1. The Fall of the House of Usher
Along with this, when the story's tension is about to reach its crescendo, a storm comes up, a "rising tempest"(750). This is a symbol for the "tempest" brewing in Roderick Usher's mind after the death of his sister and the gloom that has been created from it. Poe continues to convey his single effect of gloom through his descriptions of the house by noting the "dark creaking- and "soundless rooms-(740). ...
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