“Masque Of The Red Death”vs.“Fall Of The House Of Usher”: A Glimpse Into The Life Of Poe

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volition that both family and mansion are foredoomed to destruction’” (Buranelli 74).
He had a difficult childhood and lived a very disturbed, lonely and sad life. Poe was the second of three children. He had a brother and a sister. He was born in Richmond, Virginia on January 19, 1809. His mother was Elizabeth Arnold and his father was David Poe, Jr. Poe’s mother died two years after his birth on December 8, 1811. Edgar went to stay with the Allan family, John and Francis Allan. However, Mr. Allan was unwilling to adopt Poe. Mr. Allan was willing to send Edgar to the University of Virginia. Poe attended the University of Virginia in February 1826 but left on December 15th. In 1827, Poe and John Allan had a falling out. Poe left Richmond for Boston. Poe decided to enlist in the US Army under the name of Edgar A Perry and was sent to Fort Independence. Francis Allen, who Poe lived with, dies. On April 15th the same year, Poe voluntarily retired from the army. Poe ...

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an eerie setting. The windows and hallways are long and dark and the houses are large. In “The Masque of the Red Death” the emphasis on death is much greater. The windows are red to symbolize blood. “The Masque of the Red Death” is steeped in blood, disease, and injury and concerned with his attempt to defend oneself against what is feared most and unwanted, this tale seems to play out Poe’s refusal to hear anything about the danger of Sissy’s condition (Silverman 181). The houses are portrayed as cold and lonely places. This loneliness and gloom is also noted in “The Fall of the House of Usher” as follows: “with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom ...

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