LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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a small lake
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farmland
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a city
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a forest
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Detailed explanation-1: -As the narrator approaches the Ushers’ ancestral home, he begins to feel a deep sense of unease. He is troubled by the stagnant lake and dead trees that surround the house and by the appearance of the house itself. The house appears to be solid enough but its exterior is completely covered in fungus.
Detailed explanation-2: -He turns back in time to see the moon shining through the suddenly widened crack in the house. As he watches, the House of Usher splits in two and the fragments sink away into the lake.
Detailed explanation-3: -The outside of the mansion is the first of many spooky settings Poe renders in his tale. You’ve got an ethereal glowing cloud and a dark and scary lake, not to mention the ominous fissure running down the center of the mansion.
Detailed explanation-4: -Below is a passage from the opening of “The Fall of the House of Usher.” The narrator has just arrived at the home of his childhood friend, Roderick Usher. It is a description of the Usher’s house. A tarn is a mountain lake.