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I basically thought Poe and his story, " The Fall of the House of Usher", was a good one to choose. It has irony, imagination, and description put into it. I enjoyed this short story a lot because of the meaning involved. Poe always finds ways ....

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... description that Poe uses in the story. I did this essay on this particular story because I enjoy Poe as well as his dark side. I don't really seem like the kind of person who likes the gloomy and melancholy aspects of writing but appearances are deceitful. The main deceitful appearance in the story is the dreaded house. (University of Texas) Poe uses life-like characteristics of an otherwise decaying house as a device for giving the house a supernatural atmosphere. At the beginning you can sense that the supernatural characteristics are present. Upon entrance the narrator sees inside the house as well as the peculiar behavior that dwells ...