Compare And Contrast Where Is Here And The Fall Of The House Of Usher

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Both Poe and Oates have a gothic way of writing. It is obvious, after analyzing, that Oates is inspired by Poe’s writing but still has her own style. She has a similar mood in her story was Poe. They seem to almost make inanimate objects have emotions. In the stories “Where is Here” and “The Fall of the House of Usher” the settings groomy and the mood intensifies as the conflict comes to light.
In the beginning of the story “Where is Here” the setting outside is described as “chill, damp, deepening dusk” (Oates pg 349), this is different from Poe’s story “The Fall of the House of Usher” where he describes his opening scene setting as “dull, dark, and soundless” (Poe pg 297). In both stories the setting change to from the surroundings to the actually house. Both houses in the stories created an emotional roller coaster for the character. …show more content…

Oates also made the house invoke emotions and memories. In her story the memories that were invoked because of the house cause the mood to become mysterious, with a slight feeling of dread. As the stranger walk through the house, his mood changes, and so did the mood of the whole story. It went from a walk down memory lane to an uncanny happening.
This same mood was similar in “The Fall of the House of Usher”. The mood made it seem like something terrible was going to happen. The mood just intensified as the narrator continued moving through the house and finding out more about the Usher family. When the house of Usher got engulfed in water the mood become one of calm. The most interesting part of both stories is as the setting changes so does the mood of the whole

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