Friday, July 19, 2019
Comparing Poeââ¬â¢s Fall of the House of Usher and Gardnerââ¬â¢s The Ravages of
Edgar Allan Poeââ¬â¢s The Fall of the House of Usher and John Gardnerââ¬â¢s The Ravages of Spring Edgar Allan Poeââ¬â¢s ââ¬Å"The Fall of the House of Usherâ⬠and John Gardnerââ¬â¢s ââ¬Å"The Ravages of Springâ⬠are two literary works which are unique; however, at the same time indistinguishably similar. Poeââ¬â¢s short story is a piece, which characterizes eighteenth century philosophy whereas Gardnerââ¬â¢s tale is more modern. In fact, ââ¬Å"The Ravages of Springâ⬠is a story based on Poeââ¬â¢s ââ¬Å"The Fall of the House of Usher,â⬠which ââ¬Å"contemporizes its horrorâ⬠(Fenlon 481). Both stories are inexplicably gruesome and leave a reader overwhelmed by the bizarreness of the tales. Nevertheless it is the strangeness of the two stories that distinguishes them within the literary world and makes Poe and Gardner authors of gothic literature. ââ¬Å"The Fall of the House of Usherâ⬠and ââ¬Å"The Ravages of Springâ⬠parallel within their eerie tones towards the stormy environments and the supernatural houses wh ich set the basis for both of the stories. However, by the conclusion of both tales Gardnerââ¬â¢s remake of ââ¬Å"The Fall of the House of Usherâ⬠is still a considerably lighter version of Poeââ¬â¢s gothic story. Both stories correlate within their morbid tones as the narrators of the two tales discuss the stormy environment, which plagues the beginning of the stories. Poe characterizes the storm as ââ¬Å"abroad in all its wrathâ⬠¦with huge masses of agitated vapourâ⬠(Poe 412). Then he goes onto describe an ââ¬Å"unnatural light of a faintly luminous and distinctly visible gaseous exhalation which hugh about and enshrouded the mansionâ⬠(Poe 412). Thus, it is evident through Poeââ¬â¢s language that he is exerting a frightening and supernatural tone to describe this malevolent storm. ... ...oeââ¬â¢s tale and successfully does so when analyzing the paralleled tones towards the atmospheres and the houses which plague the two stories. However, when concentrating on the end result of both pieces the works are easily distinguishable from one another. One must still note that ââ¬Å"The Ravages of Springâ⬠is a brilliant reverence to ââ¬Å" The Fall of the House of Usherâ⬠and both works are truly thought provoking and ingenious. Works Cited Fenlon, Katherine Feeney. ââ¬Å"John Gardnerââ¬â¢s The Ravages of Spring as re-creation of The Fall of the House of Usher.â⬠Studies in Short Fiction. 31.3 (1994): 481-488. Gardner, John. ââ¬Å"The Ravages of Spring.â⬠The Kingââ¬â¢s Indian: Stories and Tales. New York: Ballantine, 1974: 39-71. Poe, Edgar Allan. ââ¬Å"The Fall of the House of Usher.â⬠Tales and Sketches. Cambridge: Belknap, 1978: 397-417. 4452 - 1 ââ¬â Marlow Engl. 12.37
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