The fall of the house of usher
Storyboard Text
- personafication
- metaphor
- "sleep came not near my couch-while the hours waned waned away."
- irony
- #160;the author claims on (page 15 paragraph 1) that " vacant the eye like windows" signifies the condition of the windows how they are destroyed in bad shape.This contributes to the story because it compares to the ushers eyes since they are also in bad condition because of his mental illness all that is going on.
- imagery
- "the entire orb of the satellite burst at once upon my sight-my brain reeled as i saw the mighty walls rushing asunder"
- on page 31 of paragraph 48, the usher says that "sleep came not near my couch," implying that he is unable to sleep. This adds to the text because he is unable to sleep, which is why he says "while the hours waned waned away" with everything going on, including the damage to his house his sisters illness
- foreshadowing
- "i shall perish:"said he," i must perish this deplorable folly."
- in page 15 paragraph 2 the usher is getting ready to send a narrator his letter " the writer spoke of acute body illness which opressed him of an earnest desire to see me, as his best indeed his only personal friend." This has an impact on the story because if the usher had never written the narrator a letter stating how miserable he was in his own home the narrator wouldn't have seen him in the first place.
- symbolism
- The narrator describes his shock when he witnessed the home struck by lightning vanished on page 31 paragraph 48. THis part of the story adds to the text by showing how the usher house vanished crumbled into pieces, bringing the usher familys end.
- on paragraph 11 page 19, usher says he must "perish this deplorable folly" meaning usher accepts his fate. This is beneficial to the text since he is finally accepting his fate what is going on he fears his own house informs the narrator that he is nervous afraid.
- on page 15 paragraph 5 the author says that " perceptible fissure which, extending from the roof of the building in front, made its way down the wall in a zigzag direction." This contributes to the text since the crack symbolizes the usher family, usher his sister when they are separated by death the crack is what isolates the existing home after they die.
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