Edgar Allan Poe s The House Of Usher - 1226 Words

Steven Haller Mr. Siebers English 1/15/15 The Romantic Poe Romanticism was a literary movement in the late 1800’s. It embraced idealistic beliefs, interest and respect for nature, and asserted fascination with imagination and intuition. At the forefront of this movement was the superlative author Edgar Allan Poe. Poe created many important romantic works throughout his life. The pennicle of these works was The Fall of the House of Usher. This short story by Poe highlighted his romantic beliefs and demonstrated aspects of romanticism on several levels, not only in the literal text, but in the symbolism that Poe elegantly disguised amidst the brilliant short story. On the surface Poe used vivid and elaborate description to fill the readers with emotions and forced them to become immersed in the dreary world of Roderick Usher. At a slightly deeper level Poe used colors, shapes, and surroundings to reflect the mind of the macabre Roderick Usher and the strain-filled intrinsic connection between the two members of the Usher household. How ever these were all overshadowed by the fact that at the heart the story was a romantic expression of Poe’s own boundlessly depressed mental state, and thus the ultimate demonstration that Poe was a romantic author. Throughout, The Fall of the House of Usher, Poe utilized his romantic philosophy on shallowest level to immerse the reader in a depressing environment, encapsulating his mind and plunging him into a strange story of ancestral tensionShow MoreRelatedEdgar Allan Poe s Fall Of The House Of Usher1650 Words   |  7 PagesEdgar Allan Poe is a famous American writer from the 1800s who is renowned for his gothic writings, which were often dark and mysterious stories. 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