“Allusion in Symbolism and Allegory” In the short story “Fall of the House of Usher,” Edgar Allan Poe uses allusion in symbolism and allegory to capture the reader’s attention. Symbolism and allegory often can be implying many different meanings. In the “Fall of the House of Usher” the nobility of the family and the house itself combine to portray allusion in symbolism and allegory, along with the incest within the family. Edgar Allan Poe, …showed first 75 words of 440 total…

…showed last 75 words of 440 total…be the decline of the Usher family. Most noble classes of this time go and marry whomever they wanted, but the Usher’s chose otherwise. To conclude, Edgar Allan Poe’s “Fall of the House of Usher” contains use of allusion in symbolism and allegory. His use of showing the family and the house itself declining, and how he depicted the nobility of the family and their incest they shared amongst one another. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**