Okay so the first aspect of Poe's story that I liked was the exploration of things that are usually considered taboo. In Fall of the House of Usher this would be the incest. I'm not necessarily saying INCEST IS WHAT MAD E IT GREAT, but the uncomfortable aspects of the story help set the mood because horror stories aren't supposed to really be welcoming. Mentioning some necrophilia or something in a horror book might actually help to set the mood a lot.
The next thing that I felt as though Poe did well was keeping the reader confused. If the reader is confused in working out the logic of the world then they will be even more suprised towards the end when something painfully obvious is revealed and they wonder why they never caught on. Poe did a good job of distracting the reader from the small stuff that ended up being not so small.
Next is the setting. Every horror story needs a depressing setting that creatures of the night would thrive in. If the story was based in the world of rainbow dash I doubt it would be half as creepy as it was. A depressing and hopeless atmosphere is always good.
Finally the last thing that i feel that Poe did well was with his characters. The two main characters of the story seemed like they had the life sucked oit of them. A character with a low will is easy to break and in a horror story thats a good thing and I think poe did this really well.
Okay so finally done with this blog post im sleepy goodnight.
So just realized that this didnt post SO FUCK YEAH 5 POINTS MISSING OFF MY AVG LAST 6 WEEKS fml like really I knew did this shit I was wondering why there was a 0 here but fuck it thats life. Did this shit for nothing FUCK BLOGGER UGH im raging.
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