The Fall of the House of Usher

The Fall of the House of Usher
“The Fall of the House of Usher”, by Edgar Allen Poe, is a compelling story that is defiantly worth having on the reading in high schools today. The first time through the talk of Roderick Usher may seem a little difficult to understand but after a couple times the reader can begin to comprehend the deep psychological messages within the text. Throughout the story, Poe uses three very common but affective literary elements to carry out his horror theme, and make reading it worthwhile.
The most important part to any story or novel is the description. Description, with vivid words, is used to create a particular mood or atmosphere. Poe begins his story with a very clear visual image of the gloomy House of Usher:
During the whole of a dull, cark, and soundless day
In the autumn of the year, when clouds had hung
Oppressively low in the heaven, I had been passing
Alone, on horseback, through a singularl...