The-Fall-of-the-House-of-Usher——爱伦坡PPT课件
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– De Beranger
Translation: "His/her heart is a poised lute; as soon as it is touched, it resounds".
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6
•Narrator
• First Person • Nameless • Knew little about his friend • Unreliable
(2)Usher loved his sister very much, but Madeline suffered a lot from her malady and was going to die
(3)He put his sister living in the tomb to decrease some fear, but on the contrary it caused greater fear and drived him to die
• the Belphegor of Machiavelli;
• the Heaven and Hell of Swedenborg;
• the Subterranean Voyage of Nicholas Klimm by Holberg;
• the Chiromancy of Robert Flud, of Jean D'Indagine, and of De la Chambre;
• the Journey into the Blue Distance of Tieck;
• and the City of the Sun of Campanella.
• the Directorium Inquisitorum; 《宗教法庭手册》
• the Vigilae Mortuorum secundum Chorum Ecclesiae Maguntinae.
• Mind and body are at war with each other in each of us.
• We try to repress one side and live without it. • But we cannot achieve aቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱharmonious existence
3. The storm outside is analogous to the turmoil inside the characters in the house
4. The book titles in Roderick’s library are symbolic of the themes of the story
coffin – She returns from the tomb to reclaim her twin
brother, her “double” – “the huge antique panels…threw back” – She “fell heavily inward upon…her brother
He couldn’t bear the insufferable gloom, but he was persuaded by his friend and curiosity to live in the house.
.
11
What is Poe’s point?
• Poe addresses the dual and conflicted nature of the Self.
– “want of moral energy”
– “excessive nervous agitation”
.
8
• Madeleine
– Illness has debilitated her – All descriptions focus on the body – “gradual wasting away of the person” – Roderick and the narrator screw down the lid of her
(4)The fear from his heart and the fear caused by the environment around him
.
10
Madeline:
She had deadly disease but she tried her best to live.
The narrator:
• In the whole composition there should be no word written, of which the tendency, direct or indirect, is not to the one pre-established design.
• —— a review of Hawthorne’s collection of stories, Twice-Told Tales in 1842.
in this way
.
12
Structure and Unity
• Poe creates texts within texts
1. “The Haunted Palace” (poem) reflects the Usher family life in the house
2. “The Mad Trist” (story) parallels Madeleine’s return from the grave
.
14
Unity in “Fall of the House of Usher”
• First and last paragraphs are mirror images of each other, creating symmetry
• The texts-within-text reinforce the central theme • The house itself symbolizes the split in the
The name Usher:
The Storm:
.
3
Writing Features
• Extensive vocabulary • Rhythm
• Alliteration & Anaphora • Gothic elements
.
4
Elements of Gothic Writing
• Emphasis on setting
.
7
• Roderick
– An artist figure – Nervous agitation
– Paintings →light – Guitar playing → sound
– Reading
– Lives in dark upstairs apartment
– Cadaverous complexion
family • The construction of the house reflects a
“perfect adaptation of parts”
.
15
Thank you!
.
16
Roderick’s Library
• the Ververt et Chartreuse of Gresset;
• 《美因茨教会合唱经本中追思已亡占礼前夕经》
.
17
– Exterior: landscape – Interior: houses
• Castle-like architecture • Characters are brooding, secretive • Buried family secrets
.
5
Epigraph
• Son coeur est un luth suspendu; Sitot qu'on le touche il resonne.
and…bore him to the floor a corpse”
.
9
Usher:
Conflict
(1)The house made people too gloomy to live in, but he had to live in it as the direct line of descent to carry out his duty
.
13
Poe’s Theory of Literary Unity
• An author should “conceive, with deliberate care, a certain unique or single effect to be wrought out, [and] then invent such … events as may best aid him in establishing this preconceived effect.
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
—— Sarah
.
1
Symbolism
The Fungus-Ridden Mansion: The Collapsing Mansion: The “Vacant eye-like” Windows of the Mansion: The Tarn, a Small Lake Encircling the Mansion and Reflecting Its Image: The Bridge Over the Tarn: The Small Fissure:
Translation: "His/her heart is a poised lute; as soon as it is touched, it resounds".
