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and the house crumbles to the ground. Also, the setting and setting add to the terror of the story. The House of Usher is a very gloomy, moss-covered house that is large and gothic looking. The weather throughout the story is gloomy and, toward the end of the story, a storm arrives. As Poe describes it, it is a “dull, dark soundless day”(p.160). The bad weather adds to the feeling of oncoming horror later in the story. It just lets the reader know that something is going to happen by having the stormy weather. This passage is also an example of alliteration. “The Fall of the House of Usher” contains many of the necessary elements that create a true horror story.
Likewise, “The Masque of Red Death” also possesses many dreamlike or nightmarish qualities. An example of this horrifying dreamlike effect is “duke’s love of the bizarre”(176). The duke’s house is arranged very strangely, which adds to the odd feeling of the story. There are seven different rooms, all of ...

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