Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher: Setting Written by: Unregistered In the short story, "The Fall of the House of Usher," by Edgar Allen Poe, setting is used extensively to do many things. ... For example, Ushers house, its windows, bricks, and dungeon are all used to make a dismal atmosphere. ... The narrator says that the Usher mansion had "an atmosphere which had no affinity with the air of heaven. ... It is a small crack in "The House of Usher" which the narrator defines as "both the family and the family mansion." This foreshadows an event that will ruin the house and the family. The fissure divides the house. ... The stones represent the individual people of the Usher family, and the entire mansion stands for the whole family. ... From far away, no one knows that the House of Usher is in despair. ... The narrator is affected by the gloomy atmosphere of the Usher mansion.