E 350 Lecture Notes - Anglo-Irish Big House, Canker, Political Philosophy
Document Summary
Similarities between usher (1838) and tell-tale heart (1843) Diseased or insane mind linked to morbidly acute senses. Usher buried sister alive, incent (marrying in family for generations, p. 86) Descending helix visual metaphor that encapsulates how poe"s stories often rise in intensity to a big climax. Usher twins, narrator and roderick (doubling in reactions, emotions), Roderick"s painting (p. 91 92) and madeline"s vault, roderick"s song (song about structure/its fall and roderick himself), house is reflected in tarn, word. House (structure and family), repeating words and sentences (especially. Environment/ideas/logic (reflection of madness in the house or the cause?) Guilt purpose of not letting out sister: escaping the legacy, letting the madness of. Usher vanish, trusting in self, crippling fear, grieving (she"s really gone, i"m imagining this, i have to let her go) Madeline and roderick are victims of a family past. Parody of sexual act unable to escape.
