The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe | Summary & Analysis

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Course Hero Literature Instructor Russell Jaffe provides an in-depth analysis of the plot, characters, symbols, themes, and motifs of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Fall of the House of Usher."
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Edgar Allen Poe's short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" traces the parallel demises of a literal house and the incestuous line of the Usher family.
The short story has all the elements of a quintessential Gothic tale: a haunted house, a pair of strange siblings, and a naive narrator who enters the scene only to be terrorized.
Poe's evocative descriptions of the narrator's arrival at his friend's decaying mansion and his induction into the mysteries of its inhabitants are key to the novel's enduring appeal. It builds to a climax replete with a supernatural storm and a risen corpse.
Troubled American writer Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" was first published in 1839. His use of subtly creepy description and allusions to hereditary madness continue to inform the horror genre today.
The short story contains many powerful symbols, such as eyes representing the spirit of a person, weather representing the horror and chaos inside the house, and the House of Usher representing the decay brought on by mental and physical health issues. Other motifs include claustrophobia, fear, illness, and sounds.
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@sylviadavila4904 4 года назад

I wish my teachers explained it like this.

@user-rw9og3uq4y 4 года назад

Sylvia Davila yupp that’s why I’m here

@chrisafton991 3 года назад

same

@thedemonizationzone9658 3 года назад

Me to kid

@Justanothersubie601 3 года назад

Me too

@Blimblam8 2 года назад

@dianemikalyn422 3 года назад

Thank you for helping me better understand The Fall of the House of Usher. I read the short story for class and I quite didn't understand the plot. Also, I didn't know this story had supernatural ties.

@filipemartins2602 Год назад

Ue! Short Story is the name. Lol

@gabrielle7349 4 года назад

As a French student, I am working on this short story in my English litteratury class. This helped me a lot ! Thanks !

@blobfish2755 4 года назад

Me Too (btw it's "literature*)

@renadnabe8629 4 года назад

I also need it, but I did not understand very well. can you help me ?

@lavieenrose9304 4 года назад

@@renadnabe8629 hey are you good? Did you understand it?

@taxaviebro6411 4 года назад

Ah tu parles l'anglais, moi aussi(je connais 4 langages)

@filipemartins2602 Год назад

Why do all teachers call it by "Short Story" tho?

@MegaName13 5 лет назад

Thanks a lot, this came just in time for my literature course tomorrow ^^

@jonahdowdy3029 2 года назад

First

@quirogatnonerrat3214 Год назад

Summary and additional analysis : Spoiler alert! The characters were well developed if you treat the story like a puzzle, as Poe leaves hints and clues all throughout the story about the entire book: Roderick loved his sister in a romantic incestuous way. She wanted to marry someone else, of course. He didn't wanna let her so he buried her alive. (It is foreshadowed by Roderick himself as he once again makes up what "would" upset his sister: being buried alive.) After he did so, he got consumed by his so called guilt. And she finally came as a ghost to punish him . He was possessive of his sister, he forced her to stay indoors as not to have any other man look at her, then made it up that he knows she doesn't like it despite her never saying such a thing. He gaslighted her and then he killed her when he couldn't take her (normal) rejection anymore. She is a victim, a silent invisible one. Here one of Poe favorite things: the death of a beautiful woman, happens again. If you recall, Poe said there is nothing more incredible/amazing/etc than the death of a beautiful woman. And he used that idea in a ton of his stories: Ligeia, The Oval Portrait, The house of Usher, Bernice, etc. In all these stories, the perpetrator is different and the means by which the beautiful woman dies are also different, but that is the entire highlight, intrigue of the story: the death of a beautiful woman.

@Rambouillet1725 8 месяцев назад

I got the incest hint at the mention of "will be the last of his line". LOL Roderick is guilty of something.

@Truefaith12 22 часа назад

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@nourayman5374 4 года назад

Wow! Thank you so much! I really needed a video to summarize and explain the story. You did just that. Once again, Thank you! What an amazing video.

@surft 3 года назад

I wish the incestous affair of the Usher lineage, hinted at earlier in the story (“the entire family lay in the direct line of descent”)was also discussed, but I realize this was meant to be a more wholesome take on the story.

@rachelreichert1966 3 года назад

I was wondering if the twins had an intimate relationship and if that was the reason the house was haunted. Thank you for saying this!

@urviechalex9963 4 года назад

Well done, good analysis. A short glimpse at the physicians reaction to the narrator´s visit would have been a nice bonus...

@abdelhakdjezzar338 3 года назад

A great analysis ! It made me forget that i'm preparing for the lit exam and just enjoy the story 👌🏻

@kurtyeah8298 4 года назад

thank you so much, you made it way easier to analyse and understand !!!!

@iconikkii 5 лет назад

Thank you so much for this!

