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The Fall of the House of Usher Week 9 Edgar Allan Poe(1809~1849) Famous American poet, short-story writer and critic Controversial and misunderstood in America, but well received in Europe, esp. in France Father of Modern short story Detective story Psychoanalytic criticism Position 坡以神秘故事和恐怖小说闻名于世，他是美国短篇故事的最早先驱者之一，又被尊为推理小说的开山鼻祖，进而也被誉为后世科幻小说的始祖。 厄萨古屋的倒塌 The Fall of the House of Usher is one of the most popular short stories written by the great American writer Edgar Allan Poe, and it’s also regarded as the early and supreme example of the Gothic horror story. The whole story is written in first-person point of view. Main Characters “I” The narrator Roderick Usher 罗德里克*厄舍 The boyhood friend of “me” Madeline Usher 玛德琳*厄舍 Roderick’s twin sister Narrator, a friend of the master of the House of Usher. When he visits his friend, he witnesses terrifying events. Roderick Usher, the master of the house. He suffers from a depressing malaise characterized by strange behavior. Madeline Usher, twin sister of Roderick. She also suffers from a strange illness. After apparently dying she rises from her coffin. Plot Summary Narrator arrives at the House of Usher. Enter the mansion and talk with Usher. Over the next few days, he does his best to cheer up Usher. They paint and read books. One evening, Usher told him Madeline has died. They put the corpse into the coffin, which was placed in the vault(地下拱顶室). In the following days, Usher takes on an even paler hue. Narrator is unable to sleep because of nervousness. One night, Madeline rises from her coffin. Usher was scared to death. The narrator flees the falling mansion. During the whole of a dull, dark and silent day in the autumn of the year, I had travelled alone, on horseback, towards the House of Usher. As I came in sight of the place, my spirits sank; they grew as dark and dull as the sky above me, and as sad as the cold, grey walls of the building before my eyes. I did not know the reason for this feeling of extreme mi