Poe is and will forever be one of the greatest writers of all time. When Poe wrote he incorporated the world around him and also what he was feeling at the time. During the Romanticism time period people liked incorporating nature and how it related to human emotion. Poe being the writer that he was took this idea to a whole new level and didn't really care what people thought about it. He wrote what he felt and though at the time in his life.
When reading "The Fall of the House of Usher" Poe uses many of these characteristics. One of the most obvious places in the story were Poe but all of these emotions is when he is talking about putting Madeline in the tomb alive "..He sprang furiously to his feet , and shrieked out his syllables, as if in effort he were giving up his soul - "Madman! I tell you that she now stands without the door!"." As Poe is saying this you can imagine the look of bewilderment and horror on Roderick face. Roderick realizes that they have put his sister in the tomb alive and she has been in there for seven days. This shows Romanticism in the supernatural fact because no normal human being that is on their death bed can survive seven days with out food or water and then break out of the coffin. Another way Romanticism is show in the story is earlier on when Poe is describing the painting on the wall. there are two meanings behind it. the first is the obvious a dark and lonely tunnel that is not lit but some how had rays of light coming from somewhere. The other, deeper meaning is that this picture was a perfect description of Roderick's mind and how he has been locked away in it for years. He has not left his home in many years and just sits and talks to himself. As you read this story you realize just how said and lonely every one is and how Roderick does not want to be the last one of his family on the earth.
Overall Poe has some of the best writings from this time period. The fact that he was not afraid to write about what he was think or feeling is what i think makes him on f the greatest writers.
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