Summary The Fall Of The House Of Usher Edgar Allan Poe

The Fall of the House of Usher

Edgar Allan Poe

Start with the Bleak House of Usher. A sad, sad, desolate. Usher wrote a letter to his best friend mentioned that he suffered from an acute physical illness and mental disorder, they were asked to visit, so that your company will help ease some of their evil. He reminded the family guest Usher for his artistic flair and works of charity. When it's a friend of Mr. Usher's servant opens a door and lets in the presence of his master, the room where he is, he seems wide and high, due to the large windows, which were a great distance from the ground, also came in low light and the darkness see a great number of books and musical instruments in disarray and dark tapestries on the walls and shabby furniture. After a short time, Mr. Usher greets his friend in an exaggerated way. However, the visitor looks at the physical condition of his friend, was like a skull. Equally impressed his friend much a rhapsody called by Mr. Usher "The Haunted Palace" which plays on the piano, because it bothers acuity of his senses, his ears only supports soft touches the strings, the Rhapsody in six stanzas described as a beautiful palace was transformed into a dark place.

One night, they learn of the death of Miss Madeline, and Mr. Usher you tell your friend his desire to preserve his body for two weeks and asks for help to bury his sister in a cold dark crypt. After the death of Miss Usher can not sleep, begins to feel terror and panic in the evening. Then I notice that his friend had spun his chair to the door and whispered softly, gently rocking from side to side, his face bent over his chest, he continued his reading and suddenly heard a metallic echo clear and ran quickly Usher to the chair and there was still before the door with a stony look came over asking if you do not hear the noise, which Usher says yes, that for several days, but that did not mean anything in actually had buried his sister alive and rising from his chair angrily yells that she is on the other side of the door suddenly opened and the threshold was Madeline Usher, with his bloody clothes and traces of the struggle in your body.

Trembling and swaying in the doorway, gave a cry and fell upon the body of his brother, who was already dead by the terror he had immediately sufrido.De protagonist's friend Usher flees in terror of the mansion, when it begins to move away from observed a strange light place and turns to look, can see the wind, rain and lightning that lit up the moonless night, the house is falling apart, disappearing into the black lake that swallowed each its foundations and strangers Usher brothers. FIN

Characters: Mr. Usher. The friend and the sister of Mr. Usher.

By: Angie Marcela Naranjo For Teachers Corner: Liliana Vargas Castilian writer and teacher.

Bibliography: The Book The wind black cat and other stories. Author: Edgar Allan Poe October 2004 by the Mayor of Bogotá. And Maria Alejandra Martin reader plan B ....