Book Quote:
“The result was discoverable, he added, in that silent, yet importunate and terrible influence which for centuries had molded the destinies of his family, and which made him what I now saw him—what he was. Such opinions need no comment, and I will make none.”
Online Quote:
“[Poe would] create powerful emotional responses in his fiction through the use of language. Several of his stories depicted psychologically unstable characters” –enotes.com
Summary:
The story begins with a narrator, also known as the friend, speaking of his history with Roderick Usher as he journeys to visit him. The friend was requested by Roderick after so many years, as they were child hood friends, and speaks urgently as he desperately needs him. He arrives at the Usher mansion, a most depressing place from the looks of it and only to see his friend the same way. Roderick had a sister, a twin, who had died recently, who he sees as a ghost and the narrator stays with him hoping Usher will get his sanity back. Finally putting Mad
eline into a proper resting place only later does she raise from the dead in a storm and takes her other half of her, her brother.
Opinion:
This story seems to be about insanity. How do we become insane and how you could cure it. We are shown the different ways to become insane in this story. The gloomy, traditional mansion, extremely quiet, and the marriages within the same blood line. Poe liked looking at the unstable people and think what thoughts they might have as well.
“The result was discoverable, he added, in that silent, yet importunate and terrible influence which for centuries had molded the destinies of his family, and which made him what I now saw him—what he was. Such opinions need no comment, and I will make none.”
Online Quote:
“[Poe would] create powerful emotional responses in his fiction through the use of language. Several of his stories depicted psychologically unstable characters” –enotes.com
Summary:
The story begins with a narrator, also known as the friend, speaking of his history with Roderick Usher as he journeys to visit him. The friend was requested by Roderick after so many years, as they were child hood friends, and speaks urgently as he desperately needs him. He arrives at the Usher mansion, a most depressing place from the looks of it and only to see his friend the same way. Roderick had a sister, a twin, who had died recently, who he sees as a ghost and the narrator stays with him hoping Usher will get his sanity back. Finally putting Mad
eline into a proper resting place only later does she raise from the dead in a storm and takes her other half of her, her brother.Opinion:
This story seems to be about insanity. How do we become insane and how you could cure it. We are shown the different ways to become insane in this story. The gloomy, traditional mansion, extremely quiet, and the marriages within the same blood line. Poe liked looking at the unstable people and think what thoughts they might have as well.
10 points. The opinion section in this one is too brief for full credit. I really do care what YOU think!
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