The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe - Thug Notes Summary & Analysis

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You know Poe is one hell of a writer when his work could still give you chills when summarized in thug talk

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This. I never knew about EAP or The Fall of the House of Usher until the series came out on Netflix recently. Watching this has 'simplified' the story for me and has given me a better understanding of why the series progressed the way it did.

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Who's back for the Netflix series?

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Kinda disappointed they didn't use this voice over

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That was an amazing adaptation!

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[@MrJIR93]

An argument can be made that there's also symbolism with the narrator himself, we never know his name, and despite all the shit that happens in the house he sticks by the Ushers, because it's their story, and like the reader, he'll stick by in order to see this story through, in the second that both of them die, the story of the Ushers is over, their house fell and he has no more reason to stick by, just like the reader has no more reason to stick by in the house

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When are you guys at Wisecrack going to do The Aeneid by Virgil and the Iliad by Homer?

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I _need_ to see Thugnotes's take on the Iliad

[@callies8907]

Thugnotes is incredible and hilarious, but y'all missed one of the central aspects of the story; the gross-ass incest shit. That was weird as hell and creepy, but super relevant to the 1) number of genetic disorders apparently present in the family 2) reason the blood line was so frail at that point and 3) the dynamics and attitudes of Roderick and Madeline. Come on, don't shy away from the darkest aspects of the story.

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Yes!! You said this better than I ever could.

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@@GenghisWanghis It was so good imo. The way they folded so many of his stories into it was fantastic!

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Watching the Netflix series and i kept thinking about whats up with Rodrick and Madeline 🤨

[@thekrakenexperiment280]

I always thought that Madeline never fully existed from the start, but was some sort of spiritual doppelganger half of Roderick. This is why the narrator rarely sees her and why she doesn’t acknowledge or interact with him during those times. It’s why she can come back from the dead & break out of the coffin - because she wasn’t fully human to begin with. Madeline and Roderick are two halves of the same person. The house is symbolism for this - the house is cracked in half, just like the mind of Usher. Naturally, a person cannot live divided in two, much as the house cannot stand with a crack running down the middle.

[@guytypeperson]

I always saw this story as an alagory for the atrophy and decay of nobility. Something that was once the pinnacle of status and wealth, collapsing on itself because of its inherently unsustainable nature. Also, I agree with someone else that I saw in the comments, you should do American Gods.

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I am quite literally working on my senior thesis for college (20 page paper) about this viewpoint of decaying aristocracy as this very moment.

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something similar to Shirley Jackson?

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The fact that my professor sent us a link to this video as additional material to watch after our lesson about Poe... That was great. Thanks :)

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Any chance you could do "The Call of Cthulhu" by HP Lovecraft?

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No, Colour Out of Space. It's the best Lovecraft story I've read yet, and I've read most of the major Lovecraft stories (excluding Mountains of Madness) plus several more obscure ones (e.g., Dagon).

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[@elizabethponder2504]

I find that Poe also creates the theme of claustrophobia because the narrator does not escape the creepiness and danger of the House of Usher until the house completely crumbles.

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Usher doesn't count lol. When he said that I laughed out loud lol.

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I'd love to hear an analysis of Poe's "Masque of the Red Death"

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“We’re bringing down the house with the Fall of the House of Usher.” 😂 Best wordplay ever!

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I'd say he's got a solid foundation.

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It's short enough without a summary, but yeah!

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Would've been useful when I had a test on that book last week

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havent they already done that book

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[@r3b0rn_mike117]

The house is a reflection of Usher's grim mindset and slip into darkness. The sister represents both intense guilt and the fading light in his life that rots into something grotesque. You could say this story is something akin to Silent Hill with these intense emotions affecting the comfortable house.

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You rock, brother. Funny, informative, and insightful. I read the story, but this helped to clarify some points I was confused on. Thanks again, dude. Nic

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Have you done The Shadow Over Innsmouth?

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Or Dagon. Any Lovecraft, actually.

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I think he did At The Mountains of Madness.

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[@jacquelinemuqui]

1. Lurid: Presented in vividly shocking or sensational terms, especially giving explicit details of violence or passion. 2. Munificent: Very generous. 3. Malady: A serious problem. 4. Unobtrusive: Not conspicuous or attracting attention. 5. Appellation: A name or title. 6. Phantasmagoric: Having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination. 7. Trepidation: A feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen. 8. Solace: Comfort in a time of distress or sadness. 9. Insipid: Lacking flavor or interest; dull. 10. Dirge: A lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite. These words are often used to describe the eerie and unsettling atmosphere found in the works of Edgar Allan Poe, including "The Fall of the House of Usher."

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Who’s back after watching the new Netflix show ?😅

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​@@KoolWithAQsorry, which show you guys taking about?!

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The show was great, feels weird seeing this so many years later

[@Whimsy3692]

This story gets INTO YOUR HEAD. The scariest thing isn't the dead sister. It isn't the noises in the night. It isn't even the way the house looks. It's the clever trick Poe uses to make you think you have the _same exact_ disease as the Usher guy. If you've read the book, you'll know what I mean. I desperately tried to make some noise while I read it. 😥😧

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What disease?

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@Wonder Woman you know what I'm gonna spare you this time

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During quarantine I need someone like the narrator of this book to keep me sane.

[@nureallycool]

Was there any reference in the Fall of the House of Usher that there was some sort of incest within the Usher bloodline as Poe did state that the tree was really just a stump?

[@callies8907]

It is incestuous! That's a significant aspect of the story that I'm salty about thugnotes leaving out.

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This is great! This would be fun to use in a high school English classroom (with some editing of course :-) ) because it may appeal to teens and help them learn about the classics in a fun way.

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I'm going to try it without editing. I feel like they can handle it. But I teach in Trenton, NJ; YMMV.

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Poe's one of my favorites! Keep up the great work, guys!

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Betcha Edgar Allan Poe never thought his story would be translated in this way. Love it! Hilarious!

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I'm proud of myself to have read this book before this video existed.

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I gave myself a little pat on the shoulder too ;).

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Me too

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Haven't read it yet. Would you guys recommend it????

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Thank you Wisecrack! I'm having my final on this story and this video really helps me understand it better! (:

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This is exactly what I needed to watch while completing an assignment on the fall of the house of usher

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Dude, thanks for making this one. It's one of my favorite Poe stories. Would you kindly do Masque of The Red Death sometime?

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The masquerade of red death?

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Phantom Of The Opera

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Do "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert A. Heinlein