During the stories “The Fall of the House Of Usher” and “House Taken Over” I can show a comparison between the content due to some of the relationship between the setting, tone, mood, and how the characters act. In both stories there is a gothic style of writing due to the fact that both houses in each story show an ancient and old look. The old look shows me that the houses have not been tampered with since they were built. When the narrator in “The House Of Usher” walks into the house, he realizes it is a very dark and depressed place. He notices there are no lights and the person who is guiding him to Rodrick Usher is not talking at all.The narrators in the House Taken Over have a dark tone to their house as well. When a noise due to a so-called …show more content…
The two stories also have a different genre and what they are based off of. The house of Usher shows a man walking into the home and is guided to Rodrick Usher and before the narrator arrives to the Usher's room, he sees a beautiful woman, he stops and thinks but proceeds. Finally, he arrived at the Ushers room. After talking for a while, he asks about the girl and the usher explains to the narrator that it's his twin sister and that she is sick. But the narrator saw her walk and she looked fine. Then all the sudden the girl seems to pass away so Rodrick usher and the narrator bring her body in a vaulted area and bury her inside of a tomb. The usher is devastated and doesn't know what to do, but all the sudden the sister appears. The usher and her sister are with each other again, but then the house crumbles and decays after breaking down. “The House Taken Over” is a similar genre. When the story starts, the narrator and his sister are living normally with the hobbies of cleaning, knitting, and reading. Until a noise of some smash is heard by the two.They finally realize there's something in their
“The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allen Poe and “House Taken Over” by Julio Cortázar they both express a sense of fear taking place in and around the two houses. In “The Fall of the House of Usher” is a short story where the narrator gets invited by his friend Usher to come and help him with his mental issues and Usher buries his twin sister thinking she was dead, in reality she wasn’t. In “House Taken Over” a magical creature pushes Irene and the narrator out of half of their house leaving
Imagine being inside a house with a mysterious force. Things happening all around you that terrify you. Imagine not being able to explain these phenomena. Both short stories, The Fall of the House Of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe and House Taken Over by Julio Cortazar, provide examples of this horror. Poe’s story implements this through his use of Gothic literary style, including his ominous description of Usher’s house. Whereas, Cortazar uses Magical Realism to make the supernatural seem normal. These
Edgar Allen Poe's "The Fall of the House of the Usher", and in Julio Cortazar's "House Taken Over". In "The Fall of the House of the House of Usher", Rodrick Usher requests his old friend to visit him at his home because he is ill. Once he arrives, he realizes what a gloomy place the Usher mansion turns out to be and the tragedies of Usher's life. Spooky occurrences happen during the narrator's visit and he discovers that everything is not what it seems to be. In "House Taken Over", the narrator and
“The Fall of House of Usher" by Edgar Allen Poe or “House Taken Over" by Julio Cortazar? If you have, you would have most likely seen a short film called “The Fall of The House of Usher”. This short film is based on a short gothic literature story from 1839. The short film was made almost 100 years later after the book was published. The book is known as the most famous short story in American history. Another story that is somewhat similar to “The Fall of House of Usher” is “House Taken Over”. Sadly
When comparing the stories “The Fall of the House of Usher” written by Edgar Allen Poe and “The House Taken Over” by Julio Cortazar. The setting in both are in a creepy, big house with a gothic style to it, which makes it more creepy. Both of the authors were a dark and demented type. Both in their stories have a big, empty house with a few people in them, with either kids that are living alone or with grandparents. Also both stories have a sense of having something under their sleeve to hit us with
anxious and terrified, nothing can outdo fiction writers.Two writers who seek to terrify readers with their short stories are American writer Edgar Allan Poe, author of the Gothic short story, “Fall of the House of Usher,” published in 1839, and Argentinean writer Julio Cortazar, author of “House Taken Over,” a story written in the tradition of Magical Realism, published in 1946. While Poe and Cortazar seek to captivate readers with their respective stories, the two authors use their own unique technique
Can written stories scare people? Between “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe and “House Taken Over” by Julio Cortazar, short stories, there are many similarities and differences that reflect one another. Both stories seem to have an unsettling feeling or mood. They seem to focus the point of paranoia to add towards the plot. Although, Usher is a gothic literature that focuses on gore. Taken Over is a magical realism that focuses on the unknown. In each story, certain details and
violence or the supernatural, strongly dramatic and intensely descriptive language, and a gloomy, melancholy or eerie mood. ‘The Fall of The House of Usher’ and ‘House Taken Over’ are prime examples of these genres,
Writing to Compare Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” and Julio Cortazar’s “House Taken Over” the settings are similar because they can both be described as dark in some passages, and ultimately alluring. However in Poe’s “The Fall of the House,” the setting is revolving around the climax, so it is all very dramatic and highly detailed, almost ominous. In contrast, Cortazar’s setting is slightly more laid back, things take place in time and it is all very dreamlike. Word by word
between the two stories “The Fall of the House of Usher” of Edgar Allan Poe and “House Taken Over” of Julio Cortazar. One of them is the settings of two stories, those were similar because they both took place in a creepy house. However, there also are many differences between two stories. For example, in Poe’s story, the setting was a dull and dark night, and the gloomy and dusty house of Usher was in the middle of nowhere. By contrast, Cortazar's setting was a warmer house, which was being carefully
that we can control, or can we? This correctly demonstrates how imagination is one of the human traits that we decide. Sometimes imagination can become too real, and we might not see what the reality is then. The characters in House Taken Over, and The Fall of the House of Usher both experience an accentuated, realistic imagination. They are in a state where they have gone too far and can not get back. Once you get used to living in your imagination, it becomes a continual thing that you may not be
Both Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” and Julio Cortazar’s “House Taken Over” have similar settings because they both take place in large, scary houses. However, in Poe’s story, “The Fall of the House of Usher,” the house is much more eerie as with the description given of this house, it gives off a mood of incoming misfortune. By contrast, in Cortazar’s story, the larger parts of the house, like the dining room and the library, is blocked off away where the characters of this story
I have never read” the fall of the house of usher & the house taken over” then in class we listen to an audio reading of “the fall of the house of usher & the house taken over”. But I have read other stories such as.”House taken over” by Julio Cortazar and “the fall of the house of usher” by Edgar Allan Poe. Comparing them to see what is different and the same. These are the events of “the fall of the house of usher” by Julio Cortazar and the “house taken over” by Edgar Allan Poe that are the same
do very irrational things. In “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “House Taken Over” there is darkness that takes over the character’s minds and makes the characters do drastic things. The
Writing to Compare In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall Of The House Of Usher” and Julio Cortazar’s “House Taken Over,” the settings are similar because both of the stories have a dark settings and environments that correlate to the elements gothic literature. However, in Poe’s story, the setting is older and more darker because of the words describing usher’s house and the environment. In contrast, Cortazar’s setting is newer and has less medieval architecture. Gothic literature is a unique literary