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Elizabeth Segler
English 115 Essay #1
September 25, 2003
“The Dwindling House of Usher”
If I were to ask someone to describe a romance, they might say “someone who longs for adventure and love. ... Various elements of Romanticism are projected through the story “ The Fall of the house of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe.
In the beginning of the story, Roderick Usher requests that his friend helps with his coping of his sister Madeline, while she suffers from a mysterious illness. As the narrator follows the reader through the story, we can feel what Usher’s friend feels. Exploring the physical surroundings of the Usher home, there is a gothic dreariness atmosphere surrounding this house. The “minute fungi” have surrounded and intertwined around the house causing it to decay as though it was taking over the last of the house, just as the illness taking over the last of the Ushers.
Approximate Word count = 666
Approximate Pages = 2.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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