.
6
•Narrator
• First Person • Nameless • Knew little about his friend • Unreliable
(2)Usher loved his sister very much, but Madeline suffered a lot from her malady and was going to die
(3)He put his sister living in the tomb to decrease some fear, but on the contrary it caused greater fear and drived him to die
• the Belphegor of Machiavelli;
• the Heaven and Hell of Swedenborg;
• the Subterranean Voyage of Nicholas Klimm by Holberg;
• the Chiromancy of Robert Flud, of Jean D'Indagine, and of De la Chambre;
• the Journey into the Blue Distance of Tieck;
• and the City of the Sun of Campanella.
• the Directorium Inquisitorum; 《宗教法庭手册》
• the Vigilae Mortuorum secundum Chorum Ecclesiae Maguntinae.
• Mind and body are at war with each other in each of us.
• We try to repress one side and live without it. • But we cannot achieve aቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱharmonious existence
3. The storm outside is analogous to the turmoil inside the characters in the house
4. The book titles in Roderick’s library are symbolic of the themes of the story
coffin – She returns from the tomb to reclaim her twin
brother, her “double” – “the huge antique panels…threw back” – She “fell heavily inward upon…her brother
He couldn’t bear the insufferable gloom, but he was persuaded by his friend and curiosity to live in the house.
.
11
What is Poe’s point?
• Poe addresses the dual and conflicted nature of the Self.
– “want of moral energy”
– “excessive nervous agitation”
.
8
• Madeleine
– Illness has debilitated her – All descriptions focus on the body – “gradual wasting away of the person” – Roderick and the narrator screw down the lid of her
(4)The fear from his heart and the fear caused by the environment around him
.
10
Madeline:
She had deadly disease but she tried her best to live.
The narrator:
• In the whole composition there should be no word written, of which the tendency, direct or indirect, is not to the one pre-established design.
• —— a review of Hawthorne’s collection of stories, Twice-Told Tales in 1842.
in this way
.
12
Structure and Unity
• Poe creates texts within texts
1. “The Haunted Palace” (poem) reflects the Usher family life in the house
2. “The Mad Trist” (story) parallels Madeleine’s return from the grave
.
14
Unity in “Fall of the House of Usher”
• First and last paragraphs are mirror images of each other, creating symmetry
• The texts-within-text reinforce the central theme • The house itself symbolizes the split in the
The name Usher:
The Storm:
.
3
Writing Features
• Extensive vocabulary • Rhythm
• Alliteration & Anaphora • Gothic elements
.
4
Elements of Gothic Writing
• Emphasis on setting
.
7
• Roderick
– An artist figure – Nervous agitation
– Paintings →light – Guitar playing → sound
– Reading
– Lives in dark upstairs apartment
– Cadaverous complexion
family • The construction of the house reflects a
“perfect adaptation of parts”
.
15
Thank you!
.
16
Roderick’s Library
• the Ververt et Chartreuse of Gresset;
• 《美因茨教会合唱经本中追思已亡占礼前夕经》
.
17
– Exterior: landscape – Interior: houses
• Castle-like architecture • Characters are brooding, secretive • Buried family secrets
.
5
Epigraph
• Son coeur est un luth suspendu; Sitot qu'on le touche il resonne.
and…bore him to the floor a corpse”
.
9
Usher:
Conflict
(1)The house made people too gloomy to live in, but he had to live in it as the direct line of descent to carry out his duty
.
13
Poe’s Theory of Literary Unity
• An author should “conceive, with deliberate care, a certain unique or single effect to be wrought out, [and] then invent such … events as may best aid him in establishing this preconceived effect.
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
—— Sarah
.
1
Symbolism
The Fungus-Ridden Mansion: The Collapsing Mansion: The “Vacant eye-like” Windows of the Mansion: The Tarn, a Small Lake Encircling the Mansion and Reflecting Its Image: The Bridge Over the Tarn: The Small Fissure: