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The Fall of the House of Usher

Sebastiaan van Jole
Sebastiaan van Jole

This document summarizes and analyzes key elements of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Fall of the House of Usher". It discusses chronological deviations in the story, characters such as Roderick and Madeline Usher, the relationship between spaces and characters, narrative techniques used by Poe such as descriptions and foreshadowing, instances of mise en abyme, and invites any questions about the analysis.

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Sept. 2018 THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER EDGAR ALLAN POE
NIKKI JOLLA Chronologische afwijkingen SEBASTIAAN GUUS JACOLINE Personages Ruimtes Verteltechnieken Mise en Abyme CHRONOLOGIE
NIKKI Chronologische afwijkingen FUNCTIE EFFECT Blz. 126 Uitleg Achtergrondinfo trekt je het verhaal in Blz. 133 Nadruk op dood - Foreshadowing Verwarring Blz. 141 Snelheid en realisme Spanning Blz. 146 Spanning en realisme Spanning
Man MadelinCN JOLLA: PERSONAGES Roderick Character is the effect that occurs when a 鍖gure is presented with distinctive, mostly human characteristics - M. Bal CN/vriend Roderick Usher/vriend Madeline Usher/zus Laf - + O Zwaarmoedig - + O Trouw + - O
Fictional space (within a fictional space) Ruimtes SEBASTIAAN Functie: Personificatie van de ruimte zorgt voor metonymische effecten
RELATIE RUIMTES EN PERSONAGES barely perceptible 鍖ssure, which, extending from the roof of the building in front, made its way down the wall in a zigzag direction, until it became lost in the sullen waters of the tarn Een afspiegeling van elkaar - een mirror text - waarbij de ruimte en personages elkaar zo afspiegelen dat dit alleen maar kan bijdragen aan elkaars ondergang. Het doet denken aan het effect van een microfoon met feedback. Deze afspiegeling kan niet compleet zijn, zo geeft ook de auteur toe: From the paintings over which his elaborate fancy brooded, and which grew, touch by touch, into vagueness at which I shuddered the more thrillingly, because I shuddered not knowing why - from these paintings (vivid as their images now are before me) I would in vain endeavor to educe more than a small portion which should lie within the compass of written words. (Added emphasis)
The now ghastly pallor of the skin, and the now miraculous lustre of the eye, above all things startled and even awed me. The silken hair too, had been suffered to grow all unheeded [] JACOLINE: VERTELTECHNIEKEN Madman! I tell you that she now stands without the door! SHAKING OF MY SPIRIT WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN A DREAM BESCHRIJVINGEN KENNIS ACHTERHOUDEN FORESHADOWING
GUUS: MISE EN ABYME MAD TRIST THE HAUNTED PALACE The House of Usher an appellation which seemed to include [] both the family and the family mansion. And now, the champion [] approached [] to where the shield was upon the wall; which in sooth tarried not for his full coming, but fell down at his feet upon the silver floor, with a mighty great and terrible ringing sound. No sooner had these syllables passed my lips, than [] I became aware of a distinct, hollow, metallic, and clangorous, yet apparently muffled, reverberation. Completely unnerved, I leaped to my feet [].
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The Fall of the House of Usher

  • 1. Sept. 2018 THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER EDGAR ALLAN POE
  • 3. NIKKI Chronologische afwijkingen FUNCTIE EFFECT Blz. 126 Uitleg Achtergrondinfo trekt je het verhaal in Blz. 133 Nadruk op dood - Foreshadowing Verwarring Blz. 141 Snelheid en realisme Spanning Blz. 146 Spanning en realisme Spanning
  • 4. Man MadelinCN JOLLA: PERSONAGES Roderick Character is the effect that occurs when a 鍖gure is presented with distinctive, mostly human characteristics - M. Bal CN/vriend Roderick Usher/vriend Madeline Usher/zus Laf - + O Zwaarmoedig - + O Trouw + - O
  • 5. Fictional space (within a fictional space) Ruimtes SEBASTIAAN Functie: Personificatie van de ruimte zorgt voor metonymische effecten
  • 6. RELATIE RUIMTES EN PERSONAGES barely perceptible 鍖ssure, which, extending from the roof of the building in front, made its way down the wall in a zigzag direction, until it became lost in the sullen waters of the tarn Een afspiegeling van elkaar - een mirror text - waarbij de ruimte en personages elkaar zo afspiegelen dat dit alleen maar kan bijdragen aan elkaars ondergang. Het doet denken aan het effect van een microfoon met feedback. Deze afspiegeling kan niet compleet zijn, zo geeft ook de auteur toe: From the paintings over which his elaborate fancy brooded, and which grew, touch by touch, into vagueness at which I shuddered the more thrillingly, because I shuddered not knowing why - from these paintings (vivid as their images now are before me) I would in vain endeavor to educe more than a small portion which should lie within the compass of written words. (Added emphasis)
  • 7. The now ghastly pallor of the skin, and the now miraculous lustre of the eye, above all things startled and even awed me. The silken hair too, had been suffered to grow all unheeded [] JACOLINE: VERTELTECHNIEKEN Madman! I tell you that she now stands without the door! SHAKING OF MY SPIRIT WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN A DREAM BESCHRIJVINGEN KENNIS ACHTERHOUDEN FORESHADOWING
  • 8. GUUS: MISE EN ABYME MAD TRIST THE HAUNTED PALACE The House of Usher an appellation which seemed to include [] both the family and the family mansion. And now, the champion [] approached [] to where the shield was upon the wall; which in sooth tarried not for his full coming, but fell down at his feet upon the silver floor, with a mighty great and terrible ringing sound. No sooner had these syllables passed my lips, than [] I became aware of a distinct, hollow, metallic, and clangorous, yet apparently muffled, reverberation. Completely unnerved, I leaped to my feet [].