is melancholy (Poe 43), and the narrators first emotional chemical reaction to its sight is, a sense of insufferable doom (Poe 43).