Poe - The Horrific Writer

Edgar Allen Poe was an inspiration and start to many writers who write horror stories. Many scary stories today have House of Usher elements embedded within it. So its only fair that we pay our respects towards to the amazing author Poe.

The house of Usher feautured a few key elements such as setting, It describes the night as gloomy and dark with a miserable mist in the air. Already creates the dark horror scene.

The most important factor is the description of the house itself. It takes on a characteristic of a human being. Having its own seperate personality. Its a old house in almost perfect condition . That creates the question of how is the house managed

The description of Usher also created a horror tension, Usher being a sickly isolated man makes readers afraid to even mention the dude. Living alone? In a mansion? No wife, or kids? A spooky way to get the story going.

And finally we must pay tribute to the atmosphere. The atmosphere? Yes, simply because it magnifies the horror theme. The strong gust winds, dark gloomy night. The pure isolation accounts for the majority of the fear within the story.

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