Roderick Usher's Insanity In 'The Haunted Palace'
In order to understand Roderick Usher’s loss of sanity at the end of The Fall of the House of Usher, Poe’s romantic focus needs to be understood. Poe’s romantic beliefs followed very closely to three main tenants of Romanticism. He believed that Nature is mysterious, and strange, Poe also focused heavily on man’s reaction to Nature, particularly man’s emotions and intuition. There are two main points in the story that are crucial in discovering that the story takes place in Roderick Usher’s mind. Since the entire story takes place in Usher’s mind, it becomes evident that; what Usher perceives happens, which means that Usher’s environment is more than just a manifestation of his own mind, it is his mind. Usher’s poem “The Haunted Palace”