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1、TheSetting，CharactersandPlotofTheFalloftheHouseofUsherTheFalloftheHouseofUsherisatypicalgothicnovel.GothicnovelisonebranchoftheEnglishliteratureandthefatherofhorrormovies.Inthisnovel,ittouchessomegothicelementsincludinghorror,mystery,death,hauntedhouseandsortoffamilycurs
2、e.TheauthorEdgarAllenPoeisafamousAmericanwriter,whoisconsideredasoneofthethreegiantsofAmericanhorrornovelists,togetherwithHowardPhilipLovecraftandAmbroseBierce.Hehadamiserablefamilylife.Hisfatherabandonedthefamilyathisearlyageandhismotherdiedattheageof24.Hehimselfwasaddi
3、ctedtoalcoholandfinallydiedofit.Acenturyandahalfafterhisdeath,hebecametheoneAmericanauthorwhosenameisknowntovirtuallyeveryone.Asagothicnovel,theenvironmentalfeatureofthisnovelisveryimportant.Viewingthewholestory,wecanseethattheauthortriedtoestablisharatherbleak,hauntedan
4、dhorriblebackground.Throughtheopeningpartofthenovel,---duringthewholeofadull,darkandsoundlessday,intheautumnoftheyear,whenthecloudshangoppressivelylowintheheavens,Ihadbeenpassingalone,onhorseback,throughasingularlydrearytractofcountry;andatlengthfoundmyself,astheshadesof
5、theeveningdrewon,withinviewofthemelancholyHouseofUsher---byautumn,sunset,blackcloudsandthewilderness,theauthorstartedtocreateagraveatmosphere.Afterwardshecontinuedtodosoinordertomaketheenvironmentascharnelasitcouldbe.Especiallyasthestorycametotheend,whenMadelineappeareda
6、tthedooratnight.Andthiskindofsettingcertainlyisgoodforthedevelopmentofthestoryandcouldcatchthereaders’attentioneffectively.Inthisstory,therearejust3characters---themaincharacterUsher,hissisterMadelineandthenarrator.Itrequiresmoreskilltodevelopaattractingstorywithlesschar
7、acters,becausetheauthorneedstobemorecarefulinthepsychologyandactionofthecharacters.Sometimeslesscharactersmaymakethestoryseemstooflatanduninteresting,sotheauthormustcontrolthewholestoryverydelicately.Amongthethreecharacters,theprotagonistRoderickisapsychologicallyillpers
8、on.Heburiedhislittlesisterandhadbeencapturedbysomemysteriousthoughts.Hewasafraidofsteppingoutofthehouse
