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1、TheFalloftheHouseoftheUsher学号:20095061104班级：09级一班姓名：李晓燕AuthorInformationEdgarAllanPoewasbornonJanuary19,1809,inBoston.In1820,hestudiedatprivateschools,thenattendedtheUniversityofVirginiaandtheU.S.MilitaryAcademy,butdidnotcompletestudiesateitherschool.Heworkedforseveralmagazine
2、sandjoinedthestaffoftheNewYorkMirrornewspaperin1844.AftertheMirrorpublishedhispoem“TheRaven”inJanuary1845,Poeachievednationalandinternationalfame.Besidespioneeringthedevelopmentoftheshortstory,Poeinventedtheformatforthedetectivestoryasweknowittoday.Healsowasanoutstandinglitera
3、rycritic.SettingThestorybeginsatduskonanautumndayinanearliertime,probablythe19thCentury.Theplaceisaforbiddingmansioninaforlorncountryside.Themansion,coveredbyafungus,isencircledbyasmalllake,calledatarn,thatresemblesamoat.Abridgeacrossthetarnprovidesaccesstothemansion.TypeofWor
4、k"TheFalloftheHouseofUsher"isashortstoryofGothichorrorwritteninfirst-personpointofview.ItwasfirstpublishedinSeptember1839inBurton’sGentleman’sMagazine.In1840and1845,PoepublisheditwithotherstoriesinTalesoftheGrotesqueandoftheArabesque.StyleandImageryWordChoicePoecarefullymakese
5、veryword,everyphrase,everysentenceinthestorycontributetotheoveralleffect,horror,accompaniedbyoppressingmorbidityandanxiousanticipationofterrifyingevents.Notice,forexample,thetenorofthewordsintheopeningsentenceofthestory.Ihaveunderlinedthosethathelpestablishthemoodandatmosphere
6、.RhythmButbesidespaintingagloomypicture,thewordsintheparagraphalsobeatoutafunerealrhythm–atfirstthroughthealliterationofduring,dull,dark,andday,andthenthroughtherhymingsuffixesofoppressively,singularly,andmelancholy.AlliterationAlliterationoccursfrequentlyintherestofthestory,i
7、nsuchphrasesasthefollowing:iciness,asinking,asickeningoftheheartcadaverousnessofcomplexionMainThemeThecentralthemeof"TheFalloftheHouseofUsher"isterrorthatarisesfromthecomplexityandmultiplicityofforcesthatshapehumandestiny.Dreadful,horrifyingeventsresultnotfromasingle,uncomplic
8、atedcircumstancebutfromacollisionandinterminglingofmanifold,c
