I looked upon the scene before me - upon the
mere house, and the simple landscape
features of the domain - upon the blank walls
-upon the vacant eye-like windows - upon a
few rank sedges - and upon a few white
trunks of decayed trees - with an utter
depression of soul.... There was an iciness, a
sinking, a sickening of the heart - an
unredeemed dreariness of thought which no
goading of the imagination could torture into
aught of the sublime.
-"The Fall of the House of Usher,"
Edgar Allan Poe
How does this passage reflect gothic style?
It is about an innocent girl being threatened
by a violent man.
It describes the soullessness of American
cities.
O It describes a bleak scene with images of
death and decay.
O It is obviously set in the Middle Ages.
DONE