The Fall of the House of Usher Group at eNotes http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/group The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the The Fall of the House of Usher Group at eNotes. Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:29:43 en-us <![CDATA[How does Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Fall of the house of Usher”...]]> http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/how-does-edgar-allan-poes-story-fall-house-usher-90725 http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/how-does-edgar-allan-poes-story-fall-house-usher-90725 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:29:43 PST <![CDATA[The narrator keeps with the attitude of detached disbelief when...]]> http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/group/discuss/uncertainty-about-narrators-objectivity-9385#3 http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/group/discuss/uncertainty-about-narrators-objectivity-9385#3 Wed, 3 Jun 2009 10:40:55 PST <![CDATA[Poe is a master at creating suspense and total effect in all his...]]> http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/how-does-author-fall-house-usher-use-tone-diction-86553 http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/how-does-author-fall-house-usher-use-tone-diction-86553 Fri, 29 May 2009 07:24:52 PST <![CDATA[Poe does that by adopting the elements of Gothic literature which are a)...]]> http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/how-does-author-fall-house-usher-use-tone-diction-86553 http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/how-does-author-fall-house-usher-use-tone-diction-86553 Fri, 29 May 2009 07:01:30 PST <![CDATA[How does the author in The Fall of the House of Usher use tone, diction,...]]> http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/how-does-author-fall-house-usher-use-tone-diction-86553 http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/how-does-author-fall-house-usher-use-tone-diction-86553 Fri, 29 May 2009 05:36:13 PST <![CDATA[Roderick is constantly afraid of sounds, lights and of smells.  He is...]]> http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/what-roderick-ushers-disorder-84245 http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/what-roderick-ushers-disorder-84245 Tue, 19 May 2009 06:06:12 PST <![CDATA[The fact that Roderick "hears things" puts him in the category of  a...]]> http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/how-roderick-ushers-mental-illness-schizophrenia-84261 http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/how-roderick-ushers-mental-illness-schizophrenia-84261 Mon, 18 May 2009 05:38:43 PST <![CDATA[How is Roderick Usher's "mental illness" schizophrenia? (or is it not?)]]> http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/how-roderick-ushers-mental-illness-schizophrenia-84261 http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/how-roderick-ushers-mental-illness-schizophrenia-84261 Sat, 16 May 2009 21:00:26 PST <![CDATA[What is Roderick Usher's disorder?]]> http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/what-roderick-ushers-disorder-84245 http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/what-roderick-ushers-disorder-84245 Sat, 16 May 2009 17:53:56 PST <![CDATA[It is the house, which represents the slow deterioration of reality and...]]> http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/show-importance-house-surroundings-fall-house-83635 http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/show-importance-house-surroundings-fall-house-83635 Wed, 13 May 2009 15:55:03 PST <![CDATA[Explain Poe's use of the point of view and the role of the narrator in...]]> http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/explain-poes-use-point-view-role-narrator-fall-83637 http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/explain-poes-use-point-view-role-narrator-fall-83637 Wed, 13 May 2009 10:23:12 PST <![CDATA[Show the importance of the house and it surroundings in The Fall of the...]]> http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/show-importance-house-surroundings-fall-house-83635 http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/show-importance-house-surroundings-fall-house-83635 Wed, 13 May 2009 10:16:21 PST <![CDATA[I am guessing that you want to know what the narrator (and not the...]]> http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/what-does-author-find-striking-about-madelines-82263 http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/what-does-author-find-striking-about-madelines-82263 Wed, 6 May 2009 15:30:44 PST <![CDATA[Roderick Usher was a friend of the narrator's back when they were...]]> http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/why-does-narrator-go-the-ushers-house-82259 http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/why-does-narrator-go-the-ushers-house-82259 Wed, 6 May 2009 11:58:45 PST <![CDATA[In "The Fall of the House of Usher," what does the author find striking...]]> http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/what-does-author-find-striking-about-madelines-82263 http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/what-does-author-find-striking-about-madelines-82263 Tue, 5 May 2009 16:49:27 PST <![CDATA[In "The Fall of the House of Usher", why does the narrator go the the...]]> http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/why-does-narrator-go-the-ushers-house-82259 http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/why-does-narrator-go-the-ushers-house-82259 Tue, 5 May 2009 16:29:56 PST <![CDATA[For once, he enters the house (that's an allegory to a brush or future...]]> http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/what-evidence-can-you-find-that-narrators-state-78939 http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/what-evidence-can-you-find-that-narrators-state-78939 Tue, 5 May 2009 15:09:25 PST <![CDATA[The house of Usher, both in terms of the Usher family and the house it...]]> http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/how-might-whole-story-read-an-allegory-journey-82223 http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/how-might-whole-story-read-an-allegory-journey-82223 Tue, 5 May 2009 15:03:15 PST <![CDATA[How might "The Fall of the House of Usher" be read as a an allegory of a...]]> http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/how-might-whole-story-read-an-allegory-journey-82223 http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/how-might-whole-story-read-an-allegory-journey-82223 Tue, 5 May 2009 14:32:20 PST <![CDATA[First of all, the ominous setting of decay in the surroundings of the...]]> http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/when-narrator-meets-usher-what-startles-him-about-82021 http://www.enotes.com/fall-house/q-and-a/when-narrator-meets-usher-what-startles-him-about-82021 Mon, 4 May 2009 17:17:16 PST