Edgar Allen Poe's Fall of the House of Usher

The Fall of the House of Usher In Edgar Allen Poe's, "Fall of the House of Usher", Poe utilizes life-like characteristics of a decaying house to give it an unnatural or supernatural atmosphere, and in effect bring it’s inhabitants to their impending doom. From the beginning of the story, the house is given a supernatural and unusual atmosphere, Usher's house, its windows, bricks, and dungeon are all used to portray a dismal and unusual …showed first 75 words of 1016 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1016 total…like the scream of the dragon being slain, "…the sound of the dragon's unnatural shriek…" (729) and the sound of the shield falling off the wall, "…I became aware of a distinct, hollow, metallic, and clangorous, yet apparently muffled reverberation"(729). In conclusion, through giving life-like characteristics to inanimate objects, Poe is able to give the "Fall of the House of Usher" an unnatural or supernatural atmosphere, which in effect brings it's inhabitants to their impending doom.