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The story themes reflect Poe's real-life experiences,I feel like this story reflects the theme of secrets, mystery, travel, exploitation, revenge, murders, scandal, Authority, and death by comparing it to his life which was all thee above and more especially when he became famous for his writings. The theme of being the only witness in a murder or tampering with evidence, I’m not sure what's more relative. The House of the Usher may have showed a theme of depression, illness, gothic, death, murder, revenge, vengeance, lioness, and evil. The house is rottoning and diseased infested just like the narrator's friend, who seems to be part of this gothic Usher family.
The atmosphere reflect the tragedy in his life by portraying The murder, the relationship between the police and Duplin, and Europe are extremely relative to his actual life. I’m sure He was around a lot of death throughout his life. The few females in his life like his mother, aunt, grandparents all died when he was young adolescent and he slept in a morgatory in the formaldehyde room, so morbid and somewhat gothic. His first love had died and then he married his first cousin who had died after a short period time, not sure if he ever had children.
Yes, the characters (and their actions) somehow mimic his life-long relationships and the one relationship that stands out the most with the police and Duplin. He had a lifelong relationship with the police and/or the investigators because of all the death that had occurred throughout her life.Edgar Allan Poe had a lifelong relationship with a certain friend who plays the narrator in the house of the Usher. I’m sure he had a friend that he felt like was somewhat estranged because he didn’t recognize him anymore from how they knew each other as a child.
It seems like these stories kept his sanity on point whenever he goes through any kind of tragedy, makes sense of it, and cope with it by turning it into a beautifully morbid gothic stories. Someone who comes to mind when thinking of Edgar Allen Poe nowadays it would be Tim Burton.
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That's a very good point! Perhaps his dark writings were a way for him to keep himself "sane." Maybe they were like his own personal diary that he shared with the world, in the hopes that he could understand it, and it would understand him.
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Good call on likening the atmosphere surrounding the Usher household with the atmosphere that surrounded Poe. I really hadn't thought of it that way, but it makes a lot of sense. I feel like the tragedy that surrounded him kind of pushed him to create these very dark settings, because it was what he was accustomed too through out much of his life. Nice work.
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Alissa, I like how you listed all the themes you found in both stories especially in The House of the Usher. The themes you provided are perfect examples of what Edgar Allan Poe experienced during his lifetime. I also agree with you when you say Tim Burton is a perfect example of someone like Poe today. He does provide a dark creativity in his work.
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I completely agree that Poe's writing was an outlet for his extreme sadness. There is no greater triumph for an artist then to turn physical pain into a form of art. I'm really happy that you mentioned this in your writing, I think it's extremely significant.
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He seemed strong to write about all of his problems in such elegant stories. I guess stories are made through someones struggles? Depression is a huge theme in his stories and its clear as night when he mentions them.
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I enjoyed the correlation between the police surrounding him in his life time. I could not figure out why the detectives would be involved in a story and why he would write one of mystery.
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I agree that Poe chose writing as a way to cope with what was going on in his life. Not growing up with your parents can be really tough. And losing the person that you love can be just as devastating. I know writing makes me feel better about a lot of stuff as well. Great job!
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I believe that stories and his literary work were contributed by his experiences. He endured tough times all throughout his life and even after. I believe this darkness and troubling times helped contribute to his popularity. I agree that the writing might have been an outlet to help keep him sane. Very interesting
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Alissa,
You make some very interesting points, and I think that you do have a point in regards to many of the themes that seem to run through his work. I don't know if I would compare Poe to Usher, I consider him more of the narrator, and Usher is different parts of his life. Food for thought.
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Did you find any connection between Roderick Usher, and perhaps the struggles within Poe's own mind? Poe had a dark childhood and family story, just as the Ushers and their personified house. Also, Madiline to me very much mirrors the Virginia Clem that Poe lost to illness.
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Alissa,
I do believe that Poe was surrounded by death and I also do believe that this influenced his work very much.
-Clara
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