PPT-Edgar Allan Poe “The Fall of the House of Usher”

  1       2       3         4        5 During the whole of a dull dark and soundless day in the autumn of the year when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens had been passing alone on horseback through a singularly dreary tract of country and at length found myself as the shades of the evening drew on within view of the melancholy House of Usher I know not how it was but with the first glimpse of the building a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit. Poe whose cloudy personal life is a virtual legend considered himself primarily a poet Business Man 1840 The story describes eight orderly business ventures the author becomes involved in BUSINESS MAN Method is the soul of business OLD SAYING I AM Poe whose cloudy personal life is a virtual legend considered himself primarily a poet For Annie 1849 One of Poes poems Opening lines Thank Heaven the crisis The danger is past brPage 3br For Annie Thank Heaven the crisis The danger is past And t ff  1809 “The Fall of the House of Usher”. Elements of the . Gothic. Gothic literature takes its themes of terror, . darkness from . Gothic . architecture.. Gothic . architecture is a style of building that was popular in the Middle Ages, from about the twelfth to the fifteenth century. . Early Life. Poe born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. His mother, Elizabeth Arnold Poe, was a talented actress from an English theatrical family. Because Poe. ’. s father, David Poe, Jr., a traveling actor of Irish descent, was neither talented nor responsible, the family suffered financially. After apparently separating from David Poe, Elizabeth died in Richmond, Virginia, in 1811. The young Edgar, though not legally adopted, was taken in by a wealthy Scottish tobacco exporter, John Allan, from whom Poe took his middle name.. Edgar Allan Poe. Poe as Gothic Writer. He sought to examine the emotional side of the human experience.. He describes in minute detail the characters and setting to show the psychology of horror and madness through the perceptions of the narrator.. Edgar Allen Poe (1839). Pre-reading activities. 1. When you think of the words ‘horror’ and ‘Gothic what sort of images come into your mind?.  . 2. Write down everything you know about the horror genre. . American Gothic Literature. Gothic literature began from the Gothic architecture of the Middle Ages.. Gothic architecture features:. Tall towers. Flying buttresses . Pointed archways. Vaulted ceilings. Gothic poetry. Lesson Objectives. To introduce Gothic poetry and the conventions and themes represented within this genre;. To demonstrate the poetic techniques used to convey the themes and concepts common to the gothic genre of poetry;. Discussion Questions . 1. What is the mood at the beginning of the story, and how does Poe create this mood? . Gloomy, dark, scary (Gothic). “dull, dark, soundless autumn day”. “clouds hung oppressively” . Poe . (. 1809-1849. ). By Joshua Y. Poetry Presentation. Background Music. Blu profondo. by . R. oberto Jonata. Introduction. Source: The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe Vol. I: Poems (Harvard University Press, 1969) . Poetic Principle. Reasons to study poetry: . 1. To learn creativity. 2. To make yourself more well-rounded. 3. To better understand yourself through understanding others. . 4. Aesthetics (beauty). 5. History. Of Edgar Allan Poe was unknown until…. now.. By. : . GATE 7. Biography of . Edgar Allan Poe. Enter the enigmatic world of Edgar Allan Poe if you dare…. Edgar Allan. Poe. Family Tree. Timeline. ABC Biography. The Poe family was abandoned by. David Poe (Edgar’s father) when Edgar was very young.. Both David and Elizabeth Poe, Edgar’s parents were actors.. Soon after, when Edgar was only three, his mother died of tuberculosis (TB), called “Consumption” in those days.