Why do you hate us Mr.Thomas?

 

Edgar Allen Poe is most famous for his horrific ability to keep his readers entertained. He has his own unique writing style that keeps us readers intrigued yet sometimes disgusted.

With The Fall Of The House Of Usher, Poe first catches our attention with the plot. If I were to write a horror story I would have to use Poe's sense of description and plot settup. He explains the outside of the house and the landmarks around it. The narrator explains to us " but with first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit.". I want my readers to be able to feel like the narator. I want them to be as creeped out and scared as he is. Poe also has this technique when rhyming that is almost rhythmitic. As if it were a poem. I would use this technique because I feel it would keep my readers entertained.

 

Another technique that I found very interesting while reading this story is that Poe has very little characters. He uses a total of six characters throughout this story. Also his main character, the narrator of the story is never identified. I find this as a very useful technique in a horror story that I would use. Not knowing the identity of the narrator kept me intrigued, I wanted to know who he was. Was he even real? Or was he imagined by Roderick Usher?

Also within the characters he creates a unusual relationship between Roderick Usher and his sister Madeline. He keeps us wondering throughout the whole piece.  Are they intimate? Are they just siblings orr? If I were to write a horror story I feel like this would be a strong way to keep my readers intrigued and wondering.

 

Also another good technique that Poe used in his horror story that I felt that I would like to use in my own story is a vague ending. Poe ends the story with the House Of Usher in quotation marks. It makes a reader wonder what the prupose of that was. Was he refering to soemthing else? Was he personifying the house ? Every reader will have their own different perception of those quotes. Thats why Poe is such a talented author, because he is able to give each individual reader their own ending.

 

 

 

...P.S sorry its late Mr.Thomas, my computer froze last night.