"The Fall of The House of Usher"
When the narrator went into The House of Usher, it found Rodrick Usher, Madeline's brother. It says in the story, "He admitted, however, although with hesitation, that much of the peculiar gloom which thus afflicted him could be traced to a more natural and far more palpable origin -- to the severe and long-continued illness -- indeed to the evidently approaching dissolution -- of a tenderly beloved sister -- his sole companion for long years -- his last and only relative on earth." It also says in the story that everyone is very nervous around Madeline. It says this because this is their weakness and nervousness, her being a vampire. In the story, after Madeline has died, it tells how she can be heard moving around in her coffin. It the story it is shrieked, "Madman! I tell you that she now stands without the door!" The Usher family fell apart, because of Madeline being a vampire and their weaknesses and nervousness overcame them.
Gothic Fiction Writers
Gothic Fiction writers always used human nature as the cause of someone's fatality. In "The Raven", the death is caused by human nature overcoming the man, and him letting the raven inside. Whether the writer sends it to you straight forward, or send it to you through the small details, the problem always ends up being human nature. Human nature is the weakness to everyone, according to the writers. The deaths caused by human nature scare the reader, and shocks them. Gothic Fiction deals a lot with horrific events that happen, just as in The Fall of The House of Usher", Madeline is a vampire, and this causes her family to fall apart. No matter what story it is, as long as it is Gothic Fiction, the writer will always use human nature as the problem.
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