![]() Furthermore, the surface of its waters can symbolize a mirror, an image of reality, a reality that sinks into those same waters and leaves only ruins. The lake can express the hidden and the mysterious. The same happens with the lake or the ruins. A proof of this are the words of the narrator when he stands in front of the Usher mansion, describing the dark windows that he sees' as black eyes in an empty face». What is clear is that there is an equivalence between the house and the human body, especially in the openings. The ladder would be the means of union of the various psychic planes and its fundamental meaning would depend on whether it is viewed in an ascending or descending direction. On the contrary, the basement or cellar would show el unconscious and instincts. He highest ceiling and floor would correspond to the head and thought, that is, to the conscious and directing functions. The different floors could be symbols of the verticality and space. ![]() In this way, the facade would mean the Tsar, the mask under which is the personality of man. House that due to its housing character identifies with the human body and thought. This can be seen in the symbology of some of them, for example, the casa. However, what really configures these elements, as many characters as situations and environments, is a prolongation of the state of mind, of Poe's mind. It is Lady Madeline, buried alive before her time, who causes the destruction of the house, before her time too, and the death of her brother, to sink all of it into the lake, just as the story ends. Of course, at this first impression, death is foretold because when you are looking at the house and its surroundings, such as the lake and the dry trees, you can only take it as something that is at the end of its resistance to time, just like that of its inhabitants, the last two Usher. That force is quickly discovered at the beginning of the story when the narrator describes his arrival and the feeling of sorrow and sadness that produces the vision of the great house. Also the negative force that underlies that influence and that leads to the death of the two protagonists and the destruction of the building. It is necessary to highlight the fundamental role of the house, since its influence on the characters and vice versa is decisive. Before that and the impending house collapse the narrator flees leaving behind the ruins sinking into the lake of the surrounding area. Roderick Usher, already insane, realizes that they have buried her alive And that's when Lady Madeline it appears to them, a fact that precipitates death of his brother. To reassure him, the narrator begins to read a book until he also hears those noises, like wailing and crying. They will leave her in a coffin, in a room in the lower part of the house.įrom there Roderick Usher will gradually lose his head and getting sicker and sicker until one stormy night he starts to get very upset when he thinks he hears noises all over the house. But one day Lady Madeline passes away, Or, at least, it seems. The narrator passes a season with his friend dedicating himself to talking, reading and listening to music. He lives with his sister Lady madeline, which is also very sick and so he feels very sad. ![]() This man is ill and tells you to come and cheer him up. In first person, the narrator recounts his visit to a childhood friend, Roderick usher, owner of a mansion at least strange. 4.1 Part of the bibliography used then:.
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