@katherinelydon7306 3 года назад

It seems to me that mental illness was common among gothic characters. Thank you for your video! Well written and insightful

@tpb3389 3 года назад

thank you for this!the explanation is clear and I can understand it better

@mariavlachodimou3771 Год назад

Love you Russell!!!❤❤voice,tone, hand movements...❤

@user-zd1iz8mi6s 4 года назад

Thanks you Sir, for this great contribution for us...

@oumaimakerraz8605 2 года назад

hello, here's some late night analysis to add: This story we’re invited to read is a story of a point of view infected by the madness of the master of the place, which is Roderick User, from the start the point of view is totally dart, and the narrator wants to change it, right from the 1st paragraph in L20 “It was possible, I reflected, that a mere different arrangement of the particulars of the scene, of the details of the picture, would be sufficient to modify, or perhaps to annihilate its capacity for sorrowful impression” = what affects him in his relation with reality is his interpretation to reality, reality simply is, the way he interprets the words his choosing , in fact his talking about reality as a scene L8 he interprets the scene as a picture

@rittahajjar2192 2 года назад

im working on an essay due 2 months ago on this story, thanks for the refresher

@Villbill2444 3 года назад

Thanks man really do appreciate it

@sandrasshelf 2 года назад

This was an amazing analysis!!!

@rumeysaalarcin7336 3 года назад

Thank you so much, this helped a lot.

@Lilpotatofroggy 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much this gave me a deeper understanding of this story I felt screwed since I had to make e presentation about this book and I didn't really understand the event in the story but this video cleared it up for me!

@alexalopez4904 2 года назад

i have a test on the fall of the house of usher and this definitely helpped ! thank you so much!!

@jojosaylor8996 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for this information in this It helped me understand this short story

@uselessusername916 4 года назад

thank you sooo much for this video ! i'm french and i have a test tomorrow about the fall of the house of usher and i was totally lost ! now i think i'm ready thanks to your video. just one advice : please put english subtitles and maybe other languages like french...

@eloisep22 2 года назад

ça c'est une très très bonne idée

@barbaritacaoa 3 года назад

Awesome, thank you!!!

@gijogeorge3709 4 года назад

This is beyond best...

@zaralynn4933 5 лет назад

great informative video, thank you!

@leandroaugustosantos4312 10 месяцев назад

I can’t wait to see Flanagan’s version of it

@DavidGilmourrocks 9 месяцев назад

Whatd you think?

@joshpeoples9897 4 года назад

So basically Poe writ Monster House. Nice

@quirogatnonerrat3214 Год назад

@shubhamsrivastava6929 2 года назад

Tremendous explanation..👌👌👍👍

@gary1679 3 года назад

very cool video. I have a further understanding of this novel!!!

@Khamsalla 4 года назад

Helpful

@dumptoblerone 2 года назад

Thank you so much.

@rachelreichert1966 3 года назад

Thank you so much! This is a huge help for my American Literature college course. God bless you!

@manetti6067 2 года назад

great video

@mary-lou947 4 года назад

thanks i don't have to read the book all my class will know this video

@hibavadakkan7016 4 года назад

Thankyou so much ...🤗😍

@nfaby2141 3 года назад

thankssss!!!!

@alisamotriuc4128 Год назад

thank you for the video//i would love to read it myself//but due to sight problems,,have alot of wotk for uni in front of cumputer or and tons of essays to write i can't read it fully//so you and your video -lifesaver for me)

@hosaint4970 4 года назад

This is COMPLETE

@MrPersonguy98 3 года назад

i love this guy!!!

@owencavanagh8259 4 года назад

beast thanks dude

@sakura5141 4 года назад

Awesome

@abdelouahabbenahemdabdelou1644 3 года назад

Thank's 💜

@AsmaaMohamed-kt3wk 3 года назад

thanks a lot

@ghfranali Год назад

Thank you

@filipemartins2602 Год назад

We saw this video in our English Class!

@a-disaster5285 3 года назад

Should have watched this before my test

@michaelkopala3738 3 года назад

Thank you for the wonderful review and commentary of this fantastic story. It is by far my favorite writing of Edgar Allan Poe. Your insights are wonderful and made the story even more enjoyable. However, and is always a however, the story clearly states that the unnamed narrator arrives on horseback and you graphic artist keeps showing him in a carriage. Not sure if the artist extra read the story. In any depth. Thanks for posting this.

@willwalter17 Год назад

Literal course hero

@jacksonmoore165 3 года назад

POV you are cramming for a test \

@danceproject7849 3 года назад

more like an essay lmao

@evabrummer1145 3 года назад

@@danceproject7849 samee

@danceproject7849 3 года назад

@@evabrummer1145 bruh you're literally from my school i- i see u on mrs r (not gonna say the whole name cuz privacy lol) docs all the time😭😭😭😭😭

@evabrummer1145 3 года назад

@@danceproject7849 lmaooo, I never close out of my tabs.

