Three Short Gothic Romanticism Stories

One of the interpretations of "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe is that Usher's nervousness and weakness is a result of Madeline Usher being a vampire. This interpretation could possibly stem from Madeline Usher's unusual behavior. Usher mentions a "constitutional and a family evil, and one which he despaired to find a remedy"(Poe 235). This shows that something is going on and Usher is trying to hid it the best he can, the quote is speaking of a disease in which had infected his family and he wishes to get rid of. The fact he is not bluntly stating it and that no doctor can cure it adds the suspension of something more supernatural, since it is Gothic Romanticism this is well expected of Poe to add a supernatural element into his stories.  Also with Madeline not even acknowledging the fact that there is a guest in the house and just strolls on away like nothing is going on gives her a real zombieish, undying feel, she doesn't even care what is going on and just continues on completely unaffected by the current events. During the storm we see the narrator slowly becoming more and more anxious and weary and Usher becoming more insane and mad. Whenever the narrator is reading the story he starts hearing different noises and Usher waits till the end until he rambles on about hearing the noises for a very long time.When the narrator final gets out of the house and looks back upon the house he witnesses the fall of the house of Usher.

Gothic Fiction writers expresses criticism of human nature mostly indirectly by showing the insanity or the obliviousness of people. While they emphasize on insanity and more mock the obliviousness it is still a criticism none the less. In "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe Usher kept rambling on about how he "heard them-many, many days ago- yet I dared not-I dared not speak. And now- to-night- Ethelred- ha! ha!- ..." (Poe 245). This shows the insanity of Usher and how he is becoming more and more mad as the story progresses to the point he isn't making direct since but vaguely  explaining what is happening. It appears that most Gothic Fiction writers express a general idea of human nature. Their idea could conclude that people are insane and completely irrational. Human nature is depicted as spontaneous and completely irrational thus giving off the since of insanity.