@anotherrandomguy8505 4 года назад

Whose the one guy who dislked the video??!

@michellczg 4 года назад

Optimistic Onon madman

@sanaobeid9950 4 года назад

A bad teacher probably lol.

@joebezouzou31 3 года назад

A grade 10 student

@mariamacruz107 3 года назад

a troll

@mariammusaj9431 3 года назад

Roderick Usher, because he was disturbed by the voice of the video.

@jadentv6950 2 года назад

This book made zero sense Buh when I listened to your video it made perfect sense,thank yu

@aryankumawat597 3 года назад

Hi there, can u make a video on " The masque of red death"...If yes it will be sooo great! Please try if y'all can make it (this is a request video)

@blackwrld7366 3 года назад

can you do house taken over by julio cortazar?

@mikadabrah7334 2 года назад

Que Dieu te remercie, tu ma bien aidé frere

@noahsmolders4395 5 лет назад

what about the physician?

@ShahzadAhmad-sz4uj 4 года назад

outstanding

@gamixgv2224 4 года назад

hello from france

@zerorepsinreserve 2 года назад

5:14 lmao Minecraft zombie sound

@chaimaeaitaddi7498 6 месяцев назад

Thank u I really misunderstood the plot

@rachelreichert1966 3 года назад

When you say that before her death, Madeline worried about being buried alive, I was wondering where that is mentioned in the story?

@annamaria81818 2 года назад

same I'm like how did you know that she feared that lol

@quirogatnonerrat3214 Год назад

@teenagemady354 10 месяцев назад

your analysis is super interesting! but where in the story does it hint at Roderick being possessive over his sister and that she wanted to marry someone else? @@quirogatnonerrat3214

@roseianie 2 года назад

Can anyone please tell me what type of essay it this?

@katyharrelson8286 3 года назад

Symbols 6:05

@ccwnoob4393 2 года назад

3:23 the first key character is the house.

@Novajetskii 3 года назад

9:00

@moAymenBouri 3 года назад

@MZKI201 2 года назад

anyone else heard Minecraft zombie noises from madeline

@quirogatnonerrat3214 Год назад

What??

@karlapena3651 2 года назад

i have a question, is there more than 1 narrator in the story? No right?

@Like-ch6bf Год назад

I'm going to need the background music 🥱

@samanthaferullo1620 2 года назад

What about the dragon ??

@hmm2565 3 года назад

What is a thesis statement for this?

@motorco.9454 3 года назад

uhhhh

@theabdelackerman7736 26 дней назад

up up up up

@maryamkhamaisi698 Год назад

So was madeleine alive or was it just a ghost???

@zinachia7009 4 года назад

Summary and analysis?! Hmmmmm...... 🤔

@emilayoub4194 3 года назад

I Wish If You Can Do Video About Comprehension QUESTION of house of usher

@quirogatnonerrat3214 Год назад

@manuelnestler Месяц назад

Using words in the summary that aren´t in the text is a sin

@AlexIncarnate911 5 лет назад

Unfortunately, the story seemed ridiculous to me. The characters were not well developed with some of them just dropped there just out of convenience and then completely forgotten, including the physician. The elements of fear at this time and age just seem cheesy and the overly descriptive prose doesn't help. It was a slow and rigorous read with the collapse of the house of Usher feeling like a relief rather than a shock.

@user-od8vx2ei9g 4 года назад

Actually, everything conveyed was carefully thought out and planned by Poe himself. Your points are understandable, and i see where your coming from, however, those could easily be justified by the sheer fact that they were most likely intentional. Por wanted to leave readers edged, just as you are. Anyone reading this, feel free to reply or comment your own thoughts, these were just mine

@AlexIncarnate911 4 года назад

@@user-od8vx2ei9g I'm well aware that it was done on purpose but, instead of suspense, it mostly ended up being frustrating...

@TheOmnipresent12 4 года назад

@@user-od8vx2ei9g Well said. If the commentor' was left feeling a sense of relief he (or she) may have taken more from the tale than they are aware, if at the surface level. I think one should also consider taking themselves back to the simpler times (?) of Poe's whilst reading his... tales. Lets face it, they have been received well and withstood the test of time with many still enjoying reading his works. I know I do.

@user-od8vx2ei9g 4 года назад

TheOmnipresent12 yep. the fall of thr house of usher is brilliant and i see no fault or flaw in it, everything in poe’s stories has came about from a great effort and expression to make readers feel a specific way after reading it

@TheOmnipresent12 4 года назад

@@user-od8vx2ei9g Thank you. You might want to have a look/listen to Alan Parsons 'Tales Of Mystery & Imagination' (music). Which is predominantly based on some of Poe's writings. It's a bit perhaps like his (Poe's) stories, one must give it a chance before deciding on their level of enjoyment... Here's a link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-y7htAlPqwBI.html